moneymanager Senior Member Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 161 Location: Indiana Expertise: I live coffee
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Posted Mon Jan 22, 2007, 5:38pm Subject: Re: Introducing The AlumiDrum: My Homemade Sample Roaster!
I like it, Tim. That's a nice design. I look forward to your updates, and if you get a pic of a dialed in amount of beans of better quality, that might help in showing how it works. I'm afraid people won't read your disclaimer about the junk coffee (and too much of it) in your picture and just assume the thing doesn't work because the roast is too uneven.
"Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water." ~The Women's Petition Against Coffee, 1674
"Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water." ~The Women's Petition Against Coffee, 1674
Posted Thu Jan 25, 2007, 9:59am Subject: Re: Introducing The AlumiDrum: My Homemade Sample Roaster!
The "AlumiDrum" is dead! As it turns out the magnet trick has killed it! A magnet did indeed stick to the can. Man, I thought cans were aluminum! Oh well... ;) Thanks Phil for the simple idea for testing that! Now what to call it? :) Phil I hope you and others will take this design and use it! That's the very essence of the home roasting community! I'd love to see others roasters too and how they like this kind of setup. Seems to work quite well for me so far...
Hi Craig as far as batch size I was being conservative with 60g (that was with greens). I did try a 100g batch, but never really had a good roast with it. Of coarse I didn't really preheat (like I did with the successful batch) and I roasted on low burner setting. Once I did raise the heat (before the heat chimney) I did see nice roast progression, but by then the beans were already long gone! I suspect that as I get more in tune with the roaster 100g shouldn’t be a problem! I'll keep you guys posted!
My goal was a small roaster that I could roast with that would allow me to track bean temperature as well as pull samples throughout the roast. I love my RK Drum (and still use it for large batches) but in it I cannot track bean temps or pull samples. Something that I have learned to work around but with "The Tin Man" (? wink, wink") that's not an issue.
I'll update this thread after more roasts and log what I see. Also waiting on the arrival of my infrared thermometer...
Posted Thu Jan 25, 2007, 3:38pm Subject: Re: Introducing The AlumiDrum: My Homemade Sample Roaster!
TimEggers Said:
The "AlumiDrum" is dead! As it turns out the magnet trick has killed it! A magnet did indeed stick to the can. Man, I thought cans were aluminum! Oh well... ;) Thanks Phil for the simple idea for testing that! Now what to call it? :) Phil I hope you and others will take this design and use it! That's the very essence of the home roasting community! I'd love to see others roasters too and how they like this kind of setup. Seems to work quite well for me so far... ....snip.... I'll update this thread after more roasts and log what I see. Also waiting on the arrival of my infrared thermometer...
In all seriousness, I think you are on to a campground roaster. Don't give up on the AlumiDrum! A company called Kramerica may offer you venture capital for its development!
Actually, just go to the supermarket with your magnet. Maybe some of the coffee cans ARE aluminum.
"Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water." ~The Women's Petition Against Coffee, 1674
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