Just an update on the roaster. I ended up getting the quest and installing a couple of thermocouples, and a phidget and amprobe tmd-56 ,to use with Artisan. I purchased the Quest because i thought it would be more hands on and the results would be somewhat repeatable. It took a bunch of roasts to get drinkable coffee but at this point I'm happier with my roasts than the whole beans I was buying. The quest now comes with 2 thermometers and in hindsight I should have used those and my kill-a-watt meter and waited to add the thermocouples. I had some issues initially with the amprobe meter and that caused me to order the phidget. I like the Artisan setup with the phidget better anyway and we use the amprobe meters at work so there was no loss there. I was initially worried that the small batch size on the Quest would be an issue but I'm glad it roasts in small batches. I usually roast 2 batches at the time and I always have fresh coffee now. I think if the batch sizes were larger I'd end up with coffee that was not as fresh as I wanted and this way I don't. I also have someone that comes by and has a decaf once a week and now i'm not wasting a lot of expensive decaf. I always had a problem with decaf going stale really fast and it's nice to be able to roast it a few days before I'm going to need it and having great crema when I make lattes.The quest does a great job and with the view port and the trier it's nice to be able to see the beans through the whole roast process. I'm using the quest under my range hood and made a vent that directs the smoke straight up into the fan. It works great and keeps smoke out of the house. It's a pretty steep learning curve but that said it has been very predictable and repeatable once I got used to it. The small batches made the learning process much less expensive as far as beans go. Thanks to everyone that gave advice and instruction. I really appreciated the help and it got me pointed in the right direction.
Herman On Friday, September 30, 2016 at 12:41:04 PM UTC-4, herman dickens wrote: > > Just wanted to say thank you to all who posted and offered advice. I > decided on the Quest and should have it by the end of next week according > to UPS. Can't wait to get started on a new learning adventure with the > beans. > > Herman > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 1:55 PM, Ira <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello herman, >> >> Tuesday, September 27, 2016, 6:06:12 AM, you wrote: >> >> >> think if I make small, half-pound, batches twice a week I could keep >> fresh coffee and be better satisfied than I am now. I hope all of this >> makes sense. >> >> And for the sort of ultimate, somewhat reasonable home solution, there is >> always this: >> >> >> https://millcityroasters.com/shop/coffee-roasters/500g-1lb-gas-coffee-roaster/ >> >> >> Big advantage is their dedication to training and excellent customer >> service, but it is a much more significant solution. Even if you don't buy >> here, there training videos are probably still worth watching. >> >> -- Ira >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Brewtus" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
