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  • Lukemc
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    Originally posted by Robdog View Post
    Hi Luke, moved 2 Newtown, from my trolling I can see you are around the area. How's your hot top going, I am still loving the duetto just thought I should thank you again. If you ever want to duck around to see the old girl and share some roast tips give me a bell. Cheers rob
    Rob just saw this about 4 months late!! Sorry mate. I'm living in Melbourne now but would have loved to share some tips. Good to hear the duetto is still going strong. Enjoy

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  • Robdog
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    Hi Luke, moved 2 Newtown, from my trolling I can see you are around the area. How's your hot top going, I am still loving the duetto just thought I should thank you again. If you ever want to duck around to see the old girl and share some roast tips give me a bell. Cheers rob

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  • Lukemc
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    Thanks for the reply Steve

    Just ordered a bag of the Tanzania Machare Estate, i still have a little rwandan left over so i thought id do the testing on something new.

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  • Steve82
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    Hi Luke

    Your approach to starting out the new roaster is commendable, you will definitely learn HEAPS more and quicker doing lots of small roasts with one bean.

    The Rwanda Nyungwe is a great candidate for this, its not a hard bean to roast at all, very consistent.

    I was going to say you would probably learn more from Guatemala Huehuetenango but its all gone.

    The only other one that would be my personal preference, would be the Tanzania Machare Estate, for my money it has a lot more to give in terms of the different things you will find at slightly altered roast depths and development. Pretty easy to get consistent roast from it too.

    Enjoy the new toy

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  • Lukemc
    started a topic Learning to control the Hottop B

    Learning to control the Hottop B

    Hey Guys

    I recently got hold of a new Hottop B model roaster from Mark at things coffee.

    Firstly have to thank Mark for his patience and understanding whilst i ummmmmed and ahhhed leading up to the purchase.

    I'm wanting to learn how to use it as well as possible and have decided (hopefully a good decision) to buy a bunch of the same bean (rather than chopping and changing) from beanbay and work my way through it until i really know how to control the roaster. The roaster itself seems so easy to roast with, but id like to play with settings, fan speed, element control etc and really see what it can and can't do, what i can and can't do!! and how it reacts to different settings.

    I'm leaning towards the Rwanda Nyungwe at present. I love cocoa bombs in flat whites and so do a couple of people that i rope in to try my roasts so i figured it may be a good place to start........

    I'm really looking for validation thats it's a good bean to do this sort of testing with BUT if someone can recommend a current beanbay offering that would be a easier to roast, and learn with I'm all ears.

    Plus if anyone has any suggestions to get me started on the learning path please post away, i love to learn

    Cheers

    Luke
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