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I had a blower vac cooler but switched to a bathroom fan. I do most roasts in the evening and the jet engine noise wasn't too welcome late at night. Was crazy fast though!
Version 2: Bean cooler using a blower vac. This baby sucks so hard I have to wear ear muffs. Goes from 200C down to 16C (ambient) in around 30sec. I want to roast just so I can use it!
Last edited by MrFreddofrog; 5 September 2016, 07:51 AM.
40cm baker's sieve that sits inside a plastic plant pot with a bathroom exhaust fan below the sieve to sucks air through the roast.
It was almost as if the plant pot was designed to hold the sieve. It has an inside diameter slightly larger than the sieve and a ridge that runs just below the rim of the pot that the sieve sits neatly on. Works brilliantly to cool the beans in about 2 mins.
I press cool on the behmor and crack open the door! :-)
Previously had a stainless sieve sitting in a bathroom extraction fan (sucking air).
Prior to that I had a garden blower vac. Cut down the suction tube, cut a hole in a bucket to suit and placed a sieve inside the bucket. Cooled them in less than a minute. Bloody noisy though! And once the sieve moved and it sucked in some if the beans, sprayed the garage with grounds!!!
Large stainless steel colander, hairdryer set on cool, hand strirred with a wooden paddle.
I do batches of about 500g once a week. Takes 3-4 minutes to cool.
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