Hi! Im new here. Go easy on me!

[DaveCoreYyz]

Morning Dave,

Welcome to Coffee Snobs.

I'm sure there are plenty of members here prepared to help you achieve your goal.

Thanks Yelta!

[DaveCoreYyz]

Sounds like you are talking about commercial quantities and hence you will need advice along those lines. Most of us here on CofeeSnobs are home roasters mainly for self, friends and family. Those into roasting commercially may not have time nor inclination to advise. I know you will need a decent size roaster which means serious outlay.

I would encourage looking through the US-based coffee forums for ideas and contacts to help you make the first steps e.g. home-barista, coffeegeek, sweet maria's . There may be others.

Thanks flynnause. I think regardless of quantities, learning from the best small batch Roasters is where its really at. I've been floating around CoffeeGeek and SweetMarias, both are exceptionally helpful. That said, the Coffee culture in Australia appears to me to be far less snobbish then here in the US. Besides that, based on what I've seen, the Coffee Culture in Australia feels different. I've been led here many times, so this is where I'm at.

My goals don't center on quantities as much as the art of roasting awesome Coffee. I'm looking at small batches and trying to get a handle and feel for the Roast. I can handle the science and art, just looking for a place to express and discuss that freely

[flynnaus]

My goals don't center on quantities as much as the art of roasting awesome Coffee.

OK, that didn't come through in your first post:

both learn the art of roasting but achieve a productive capacity

I thought that would require something that would produce a considerable output where most of us are happy to roast between 200 and 500g at a time.

The Behmor 1600 is a good starting point but many of us started out using a popcorn popper: a good cheap option . The upside is that you can observe the stages of roasting and the mistakes are low cost as you are only roasting about 80-100g at a time. The downside is that the output is not that good (as you don't have much control over the process) and the output is very small. There are also the small branded ones like the Gene Cafe and HotTop which most users are quite happy with but only roasts up to 300g at at time.

Experience tends to be the best teacher. The basics are easy; learning how to get the best results takes time. What works for others may not work for you.

[stephen28]

The Gene Cafe might be a good starting roaster for you. Easy to use and alter temp and time. Can be bought much cheaper in the US too!
Good luck.

Steve

[Dimal]

Hey everybody, my name's David and I'm typing from Douglas Ga. I found Coffee Snob while searching for Green Coffee and Roasters some months back.

Welcome to the CS Community Dave...

Hope you have a lot of fun with the rest of we "snobs"...

Mal.

[DaveCoreYyz]

I thought that would require something that would produce a considerable output where most of us are happy to roast between 200 and 500g at a time.

The Behmor 1600 is a good starting point but many of us started out using a popcorn popper: a good cheap option . The upside is that you can observe the stages of roasting and the mistakes are low cost as you are only roasting about 80-100g at a time. The downside is that the output is not that good (as you don't have much control over the process) and the output is very small. There are also the small branded ones like the Gene Cafe and HotTop which most users are quite happy with but only roasts up to 300g at at time.

Experience tends to be the best teacher. The basics are easy; learning how to get the best results takes time. What works for others may not work for you.

When you say "Output isn't very good", do you mean quality or just quantity? I read up a little on the Behmor, it looks quite cool. I'm looking for 454g per roast so yeah, we're on the same page.

[beandancing]

New to the forum, i have been a long time reader but finally have signed up to post etc.

Have worked in the industry for 4 years now, Australia & Berlin...

So hello to all

[Dimal]

Welcome "beandancing"....

Have fun and don't hold back with your coffee experiences while in Europe. We're a very nosey bunch around here, when it comes to coffee...

Mal.

[Terence]

Hello everybody! Somebody pointed me to this forum and it has been such a major time sink! This is such a wonderful community of coffee lovers coming together to help each other out and share about coffee making tips! I'm still pretty new to this world, having recently bought an EM6910.. Looking forward to making lots of good coffee and learning from you guys!

[beanbagdan]

First roast - first post

New to the forum, old to coffee, but new to home roasting in a popcorn machine. Here's my intro..

Bought a $5 Breville popcorn maker at a market after reading a blog on 'Art of Manliness', and seeing this Youtube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4GlfW0o2Ys

Found this site for green beans, and presto! Four days after roasting the Cuban Escambray beans outside, and loving the thrill of hearing the second crack come on, then the glorious four days of delicious aromas in the house as the beans de-gassed.

I can see that there are mods and tweaks that can occur to popcorn machines to create more consistency in roasts, but this was a bit like bareback horse riding - just me, the heat and the bean. Fortunately the resulting grind and taste test of batch one, has really got me excited...even the mrs (a tea drinker) said that this coffee tasted the best she's had.

Happy chappy

[DesigningByCoffee]

Nice work bbd
Welcome to the journey!
Cheers Matt

[Barry_Duncan]

Hello beanbagdan,

You will find plenty about roasting at this site including about the use of poppers.

Enjoy your coffee.

Barry

[Addicted]

Hi all,

I'm new to the site, and learning more about coffee all the time. I've been making my own flat whites at home for 6 years or so, but have had trouble finding fresh roasted beans where I am in regional NSW. So a few months ago I started roasting using a popcorn machine, have recently upgraded to a Gene Cafe roaster, and also have on order a BES920 with a smartgrinder. It's a huge learning curve, and I'm so pleased to find such a wealth of information on this site !

Looking forward to a long an happy membership, and very impressed with the friendliness and unsnobbery here

Di

[Yelta]

Hi all,

I'm new to the site, and learning more about coffee all the time. I've been making my own flat whites at home for 6 years or so, but have had trouble finding fresh roasted beans where I am in regional NSW. So a few months ago I started roasting using a popcorn machine, have recently upgraded to a Gene Cafe roaster, and also have on order a BES920 with a smartgrinder. It's a huge learning curve, and I'm so pleased to find such a wealth of information on this site !

Looking forward to a long an happy membership, and very impressed with the friendliness and unsnobbery here

Di

Evening Di, welcome to Coffee Snobs.

Yep I agree, a lot to know/learn about all aspects of coffee, sounds like your well on the way, enjoy your time here.

[Dimal]

Welcome Di...

Sounds like you're well on the way to coffee snobness (don't know if that's a word but but should be)...

Have fun with your new gear and don't forget the piccies, we like to see photos of new gear...

Mal.