Its Here - My Toper 5kg Roaster has arrived.

[greenman]

Re: Its Here - My Toper 5kg Roaster has arrived.

Glad you got the gas sorted out Steve, cant wait to see her in action!!!

[maheel]

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great time of year to be standing next to the roaster keep you nice and warm !!

do you think having it in a drafty area will effect the thermodynamics?

ambient air temp may be a factor in consistency?

i have NFI about roasting, but it might be worth recording the ambient air temp / humidity when roasting. It might help in diagnosing "in the Cup" tasting changes?

others with WAY more knowledge can offer better ideas than me

get that camera out !!

[JRCoffee]

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Excellent work man, sounds great! Ill be interested in buying some of your roast when you get setup

[bwilks]

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Nice very nice would like to see a few more pictures

Cheers

[thegoodies]

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Glad you got the gas sorted out Steve, cant wait to see her in action!!!

next and hopefully final step is getting the Flue setup. Still waiting on the top half of the flue connection as it got left behind in Brisbane. Hopefully it arrives soon so I can get into some practicing. Must give him a call to see if it is on its way. :-?

[thegoodies]

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Here are some photos with the walls up, not done internally yet but Ill get there.

[blanyon]

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Is that a little Gene sitting on the table? It looks intimidated ;D

[thegoodies]

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Yes it is, I think the Toper has claimed it as his new Pet. ;D

[thegoodies]

First Bean Batch

Well Tommy Toper has performed his first roast. I roasted 4kg of Brazil Alto Carmello (Mainly because this was the cheapest bean I have) The roast managed to last 15mins when pulled at about CS 9-10. About 30 secs into SC.
There was a little tipping on the beans but for the first roast I was quite proud. considering I had to learn as I roasted how to controll the heat. The Toper is digital and the gas cuts in and out when reaches temp setpoints. It heats up pretty quickly as the heat (flame is directly contacting the rotating drum) so have to increment the temp setpoints otherwise burnt beans really quickly) Ill get better the more I do. Anyway here is a photo of my daughter pulling the hatch on the first batch of bean from the Toper. Cerimonial Style. ;D

[JRCoffee]

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Great stuff! Have you figured out how much it costs to run per hour?

[greenman]

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Nice one Steve, great to see youre up and running, cant wait to check it out!!

[thegoodies]

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Great stuff! Have you figured out how much it costs to run per hour?

Not yet JR I need to see how many kilos of coffee I can roast per gas bottle to work out the rate. Only done a few roasts and not all of them at full capacity yet as was a bit hestitant on the first 2 roasts still just playing around really learning the roaster. I have worked it out enough to know that I will not bake the beans or burn them in 3 secs flat so my confidence will increase the more I do, so will really start working out the logistics of costs when i am roasting properly over a few more batches.

[ccc2]

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You might want to think about whether you will need to season the drum - else quite a metallic taste for the first 50-100kg or so.

Get in contact with Toper and ask them if it is required. If so, get your cheapest beans (or buy some off-spec Aus Y2s) and run it close to the darkest level you can for 3-4 batches - without catching on fire !

[redzone121]

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Nice one Goodies, good luck with it all.

Chris

[thegoodies]

Re: Its Here - My Toper 5kg Roaster has arrived.

You might want to think about whether you will need to season the drum - else quite a metallic taste for the first 50-100kg or so.

Hi ccc2,

the roaster was second hand and has already been seasoned. good for me so I don thave to waste money on doing this job.