Gene Cafe Roaster in Australia

[TC]

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A few good gene cafe demos here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnUYBr6E1R0
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Thanks for your comments Myrtle.

Have you experienced any alignment problems with the roasting chamber and is there any cooling issues that we need to know about !!... :-[

MZ

[Myrtle]

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I only roast in 220g lots - that seems to suit our usage pattern. Nice to know it can go that high if I need to roast more.

With all the roasts we have done, there has been hardly any chaff produced at all.

I like how simple this unit is to use. I also like how repeatable each roast is for the same beans.

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Hey Serge,

I will be waiting with anticipation for your Gene demo !

Thanks for the beautiful green beans which arrived today and once again many thanks for the great service and quality greens "Go Barista" Provides...


‹(•¿•)› MZ ‹(•¿•)›

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Thanks for the offer, but I have to go and earn some folding stuff tomorrow and by the way, Im a bit camera shy when it comes to, a barista, doing naked cartwheels !!!. :-X

MZ

[TC]

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Going by that pic again, If by dry means green, well your 300 gram demo, is really a walk in the park for the Gene .. Im almost tempted to say thats impressive !!, but I would like another opinion from a third party other than you or Serge, no disrespect intended...  :-X

MZ

No probs MZ- Ill do naked cartwheels for you if it doesnt. Id do a batch of Ismaili or Matari now to prove the point but I went a tad silly...I have over a 2 kilos of experimental blends (which incidently have lots of pulped and dry hulled bean in them) degassing :-[

Come up to First Pour tomorrow morn, meet some CSers grabbing some beans and lets prove it live

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Going by that pic again, If by dry means green, well your 300 gram demo, is really a walk in the park for the Gene .. Im almost tempted to say thats impressive !!, but I would like another opinion from a third party other than you or Serge, no disrespect intended... :-X

MZ

[GoneBarista]

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Chris this is a fantastic job, well done.

For MC I will roast tomorow a 300 Gr dry coffee.

Serge

[TC]

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MZ- by "dry" they mean green....300g of anything is a doddle for this machine. Have a look at the size of the chaff collector- shown left relative to the size of the drum. A hottop will do 300g dry hulled beans and it has a simple tray less than 1cm deep as a chaff collector

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If you look at the pic, Gene Cafe loaded, it shows a recommended level for dry processed, so going by your 300 gram level , the recommended level for dry would be about 150 gram, a big difference, I tend to favor dry beans myself . Maybe if other Gene Cafe owners would like to comment on how the the Gene copes with 300 grams of dry..

MZ

[TC]

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Hey Grendel,

It cools for perhaps 10 min after the roast- at which point you can go again immediately...

Chris

[grendel]

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Do you have to wait long between roasts?

[TC]

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Good point, it might come down to that !

Just for a matter of interest, Is the PNG A a wet processed or a dry , In your opinion how would the Gene Cafes chaff collector cope with 300 grams of dry processed beans !

MZ

It was a wet coffee MZ. The chaff collected may have been 1/100th of total capacity and the chaff collector on the Gene is enormous in comparison to the Hottop...In conclusion, no problemo!

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Good point, it might come down to that !

Just for a matter of interest, Is the PNG A a wet processed or a dry , In your opinion how would the Gene Cafes chaff collector cope with 300 grams of dry processed beans !

MZ

[TC]

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Great pics Chris, great even roast, can just about smell them from here !. I waiting on Andys review on the programmable Hottop before I make a decision.

MZ

No worries MZ....alternately, why not buy 2 Gene Cafes and pocket the change for a nice dinner! [smiley=evil.gif]