Breeze Senior Member Joined: 3 Dec 2006 Posts: 733 Location: St. Croix, V.I. Expertise: Pro Roaster
Espresso: Pasquini Livia S Grinder: Mazzer Mini/Rocky Drip: TechniVorm/Krups MB Roaster: Toper 1 kilo
Posted Sat Dec 29, 2012, 8:23am Subject: Re: Upgrade HotTop to Pro Roaster - Questions
germantownrob Said:
A few years back when I was shopping for a 1kg machine the Cafemino did not have control over the heat for gas or electric, briefly looking at the specs now it appear both and electric have digital heat control.
Yes, the Cafemino has digital temp controls coupled to an automatic Honeywell gas valve.
To the OP:
I agree with Rob. A large(r) drum will not automatically produce good roasts. It is all about the attention to the roast that counts, in machines large or small. Anything that can be repeated at the kilo size batch can be repeated at the quarter kilo batch size. The profiles are going to differ but the end result can be excellent or shyte depending on.............
Don't get dollars down the road with a larger roaster and have a picky neighbor shut you down, is my primary caution.
ECM Senior Member Joined: 11 Oct 2003 Posts: 336 Location: Burlington, Ontario Canada Expertise: I like coffee
Espresso: Giotto Premium + Cantesa... Grinder: Mazzer Robour E Vac Pot: French Press Drip: yes Roaster: Fresh Roast+8, i-roast and...
Posted Sat Dec 29, 2012, 10:43am Subject: Re: Upgrade HotTop to Pro Roaster - Questions
Yeah.... I think I need to re-think this a bit. I still like the idea of being able to roast larger quanities of coffee. I also love the build quality of the Toper brand. Their roasters look really solid.... old school which really appeals to me. But for now I guess I will be happy with the HotTop. I may look inot the mod that was describer earlier to get more accurate roasting.
Posted Sat Dec 29, 2012, 10:54am Subject: Re: Upgrade HotTop to Pro Roaster - Questions
Hottop is still working on a larger model. Form what I know, it is close. Don't want to guess because of the number of times wrong guesses have been made (not by me) and it causes negative rumors to fly. I will say that things are looking up in this regard though.
ECM Senior Member Joined: 11 Oct 2003 Posts: 336 Location: Burlington, Ontario Canada Expertise: I like coffee
Espresso: Giotto Premium + Cantesa... Grinder: Mazzer Robour E Vac Pot: French Press Drip: yes Roaster: Fresh Roast+8, i-roast and...
Posted Sat Dec 29, 2012, 11:47am Subject: Re: Upgrade HotTop to Pro Roaster - Questions
I will be one of the first in line for that product!
I would love for HotTop SUA to implement some sort of computer driven interface so we could really profile on the HotTop. AS it is now it involves drilling and messing about to get a system that works with the HotTop. I would love to see it all contained within a comerical unit that has a USB port built right into the roaster. All you do is plug and play!!
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