Hottop KN-8828P Coffee Bean Roaster Tutorial
A very quick run through of roasting coffee in this dandy little home roaster.
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Thank you, I´ll try waiting a few days.
I have an Imex CR-100 and the beans get brown, but so far I never achieved a coffee with full “body” / flavour.
I had the Gene. I liked it, but liked the Hottop better. But at nearly $1000, I finally ended up with a Sonofresco Fluid Air Bed (FAB) roaster (closer to $2000, but worth it for me, as it is bulletproof).
You can try it right after roasting, but most of the time you will find that 48 hours on to about 7 or 10 days is the sweet spot. Before that, you get a “chemical” CO2 sort of flavor that overshadows the true flavor. Beyond that and it usually starts to lose a lot of the nuances. Just my experience.
Is it true you have to wait 48 hrs before grinding to get better taste?
Nice Video,
IMO looks better than the Gene.
That was just my lilttle compaison between the two roasters, this really depends on which is the best for you. When I first started to roast my own beans, I used to have a popcorn popper and I really liked it too. But after a year since I got more experience at roasting, I decided to upgrade. Anyway I’m visiting Hawaii this summer :D
luongdung, I don’t “open the lid” — I don’t even put the lid on the popcorn popper. I intentionally leave the lid off so that the chaff can simply blow out the top into the breeze. Why catch the chaff when it can just blow in the breeze?…depends on where you live. I’m in Hawaii. The popper works great for a lot less money (for me)!
That’s exactly what I’m saying, with roaster like this there’s no need to open the lid to watch the beans which avoids temperature loosing. With the chaff catcher, all you have to do is dump it into the trashcan, nice and clean. The coffee does taste better if it was roaster on this roaster, because it has a slow gradual temperature profile compare to the straight-on heat that the popper gives. Also the ambient temperature does not affect the roast, no matter if it’s Chiago Winter or Cali Summer
I can roast 1/2 cup of green beans yielding 1 cup of roasted beans in my popcorn popper…and I do it outside, so there is no cleanup. The chaff just blows in the breeze. I can watch the beans by using no lid of the popcorn popper, and it roasts the beans nice and even. But it’s not so quiet.
The reason is it allows you to roast a large amount at a time. It has a built-in cooler and chaff catcher so you won’t have to clean up after the roast. It allows you to have more control on the temperature. You can watch the color of the beans while roasting without having to open any lid to avoid temperature losing. It roastes the beans nice and even. The last thing is it’s quiet.
Why spend all that money when you can buy a $16 Chefmate popcorn popper from Target that works great. I get beautiful dark-brown (city+) roast in 5.5 minutes.
What’s the rheostat for?
Nice little Hottop coffee roasting video…