After reading that heat causes BPA to leach from plastics, I stopped drinking k-cups and switched to pods. Tully's French and Evergreen were my favorite dark roasts by far though.
The specialty coffee industry is being squeezed right now by high green coffee prices and market saturation. Over the last decade everyone and their brother opened their own specialty coffee business, trying to cash in on the coffee craze. These people were not in it for the love of coffee- most...
Sivetz roasters are shipped from the factory to roast one batch size in an 8-12 minute window dependent on end temperature and ambient temperature of the environment. The only adjustment you have is the end roast temperature. You could theoretically alter your fuel pressure regulator, not an...
Neuhaus-Neotec RFB Junior or Shop Roaster
http://www.neuhaus-neotec.de/kaffee/_files/NN_18_shoproester_E.pdf.pdf
http://www.neuhaus-neotec.de/kaffee/_files/NN_14_RFB_Junior_E.pdf
They wont be cheap. Why have you decided to go to an air roaster over a drum roaster?
There are profile roasting classes you can take and there are also books on coffee chemistry. I think you would enjoy the book by Illy- Espresso Quality...
Flavored beans are generally glazed in propylene glycol. The flavor of the beans will contaminate your grinder, brewer and brew pot so that sequential brewed cups taste like the previous flavored beans. Propylene glycol's safety is questionable; I know that it burns my throat when I try to...
It's sold. You should try USRoastersexchange, they have good used roasters. Roaster's come up on craigslist now and again. Good luck and happy roasting!
US Roasters are great machines but they are a bit more difficult to roast on due to all of the settings you can change. US Roasters also have very different airflow characteristics than other roasters. With their over-sized fan motor, stainless steel drum and high number of drum perforations...