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Thanks Mark for your thoughts. Using a secondhand but reconditioned 30kg Topher, 5 years old. I am told that Tophers traditionally don't roast to there weight capacity. Have tried reducing roast size by 10% with a reduction in roast time of 1.5 minutes. I will keep you up to date with our...

I have been researching different roasting styles. A number of roasters take the heat through to around 202 deg C and either turn off or cut back to half heat. Using this principle the bean temperature continues to increase up to around 212 deg C where second crack is starting to occur. What we...

Hi all Any ideas to achieve consistent roast times? I am roasting on a 30 kg Toper with bean and environment temperature probes. Each roast is 25 kg. The burner is controlled by set temperatures through the bean probe. What we have noticed is that our roast times progressively get longer as each...

We are a small roasting company wishing to purchase a new or reconditioned roaster. A 30 kg roaster is going to allow us to grow up to 1000 kgs per week without spending long hours or double shifts in front of a smaller machine. Should we be looking at Probat, Detrich, Ambex or Turkish Toper...