Thanks for recording this! The roast chamber on my Fresh Roast+ (Not the +8, the original one with a 5 minute timer) just broke, and I've been trying to decide between the Gene Cafe and the HotTop B. I was concerned with the additional smoke from the larger volume of beans, but it looks like my the hood vent and fan over my stove should be able to handle it.
What a great video review, I for one would like to thank you for the effort required to make this. I'm trying to decide between a Behmor and a Hottop and I found this very useful (very professional).
@woodway11 exothermic. look it up. means as it reacts it gives off heat. endothermic is when it takes heat (gets cold) when it reacts. roasting beans give off heat that adds to the ambient heat in the roaster. so there. : p
Roasting coffee always produces smoke. It's part of the process.
Some smaller significantly less expensive machines, like the I-roast 2, have an attachment that goes on the top of it where you can rig some drier tubing (the collapsible silver type) to vent out a window.
I'm looking to buy a coffee bean roaster. How reliable has this machine been for you over the past 2+ years
bhz 3 months ago
Thanks for recording this! The roast chamber on my Fresh Roast+ (Not the +8, the original one with a 5 minute timer) just broke, and I've been trying to decide between the Gene Cafe and the HotTop B. I was concerned with the additional smoke from the larger volume of beans, but it looks like my the hood vent and fan over my stove should be able to handle it.
Skipmeister4000 5 months ago
What a great video review, I for one would like to thank you for the effort required to make this. I'm trying to decide between a Behmor and a Hottop and I found this very useful (very professional).
colinsjonesuk 5 months ago
@woodway11 exothermic. look it up. means as it reacts it gives off heat. endothermic is when it takes heat (gets cold) when it reacts. roasting beans give off heat that adds to the ambient heat in the roaster. so there. : p
plexuss 1 year ago
Nice video review of the Hot Top...exothermic ??? please! Wrong word application.
woodway11 1 year ago
Excellent commentary which gave one lust to own one -
someday when my FreshRoast8 dies a natural death ;-)
Grufian 1 year ago
Is there a machine that would produce less smoke?
kalimango1339 2 years ago
Roasting coffee always produces smoke. It's part of the process.
Some smaller significantly less expensive machines, like the I-roast 2, have an attachment that goes on the top of it where you can rig some drier tubing (the collapsible silver type) to vent out a window.
JokerJ333 2 years ago
God this is a cool machine. Just like a big roster but tiny (relatively tiny, hehe) in size!
To bad the smoke is so bad. Probably not gonna get this because of the smoke :/
Agathorn 2 years ago