Hottop KN-8828P Coffee Bean Roaster Tutorial

[BuildingIntelligence]

wtf is that transformer for lol ... i hear kids yelling lol.

[hudsterboy]

This music is awful, and your children are noisy and should be thrown in the roaster.

[sumocomputers]

@hudsterboy

Those children should be thrown in the roaster for sure! Good thing I don't have any kids though, but you make the video when you can, even if the kids next door decide to scream.

It also doesn't matter what music you pick, somebody hates it. Should I change it? What should I go with? Some Nine Inch Nails, or maybe some Johnny Cash doing NIN?

[TexasCoffee]

I'm getting rid of a Sonofresco 1100 1lb roaster and buying a Hottop B. The HT's smaller batch size appeals to me, as does a drum roaster, and more control over roast profiles. The Sono is a great roaster for anyone wanting a "plug & play" roaster!

[kalimango1339]

A lot of malls would not allow smoke to be in the building, how do you get about this problem?

[hudsterboy]

@kalimango1339

Why would you roast coffee in a mall?

[Hewson60]

Is it true you have to wait 48 hrs before grinding to get better taste?

[sumocomputers]

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.

[Hewson60]

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.

[LochheadJames]

try roasting the beans until they star making a popping sound

[JuanjoChe72]

Nice Video,

IMO looks better than the Gene.

[sumocomputers]

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).

[markpianoman]

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.

[luongdung]

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.

[markpianoman]

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.

[luongdung]

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

[markpianoman]

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)!

[luongdung]

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

[PlasmaStar9]

What's the rheostat for?

[garybt3]

Nice little Hottop coffee roasting video...