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Has anyone ever tried or is currently using Cropster that has RTDS in their Roaster. Tried out their 30 day trial and they send you a Phidget 1046 bridge. The instructions tell you to only use two of the three wires. The bridge is really used for load cells and not temp. With modifications of a...

This guy makes some great addons for the EK43 grinders. Check him out on Instagram. He also reworks Versalabs grinder. Frank Durra. Titusgrinding

With all the importers in the USA there are a few who import massive amounts of beans. At what point do they stop selling older harvests if at all. I have seen some companies discount beans that are a year old but what do they do with beans that are held longer. I can't imagine that they are...

Www.mass.gov/ocabr/docs/dpl/boards/pl/variance-gas-pre-installation.pdf this is the form that is required to start the process of installing an unlisted roaster in this state. If your roaster is not on the MA Gas Appliance approved list then start here. It is basically a simple process if your...

Makes a great iced coffee.

Looking to compare grind settings for the GCB. Setting up recipes with the assist of a Refractometer we are getting multiple results with grind settings. At the same time comparing results with a VST and Atago Refractometer.

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If you are doing volume then look into MPE grinders. If you want a real fast retail grinder, we use the Mahlkonig VST grinder. Looks like R2D2 on starwars. For flavored coffee we are using the 2 Compak grinders. Just purchased the EK43 but that is used for in house brewing R2D2

Took awhile but we won the battle over the need for a triple sink and mop sink vs just a single commercial sink. All Installed today and approved! We do not cook, bake or prepare food!!

each pipe is 60" long and the price includes clamps and covers. My first order is all I found for the 8" pipe and it consisted of the following: All C1 Stainless inner Aluminum Outer 1-8" lateral tee 1-8" 45 Degree Elbow 1-8"x 60" Pipe Length 1-8" Plate Support This first order would have...

two 5 gallon jug with a dual FlowJet Pump. I do have this for sale as I no longer need it. Used it for 1 week then finally had the plumbing installed.

our cold brew from a stout tap

Finally received the variance to operate my roaster, what a joke this state is. All about the mighty dollar! If the manufacturer wants their roasters listed on the Mass Gas approved appliance list, they need to send in all test and engineering info along with a check for 150.00. Once approved...

4" is all that is needed for a sample but I ran 5" Nordfab SS. The pic below is when we were installing the roaster in a new location and shows what I meant by lateral tee. C2 on the bottom coming out of the roaster has 2" of insulation and the vertical is C1 with 1" of insulation. This...

I have the Lab grinder from Mahlkonig USA Great for single cup brewing also

My US Roaster sample has a bean probe and air temp, Watlow Controller and pretty much looks like a mini roaster. Does 1 lb. I can control fan speed and flame with the burner adjustment

KeurigHack.com watch the video and see how you can hack a Keurig into using aftermarket K cups. Green Mountain must be going nuts!!!

Just curious as to what other states/towns/city's requirements to get a certified kitchen certificate. A roaster in Florida who has no walk in customers and strictly roasts and delivers was made to get a certified kitchen which included a triple sink! Just to dehydrate fruit and herbs this...

Couldn't wait any longer for things to be hooked up and back ordered equipment be delivered. Hung a flag off my door that says Open and within 20 minutes potential customers were coming in to check the place out and try the coffee. Not one complaint everyone raved about the different choices I...

anyone ever come across this with their roaster. New building, new gas. When I hooked up the roaster to the gas line, the manometer and gas pressure adjustment gauge started bouncing when it was fired up. I turned on the room heat assuming it might be some trapped air and after a few minutes...

Here I am days from opening my new shop and the plumbing inspector shows up to give me my final permit. First words out of his mouth are" I never seen one and no nothing about a coffee bean roaster" heard it before when I first installed MY US Roaster in my previous location in 2008. I was...

Here is a pic of the Nordfab pipe I use for my sample roaster. Really easy to assemble. This is all stainless but you can purchase aluminum. Priced reasonable.

Nordfab has been suggested by many Roasters. I use Selkirk Metalbestos which the inside pipe is stainless with one inch of ceramic insulation and the outer pipe is aluminum. Positive pressure pipe. Listed under C1 and C2 on their website. It is pricey but the FD will never give you a hard...

of all the posts I have read about what people will need to open their new coffee shop or espresso bar one of the most important pieces of equipment is a filtering system. I don't mean a cheap little under the counter one from China, I am talking about something that could handle large volume...

Piab Vacuum Conveyor

Check out Taylor's TE-10, that is what I purchased. I was interested in the Logical at first but never heard back from them. I compared Tridyne, Logical and another brand ( can't remember name ) to the Taylor and Taylor was the best as far as accuracy and maintenance. I added the larger hopper.

After months of searching for a new location, we found this location. Now the fun starts trying to figure out how to set up counters and service area. 2500 square feet of retail and warehouse space. Moving in July first then the build out begins! bye bye bank account!!

Has anybody tried one of these? I am waiting for mine to arrive and I am hoping next week. I found it on Kickstarter and the scale has a lot of great features. They have an app for Android which connects to the scale

Paul Ribich, from Roaster Dynamics in Florida, has a 1.25 sample roaster. All stainless steel construction, Watlow controller. I checked it out at the SCAA show in Boston. Price is reasonable. Quality is excellent. All USA parts and assemby!

designed my labels on the computer and sent them to a printer who basically digitally photo copied them. Cost .17 a piece with many colors. Doesn't pay to buy a printer at this cost. My other labels has a blank insert for other coffees which I just use a marker for now, all the other detail...

Been playing around with this in a small footprint. Spent a lot of time on the web and youtube and not much out there. Like to chat with anyone else who is doing Nitro cold brew and compare facts and equipment. I have no interest in bottling, just cold brew on tap.

I did these and then had them photo copied on a digital copy machine using label stock. A thousand cost me .24 each Quick Label in Rhode Island has a great printer but for 10K I will do it way for a while. Changing the name of the bean is just a matter of opening the file and doing an edit

We had purchased this tamper for a customer who had a problem with a conventional tamper. Things changed with or friend and we are now selling it. It is brand new! We did set it up and it works great. We are asking 375.00 well below VersaLab's price. If interested contact me at...

Has anyone had any experience using the VTA grinders from Mahlkoning? Looking at their 3phase unit.

The first half of my filtering systems from Cirqua arrived today. The EZ360. I did a lot of research and talking to some of the companies who have purchased the EZ 360 along with their AB Formulator and decided to spend the bucks. The water where I am is terrible and even though this system...

I do not have a problem with anyone making a profit on their labor but the guy who comes by to clean out my exhaust ( all 22' of it ) just doubled his rate! Business is slow so I guess he needs to make up the difference some how. I want to purchase my own equipment so that I can clean from the...

Happy Turkey Day! Happy Turducken day! Hoping everyone here has a safe and happy holiday! Charlie

After spending many hours on many forums searching for opinions about the best of all tampers, I decided to go for a Pullman Barista tamper: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Green ... 0501141701 I have had people tell me that their plastic tamper does just a good a job as any. Hard to believe...

anyone have any input on this? are they worth owning? just to maintain temp Thanks Charlie

Has anyone used one of these MilkMate 2005 chillers? Pricey at 499.00 for the 1 gallon size.

Just watched a video on YouTube showing Compak's new Conical K10 "Fresh" grinder. They seem to be keeping up with the new "E" mode. It is a really quiet machine and it actually placed the grinds in the middle of the PF. Real short round chute on the grinder. No pricing as of yesterday when I...

Has anyone used Versa Lab's M3 grinder? Pro vs cons? It is unique in many ways but have read a lot of negative. This would be used in a small espresso bar and I am not sure of the volume that will take place once I set it up. I have seen them in action on You Tube and might take a trip out to...

I spent a month or so trying to get opinions on vacuum conveying verses systems such as Cablevey's systems. Everyone told me vacuum conveyors will be ok for green but will ruin roasted. I spent a day at Piab in Hingham MA trying out there vacuum loaders with roasted coffee beans. We used...

Having only waited a short time, My USR 3KG Millenium arrived safely today thanks to FedEx's safe handling. The shipping crew at USR did a great job with the crate and securing the roaster, With all the sheet rock screws used to assemble the crate I won't need to buy any for awhile!! Hopefully...

I am thinking about getting one of these touse for a sampler roaster. Anyone have any experiences with this unit? Thanks in advance

I was searching for a quality sampler roaster that would roast to near quality perfection and the only unit I found was the San Franciscan. I checked the specs on the Diedrich and wasn't content with that model. Is the SF available or does one have to wait the usual 3 months assembly. Thanks in...

Has anyone here ever used this software for walk in service? Thanks in advance

Just want to say Hi, found this forum by accident and the info is great. I am starting another venture and being totally new inthe coffee business any and all info wil be appreciated. I chose the Fetco CBS-2042 and the Ditting KR-1203 for starters. I will be handling specialty coffees, just a...