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I've decided to finally join the ranks of the dattalogers! Looking for help upgrading my setup. I've been roasting with this setup, minus digital data-logging, for a few years now, with the help of Rain Frog's Roastmaster iPad app (highly recommend for starting out!) I apologize in advance...

(I tried searching the forums for information related to my question and didn't find anything, but if there are other related threads, on this forum or elsewhere, feal free to redirect me to them.) I seem to get good advice from these forums, so here I go again with a question: Does anyone...

I'm looking at a La Cimbali M30 Classic, 2 Group. Has anyone had experience with this (or similar) machine? Also looking for recommendations of other commercial brands/types that I might be able to find inexpensively. Preferably not auto/super-auto. ~ Devin

I've had several people tell me, "Your coffee doesn't affect me like other coffees!" Before I allow this to affect my ego, I wanted to find more scientific explanations on the subject. I've only been roasting about a year and a half. Of the coffees I've roasted--from bottom-shelf Robusta, to...

Anyone sell, or know where to buy, green beans in low quantities? The best providers I've found so far are happymugcoffee and sweetmarias. I'm particarly Intersted in Bolivian. Sweetmarias offered some great quality Bolivian earlier this year, for about $5/Lb. it was a crowd pleaser! Hard to...

As a roaster, I found the latest Roast magazine issue valuable. Particularly the article that provided roasting tips. Like many fellow roasters, I have had to teach myself everything about roasting from trial and error. I just haven't had the funds for formal training, and there aren't any...

I'm returning to the Virginia Beach/Norfolk/Chesapeake area for about a week and want to scope out the coffee scene. Any recommendations? Especially interested in micro-roasters and coffeehouse/roasteries. I also am trying to get close to any green coffee wholesalers/importers/distributors...