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China has been getting a lot of bad press lately. Don't look to me for reassurance. I have had several inquiries about coffee roasters that are manufactured in China. I have researched several of these machines and one or two of the most active manufactures. The bottom line...you get what...

SOLD!!!!

This year I am expanding my coffee company to include roaster sales. I will be importing roasters direct from the manufacturer in Turkey. For purposes of business modeling, I'm curious to know how many roasting professionals on the forum have propane roasters vs. natural gas. Although I am...

Here we go...does anyone have experience with Diedrich infra-red roasters AND conventional atmospheric type roasters? And if not - please don't post and confuse the topic! But, if you have used both an atmospheric roaster (such as a Probat or Ambex) and a Diedrch IR- roaster, how do you think...

I have a customer who talks about a coffee he bought in Madrid. The display, according to him, included a light roast in one canister, and another with a dark roasted, caramelized blackened bean. The two were apparently mixed in equal proportion. Does anyone know about this? What are the...

This is cool stuff - Ever notice how coffee "dust" cakes up on your grinder? We grind truck-loads and the stuff gets everywhere - especially caked on to the grinder chute. And when we are filling the plastic paks, the static has that dust dancing and making a mess. Well, GSB & Associates...

Nine months old - like new condition. E-mail me for details and pictures. Serious inquiries only. [email protected]

I have an Ambex YM-15 kilo roaster that is 7 months old, a YM-2 that is a few years old, and a Sonofresco 1lb fluid bed (hot air) roaster roughly 1 and a half years old. I'm thinking of redirecting my company and entertaining serious offers for any of the above mentioned equipment. E-mail me...

I've dealt with several companies that sell flavor additives and ended up using GSB Flavor Creators (Kennesaw, Georgia). At the suggestion of someone on this forum I requested samples from Flavor Sciences back around the first week of February. The samples never showed up. I called them...

I have a real bug to build something! So naturally I started looking around at my shop and wondering what I could build that would save some labor. The best I could come up with is a bean loader. I think pneumatic is the way to go as there is less damage to the beans, fewer moving parts, etc...

I'm waiting for the freight truck to deliver a small chaff collector for my shop roaster. I've been waiting for months. The saga: This has been a three month saga filled with delays, excuses and poor service. The order for this chaff collector was placed in early April. I have done...

I venture through the crowds of pierced-bodied high school kids once in a while to see what is new at Starbucks. Last week it was to find that their old four-group espresso machine had been replaced with a fully automated machine. I had heard rumors it was coming, but was surprised to find it...

I need a chaff collector. I ordered one for my Ambex and was told it was almost done, then told the one missing part was on order, then told the paint was drying and it would be shipped soon, and a month and a half later I still don't have it. So now I'm shopping again and would love to hear...

My new Program VIP says, "Maintenance" on it. I gather there are some kits that need to be installed - we've reached the 10,000 shot mark. Does anyone know if this is difficult, or do I need to have my distributor drive 90 miles to effect the repairs?

I was reading about one coffee roaster who "flushes" the bags with nitrogen to remove oxygen harmful to coffee. Does anyone know about this process and whether it is cost effective? I would guess it makes sense if the coffee is going to sit on the shelf for a prolonged period of time, but I'm...

I was talking with a fellow coffee professional Friday about a certain blend his roaster sells - seems they carefully blended Central and South American coffee flavor profiles to produce a single taste that is remarkably like Jaimacan Blue Mountain...but at a fraction of the cost. Has anyone...