Here's the link if you want to twit: http://img.ly/1HD
Total cost, not including time and tools and instruments: £20. The (de-varnished) Illy tin was another £4 I think.
That is all for now. Got to get to work. =)
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CakeBoy wrote:Nice one Liyang How are the roasts?
Ah, I've been reading your Wiki entry!triptogenetica wrote:Ah, that's the mini oven I've been using for home roasting!
I never figured out how you could stir it without a significant temperature drop. D: That's what stirred me into concocting this harebrained idea, so it wasn't a bad thing…triptogenetica wrote:A baking tray, occasionally stirred, in that oven gives a larger amount, but not as even.
I took out the thermal cut-out fuse from the control side of the oven, drilled a hole through both the metal tab and the oven wall on the right. (Use a HSS bit for this. If you don't have a centre punch, abuse a sharp wood screw with a hammer to mark the spot.) On the left I just drilled a hole in the same position.triptogenetica wrote:How did you get the spindle mounted in the oven […]?
It's £13 from Argos at the minute. You have no excuse. Other than the lack of time. This took me about two days — interspersed with bits of PhD work — to put together.triptogenetica wrote:I thought about doing this to ours, but we also use it for all oven cooking that doesn't need the big oven.
I should point out that during my taste test, the two were very similar. I'd struggle to tell the difference, but then my palate isn't as developed as a professional cupper, and I've probably killed most of my taste buds by being fed — what would be to most British people — uncomfortably hot (as in, spicy) food since birth.liyang wrote:I suspect the mild unevenness of my Machacamarca is due to the ridiculously high temperatures. They do look slightly browner than Steve's, and I'm not sure I heard the first crack, which confused me. It was light enough at that point for me to see that I ought to stop the roast, however.
qwerty69 wrote:What a fantastic use for a tin of Illy, tell me you didn't make coffee with the beans though
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