Ok, ok, I know there has been toomuchtalk about it these last months but I think the following it interesting...
The machine arrived today and I couldn't believe my eyes. It is A LOT bigger than I thought. The oscar looks like a toy beside. I had some Kenya fresh roasted but couldn't wait, I read the manual while my wife was preparing the room in the kitchen, we put near an aeration in the wall and I fired this baby up.... And fire is the right word
I waited for the machine to preheat but didn't remember the drum had to roll from the start and I thought it was normal it wasn't rolling during preheating cycle. So when the machine bipped I inserted my Daterra and waited... The drum stood there, beans all over heating right against the heater elements, I was reading again and again the manual to see if there was a button to push and after 1 minute, fire started !!!!
Turned off everything, let the little fire die and let the hottop cool. I then emptied the drum, opened and cleaned the chamber and was already thinking about annoying Steve (I'm quite good at it
). I tried to start the machine chamber opened to see if the motor was stuck or broken but it ran !! So I put everything together and tried again a preheating cycle and then the drum rolled.... Aaaaaah. Looks like the drum axle wasn't very well fitted and was blocking the motor.
So I finally roasted a daterra blend with the setting 4 plus 20 seconds. I now think I could have roasted 20 seconds less but the result is quite fantastic, I'm so happy. And the sound is sooooo quiet compared to the imex, really easy to spot cracks. By the way, it's funny the Daterra 2nd crack was louder than first. I just loved the way it flushed the coffee at then end of the roast, with all this smoke and the smell, so cooool.
So to sum up : If you can spend 700 euros but hesitate because it's quite a lot of money, do not hesitate anymore, it's worth every penny. But remember this machine is BIG and you'll need room. And the most important thing, the drum must always roll.
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