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by **lukas** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:49 pm

Ha! I *finally* got the nerves to stand the sound of 2nd crack for longer than a few seconds! Yeeeeha! And finally have the routine required to achieve a fine, even roast! Yeeeeha! So Steve, after 2 kilos of your Yrg, I just hat a cup of french press of, erm, 20 minute old coffee, and a cup of espresso, of, erm, 2hr old coffee thereafter. And it's already waaaaaaaayyyy better than my previous tries before! Each and every roast I did with the Yrg ended up being too light becaus I lost my nerves! And they all were nearly the same grade too light! Bummer!

But this time I got it right, and roast time was pretty exactly 15 minutes ... Man, I'm happy!
But out of Yrgacheffe soon ;(

: D

by **bruceb** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:54 pm

I forgot what roaster you have, Lukas. Glad you had a good cup!

by **lukas** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:01 pm

It looks like this one:

it's old (about 100 years), made of heavy iron and I found out that I need to crank about 2 times/second to get an even roast. And hell, it's fun!

by **CakeBoy** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:56 pm

Great stuff Lucas. It's great that you have an antique roaster. Think of all the history involved with it and the people that have used it. Wow, mind blowing

by **lukas** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:29 am

Yes, it really is. I bought it off from ebay and the seller told me that his grandma got it as a wedding present back in around 1910 ... I can't even imagine that ...

by **Joris** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:18 am

I'm still looking for one of those .... everytime I find one, it's either rusted away, painted or too expensive

by **espressomattic** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:20 pm

Been looking for an antique Roaster to no avail too

Then again I do have Cakey

by **Gouezeri** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:29 pm

he's not antique, just antiquated and dilapidated :twisted:

by **leecb** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:03 am

But at least he's not rusted away, painted or too d**m expensive :lol:

by **Gouezeri** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:19 am

Oh no, he's definitely expensive... thor tampers, annual subscriptions, you name it, only the best :wink:

by **bruceb** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:25 am

There are always at least 5 of these available on ebay.de. Just searchfor "Kaffeeroester." They usually go for little money. I just found something interesting there while looking. See the picture. The article number is 260010535286 if anyone wants to look at more pictures.

by **CakeBoy** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:55 am

leecb wrote:But at least he's not rusted away, painted or too d**m expensive

You calling me cheap? :wink:

Hmmmmm, painted ..... I might look good in a decent coat of gloss :lol:

by **espressomattic** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:00 am

CakeBoy wrote:
leecb wrote:But at least he's not rusted away, painted or too d**m expensive

You calling me cheap? Hmmmmm, painted ..... I might look good in a decent coat of gloss

It'll take more than a coat of gloss to make you look pretty mate

The again who am I to talk when it comes to paint :shock:

by **Gouezeri** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:02 am

gonna need a good couple of undercoats of damp proof :wink:

by **CakeBoy** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:03 am

espressomattic wrote:
CakeBoy wrote:
leecb wrote:But at least he's not rusted away, painted or too d**m expensive

You calling me cheap? Hmmmmm, painted ..... I might look good in a decent coat of gloss

It'll take more than a coat of gloss to make you look pretty mate The again who am I to talk when it comes to paint

Without the rust I would look pretty :shock:

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