Hi Joris! Nice to see you around again.
I continue to roast a kilo every two weeks. I still have not repaired the Maggiolino and am using the old HotTop under the vent hood in the kitchen. I'm satisfied with the roasts and it's nice to be able to roast while I'm cooking or washing dishes. I do miss GreanBean's Roastlogger, however. I can't use it with the HotTop because it is the old model that does not display the temperature continuously. I will fix the Maggio soon and get back to that when I do.
I have been roasting mostly Brazilian, Costa Rican, and Yirgacheffe since I have had a good stash of those, but it is coming to an end and I had to order more. I found an outfit in Frankfurt that has reasonable prices and good coffee and ordered 5 kg each of a Colombian, Honduran and Eth. Sidamo. I've had the Colombian from them before and it was very good. Shipping is very inexpensive, of course. It's the shipping that keeps me from ordering from HasBean. It's almost as expensive as the coffee.
After the heating element went out out on the Maggio and before I remembered the HotTop I bought some beans locally, which I disposed of after making one or two shots. They were obviously ancient and rancid tasting. I then started ordering from Lukas at Sonntagmorgen Kaffee, but after a couple of months it seemed too expensive, although the coffee was excellent. If I didn't have a storage room full of roasters I would have continued drinking Lukas' coffee.
After 15 years I still enjoy roasting my own coffee. I like the smell, love the sound and I like roasting the way I enjoy my coffee. If I want to go very dark, I can, if I want to play with different blends, I can and I never get tired of the ritual.