Are there any other home roasters in here?
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Ikawa Home here. Usually buy greens from RoastMasters. Just did nine batches of beans from Ethiopia, Brazil, Guatamala.
Transition to home roasting was partly the money savings, but mostly getting different sets of flavors from coffee regions.
How do you like the Ikawa Home? I’m very tempted, but the app reviews are pretty brutal. How’s it working for you?
Great so far. I'm on Android, so I can start with a recipe from Ikawa and then tweak temperature and fan profiles as needed. Ikawa includes a sampler pack with the roaster, and none really blew me away, at least with the recipes provided, so I started buying bags from another green bean vendor closer to me. I prefer light medium so usually stop shortly after first crack. But I'm still trying to learn how to use rate of rise, and lower slower development to get different flavors from the same beans.
Ah yes, the old "it's gonna pay for itself in 3 years tops" paradigm :D
Exactly what I told myself!!! 😄
The same truism applies to the two group 24k gold Slayer machine......... right?