Thought it deserved its own thread.
I drink quite a bit of coffee and I'm becoming a pretty big coffee snob. I have just about all of the brewing equipment methods, multiple grinders etc. I've been doing whole bean fresh roasted (locally) for a while now and while I was picking up some fresh beans the other day it struck me that I should look into roasting my own. I've had this idea in the back of my head for a few years that I'd like to open a coffee shop when I decide to "retire" and perhaps this might be a good thing for me to have to see if doing this sort of thing is actually worth it.
I've looked into a bunch of the low to medium cost roasters and I think I've come down to two options to pick from. The
HotTop b2k version or the slightly more expensive
Quest M3 roaster. There's another one out there call the Huky 500 but I think that one might be a bit trickier to acquire.
I really like the looks and such of the HotTop but I like the more manual style of the M3. I think the M3 with the HotTop cooling try would be awesome. Perhaps I could mod one up.