Bullet Coffee Roaster

Koffee_Kosmo

I have been roasting 1 kg batches for a couple of years now on the KKTO And it's 1/4 of the price KK

Brett_H

Koffee Kosmo wrote:

I have been roasting 1 kg batches for a couple of years now on the KKTO And it's 1/4 of the price KK

Even cheaper if you've got the bits lying around in ya shed :thumb: Perhaps this one can roast inside like the Behmor.

Lwowiak

I think this will be a step up from the KKTO. The KKTO is a superb value for money quality convection roaster. This unit is a conduction roaster, so there will be noticeable differences. The "supposed" program-ability and control looks promising. If it does what the designers set out to achieve, it should be able to produce excellent results. If it does or does not roast 1kg is irrelevant. Even a 800g roast will be sufficient. Buying a roaster just for 1kg capacity is a waste of time and money. The roaster has to be able to deliver certain benefits to justify its price. Let's hope this one does. ECM are importing this roaster, so there should be a few retailers who will be offering it for sale. I am quite particular as to who gets my business. Ego is not an endearing quality for a retailer to possess.

Brett_H

Well said Lwowiak! I agree with your thoughts especially the final ones! Ego and Machiavellian Machinations will never get my business!! If there's a need for that, there's clearly something not right. I don't know it's for me but only because of the price... which is a steal for what it purportedly offers!

askthecoffeeguy

Ditto I'm selective about how and where I spend my money and I'll be choosing carefully my place of purchase

ash

Well I've just pulled the trigger and put a pre order in with Coffee Parts for one. Lets see what happens mid year. ??? ??? ???

Brett_H

Wow... Review and pictures or it never happened 😉 A big :thumb: mate!! Great news!!

askthecoffeeguy

OK I'm officially jealous now!

GaryatGala

Well done Ash. Enjoy the roaster when it arrives. Looking forward to reading this upcoming chapter of your coffee journey. It would certainly help those who havent bit the bullet just yet. [emoji106]

ash

I just can't believe that SWMBO said yes! ??? When I get it, I'll flood this thread with pictures and impressions.

Brett_H

We are waiting with baited breath! :thumb:

Moon

Nice looking piece of kit, that. Also liked this bit ... You can plug this little bug right into a household outlet, and it’s certainly an aesthetic step up from your average home roasting enthusiast’s popcorn popper setup. It'd wanna be .. my popcorn popper cost $30 ... and this baby costs 100x that at around $3k... so yeah, a step up of monumental proportion indeed. Did I say I want one? Blimey .. either that or a Bezzera Strega ... hmm? ... might hold off and give it some more thought.

lukemc

I've got one on pre order through an Aussie distributed too. Can't wait.

askthecoffeeguy

Wonder how it stacks up compared to a couple of behmor plus machines? Would love to do a side by side comparison! P

ash

Well the anticipation is starting to build. From what I have seen on the interwebz, It looks like I may receive this roaster sometime in October or November. I've been following the pre-order folks facestalking page with interest. There has been a few niggles with the initial production machines, which hopefully will be sorted in the next lot of production machines. A lot of the niggles have made it into the users manual which has solutions. One of the more annoying reported niggles was an issue of beans popping out the front door. Apparently this was solved by ensuring the drum was fully forward in the roaster prior to roasting, and the was also a manufacturing solution in which the leading edge of the drum (originally chamfered) has been replaced by a straight edge. Here's hoping this solution makes it into the production models Hopefully I get it before Christmas!! :coffee2:

Brett_H

And hopefully we can all life vicariously through you 🙂

lukemc

I've got one on pre order too and am also hoping they sort some of the niggles out 🙂 looking forward to it though. It's been a long wait Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

K_Bean_Coffee

Hi guys, I'm really interested to see how you go with this roaster. Heating up of the electronics and pricey replacements is my main concern. I hope I'm wrong. Apart from that concern this is a little winner. I saw it at MICE and was impressed. I am holding out for a 1kg Behmor though. I don't know when it will come but I'm told it will. A 1 kg Gene Cafe is another option but that's not in Aus yet. Cheers 🙂

cosmic_couple22

Have seen and cupped quite a few roasts done on the bullet, Padre Noosa have one and are using it as a sample roaster and for small batch filter roasts with a good deal of success. Few little issues, quite dirty how the chaff just falls out of the slot on the front of the machine and goes everywhere, needs a small amount of fluing or need to roast at an open door to disperse smoke, a couple of thermocouples is a positive upgrade to do oneself for more precise control/understanding of what is happening inside, add on software upgrade a must.

ash

Seeing as I'm a back patio roaster the chaff and smoke everywhere problem shouldn't be too much of an issue for me as long as I take wind direction into account! ;D I'd love to see an example of some of the Padre Noosa roast profiles, just to compare what they're doing against other Bullet users who have put a roast profile up on the FB page. Most of them seem to be profiles that are vastly different to the basic profiles that I've followed. I'm guessing a fair bit of that is down to local climate and taste preferences??? And I see now that Coffee Parts have pushed back delivery date to Q4. I knew that would be more the case compared to Q3 after reading the last Aillio Bullet news update that I received. From the newsletter "now that we’re nearing the completion of our pre-order phase, it is time to begin looking forward to the next batch. Like the pre-orders, these machines will also be of a limited number, with a large chunk of the machines being reserved for our distributors in Australia, Singapore, Thailand, South Africa, and Japan." (19 Jul 2016) Also the trier for the Bullet will be available soon for $USD49.00

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