Gene Cafe Profiles / Q&A / Tips & Tricks

[BoldJava]

Brother is in town.  Watched me roast and then set up this venting system through the casement window and storm window.  Louvered. Good to go.

Sent via phone with big, fat fingers.

[ScareYourPassenger]

That looks like it took some effort! Very nice setup, I hope to do something similar with my sono before winter:)

[BoldJava]

That looks like it took some effort! Very nice setup, I hope to do something similar with my sono before winter:)

He knocked it out in about 3 hours while I was bagging the Yemeni coffee.

[Kenny]

Brother is in town.  Watched me roast and then set up this venting system through the casement window and storm window.  Louvered. Good to go.

Sent via phone with big, fat fingers.

I'm thinking about buying a gene cafe soon because I'm getting tired of the popcorn popper.  What size is that duct at the end where it reaches the gene cafe.  Also, do you have any other exhaust fan or is it just the gene cafe to the duct to the window.

[ecc]

That's 4" dryer duct, and it won't need a fan unless you have long runs, or a head wind.

[Kenny]

Nice. Thanks.

[BoldJava]

Gene owners.

It appears that Tim Skiling is no longer the Gene Cafe importer.  He no longer lists Gene Cafe parts on his website.


North American importing appears to be at http://batchcoffee.com/.  Let me confirm what parts he stocks and see if I can get a current price list.


B|Java

[BoldJava]

EMail response was:

"Hi Dave,

The parts are no longer available wholesale. If an end user needs parts, they can contact us directly at support@batchcoffee.com
Soon our website with parts will also be available.

Best,
Derek"

[sosha]

Hmm.  Mine has not been able to get up to 480 for quite some time.  Done everything I can think of: cleaned canisters, chaff collector, opened it up and cleaned the vent.  Maybe I need to replace a board, which makes me nervous.

Guess I'll shoot this dude an email.  Or ask Santa for a HT.

[BoldJava]

Hmm.  Mine has not been able to get up to 480 for quite some time. . .

I have never roasted with 480* on either machine.

[sosha]

If I set it to 480, I'm lucky if it gets to 460. 

[BoldJava]

Issues. 

[BoldJava]

What charge/load you using?

[sosha]

I use a variac, set at 120+.  I don't run the laundry when I'm roasting.     Never roast more than 227g at once.

[BoldJava]

Ouch.  Try a mother board. (Oh, you already said that...) <grins>

 I think I paid $14 plus shipping?