Roasting on the Artisan X-e
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- čas přidán 11. 08. 2021
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In this video, Ken walks you through your first roast on the Artisan X-e and gives you tips and tricks for successful roasts.
He’s accurate when he says you can call them, I’ve called them four times since receiving my roaster two days ago and they have helped each time.
Can confirm - We've roasted on two different Artisan models over the past 7 years and the few times I've needed quick support over the phone, Ken & crew have been there.
Question. So I just dumped my roasted coffee in to the cooling tray and I want to start another roast, what is the proper procedure? Turn heating element off (with air/loft still on?), then dump coffee in to cooling tray, place hopper back to the upright position, pour green coffee in hopper with air loft still on, then turn heating element back on?
You got it basically right with one minor change. Here is how it should look: Open up the cooling tray to get air flowing, turn off heating element, dump the roaster beans into tray, TURN DOWN THE LOFT, dump green beans into hopper, turn loft back up and establish the correct loft, turn heat element back on. You could in theory leave the loft motor running at the higher level while you pour the green beans in but this can cause beans to fly out of the hopper if the loft is too high.
@@coffeecraftersllc Thank you!
Will this roaster be able to hit anywhere between 8-12 mins for a full batch? Or will it tend towards the 12 min mark? I want to understand how much headroom it has.
A full 10lbs batch will tend to be closer to the 12 minute mark on average but there are factors, such as roasting environment temperature, that can affect this. For example, in the winter when the warehouse is colder, I can throw 10lbs in the Xe roaster, turn the heat up to 10 and it will take about 11-12 minutes. But, during the summer when the warehouse is hotter, that same load might take me only 9 minutes because the roasting area is already warm. If you're trying to get a specific roast time then this is something you can experiment with but really as long as your roasting to the same bean temperature and you roast within that 8-12 minute window the beans will taste the same from one batch to another.
@@coffeecraftersllc thank you. In your example, did you throw that 10lb batch into a cold roaster? And more broadly speaking, is this something that could be mitigated through climate-controlling the warehouse?
@@letsgetcarriedaway Yes, the roaster is not preheated before we start roasting. Climate control would help keep the roast times more consistent for sure. The biggest problem the roaster has is it doesn't do well if the roasting environment is too cold since it brings in the air around it. The more consistent the temp in your roasting environment the more consistent your roast times will be.
@@coffeecraftersllc great! Thank you for your time and detailed responses!
Can this be used on european 400 V 50-60 hz three phase power?
Not 440V three phase, but we do have a European application for 220V 50-60 hz single phase.
@@coffeecraftersllc And how much watts or amps of power would this machine in a combo require please ? Thanks.
@@popovic5463 You would need 30 amps to run the Artisan 3e and 60 amps to run the Artisan Xe
Are your roasters ULC approved for Canada?
Yes they are!
can you calibrate it with boiling water?
You could if you want to but you may need to still make adjustments while roasting. Every bean is different based on origin and other factors that can create variations in when beans will reach the right temperatures, like first crack. I usually have to make at least some small adjustment to the temp setting when switching from one bean to another.
455 deg roast, kinda Starbucks level stuff. Espresso?