First roast with the Gene Cafe - Too Easy?

First roast with the Gene Cafe - Too Easy? With just a push of the button I was able to get a decent roast. The Gene Cafe isn't a drum roaster or a typical fluid bed roaster. It is more of a hybrid roasters that uses a drum to move the beans and hot air to heat them up. It is using a "hot box that blows heated air into the drum. The concept is kind of like a Loring BUT it isn't. This is a popular home coffee roaster but many have commented it is limited to the type of roasting it can do. Today's video is a starting point using the Gene Cafe. It was my First roast with the Gene Cafe - Too Easy? Take a look for yourself.

Special thanks to The Captains Coffee (https://thecaptainscoffee.com/) for letting me borrow their Gene Cafe coffee roaster. David did a really helpful video "Gene Cafe ULTIMATE Beginner's Guide! | CBR-101 Home Coffee Roasting Tutorial" for those who want to know how to operate this unique home roaster. You can see the video here:    • Gene Cafe ULTIMATE Beginner's Guide! | CBR...  


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Video Timeline
0:00 First roast with the Gene Cafe - To Easy?
1:45 Closer Look at the Gene Cafe
3:00 Preheating the Gene Cafe
4:06 Roasting a Timor coffee on the Gene Cafe
5:00 Charging the Gene Cafe
10:45 Dry End
14:15 First Crack
15:32 Drop & Cool The Coffee
16:40 Roast Profile Review
18:30 Tasting The Coffee
19:30 What is next with the Gene Cafe?
20:10 First Impressions of the Gene Cafe

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