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Gear Review: Huky 500 Coffee Roaster

March 10, 2015 By Michael 15 Comments

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The thought has crossed the mind of every serious coffee nerd: Can I roast my own coffee? We’ve debated it enough times that when we first stumbled upon a picture of the Huky 500, we were infatuated. The device looked like something between a hotrod and a spaceship – a vehicle to a new world of coffee knowledge and experience. When we found out roasting guru Joe Marrocco owns and endorses the Huky 500, we didn’t need anymore incentive to empty our piggy banks and place the order.

The Huky 500 is fabricated by Kuanho Li in Taiwan. Mr. Li does not have a website, just an email address. Judging by the serial number on our Huky, that …

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Filed Under: Coffee Product Reviews Tagged With: Coffee Roasting, home roasting, Huky 500, RoastWatch

Introducing RoastWatch, an iOS app for Roasting Coffee

April 28, 2014 By Darren 16 Comments

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For long time readers of the Compass, you might have guessed that we enjoy participating in every step of the coffee process, including roasting. After I began getting into iOS app development, I started searching for a project to cut my teeth on. That project is RoastWatch.

RoastWatch, a portmanteau of “Roasting” and “Wristwatch”, is a simple, yet powerful iOS tool to help you track and log your coffee roast profiles. It was designed…

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: app, iOS, Roasting, RoastWatch

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