Saturday September 2nd 2006
A bunch of us had a great morning at Dean Morgans’ Roastery.
Lots was learned as we watched the 30kg Joper at work and roasted our selection of beans on the 5kg machine.
Dean and Aaron were very gracious hosts and we greatly appreciated their time, energy and expertise being shared with us.
Photos courtesy of Sam Atwood
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Shiny beans - The batch that went a little too long
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The 5Kg little brother Joper
Joper 5Kg
Dean instructing on heat control
Letting rip with the first batch
About to dump the first batch
Cooling the batch
Reflections of a fine roast
"So where do you think the beans go?"
L-R: Chris, Neil, Gidi, Gary
Chris and Gary playing spot the bean
Front face of the 5Kg roaster
The 30Kg Joper with all the extras
The business end of the 30kg Joper
A batch freshly dumped into the cooling tray.
Cooling the beans #2
Capturing the movement of the cooling agitators
Cooling tray with the de-stoner to the right
Dean checking the roast
A baby Alpenrost on the bench
You reckon this group would know how to work an espresso machine.
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Pulling shots and Alpenrost's
L-R: Norman, Stephen, Aaron, Gary, Chris, Gidi, Neil
Releasing the beans after de-stoning
Beans going up into hopper after de-stoning
