Zach & Dani’s™ Instructional Guide and Roasting Journal
Table of Contents Important Safeguards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Welcome to the world of Home Coffee Roasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Description of Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Description of Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Before You Begin . . . . . . . .
IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS Welcome to the World of Home Coffee Roasting! 1. Read all instructions before using appliance. 2. Do not touch any hot surfaces. 3. Do not place roaster on or near hot electric or gas burners, or in a heated oven. 4. Do not immerse cord, plug, or base of this appliance in water or other liquid. 5. Children should not use this appliance. Close supervision is necessary when any appliance is used near children. 6. Unplug roaster when not in use and before cleaning.
Description of Parts Control Panel Gourmet Coffee Roaster Your Roaster has an easy to use Control Panel (refer to Diagram 2 below). Your Roaster comes complete with easy to assemble parts (Refer to Diagram 1 below). Roaster parts are easily identifiable: 1. Cover 2. Rear Seal 3. Roaster Base 4. Cut Off Switch 5. Chaff Cup 6. Screen 7. Front Seal 8. Auger 9.
Before You Begin Before you roast your first batch of coffee: 1. Unpack your roaster to make sure all of the parts listed in “Description of Parts” are included. 2. Wash and rinse the cover, chaff cup, and roasting chamber to eliminate any flavor residue from the packing materials. Make sure all parts are completely dry before re-assembling your roaster. These parts are dishwasher safe. CAUTION: Never submerge the body of your coffee roaster in water or place it in the dishwasher.
5. Make sure the rear seal is placed securely over the larger opening in the underside of the cover. 6. Slide the cover into place by aligning the hinges. 7. Gently press the cover down until the latches click into place. 8. Plug in the coffee roaster. The default setting on the LCD timer display will indicate 20 minutes. This will produce a “light” roast. We do not recommend that you roast for less than 20 minutes. We suggest that you roast your first roast at least 25 minutes. Experiment, have fun! 9.
Caring for Your Roaster After Use 1. Your roaster must be cleaned after every use. This will ensure the safe operation of the machine, its longevity and optimal roasting results. 2. With the machine disassembled, brush or rinse the chaff particles off the screen. 3. Wash the chaff cup, roasting chamber, and roaster top with soap and warm water or run these parts through your dishwasher. Let all removable parts air dry before re-assembling the roaster.
• Bragging rights. So there you are, roasting a blend of Guatemalan Huehuetenango and Sumatran Lintong, your kitchen pungent with smelly yet glamorous smoke, when your friends arrive for dinner carrying that pathetic bag of week-old house blend... • Romance. Roasting your own coffee carries you deeper into the drama and romance of coffee.
Blending at Home: Getting Started The goal of blending is simple: achieve a more complete, complex, and pleasing coffee experience than can be achieved from brewing one single coffee. It is probably easiest to get a feel for the process by combining very different but complementary coffees: a brisk, dry, acidy coffee with a fuller, deeper-toned coffee, for example.
How to set up your own Coffee Cellar Storing and Handling Coffee after Roasting For food romantics “coffee cellar” has a fine ring to it. It resonates with the same combined pleasure of connoisseurship and security that motivates people to keep dusty wine bottles piled deep in the hearts of their houses. Correct storage for unroasted coffee is cool but not cold, dark, dry, and, above all, well ventilated.
Kenneth Davids’ Roasting Journal TROUBLESHOOTING Note that “roast ‘em ‘til they’re brown” improvisers don’t need to fool with charts like this one. Be prepared to accept the fact that no matter how consistent you are, roasts still will differ from session to session. Tasting and making observations about surface oils are activities ideally carried out the day following the roast. Concerns Possible Solutions Unit will not turn on. Make sure unit is plugged in.
Concerns Possible Solutions Unit is running but auger is not spinning. In any case, prior to inspection of a stalled auger condition, shut down the unit and remove plug from power source. Allow to cool. Guarantee Roasting chamber is not properly seated. The auger (Diagram 1), thrust washer, and, or, drive screw are improperly installed. A bean is stuck under the auger, causing it to jam.
Six Month Limited Warranty Thank you for your purchase of a Zach & Dani’s™ Gourmet Coffee Roaster. This Warranty applies to coffee roasters that were purchased for personal or household use and shall not apply to commercial use of the units. The units were not designed for and should not be used in commercial applications. In addition, this Warranty only applies to the original purchaser of the unit (or, in the case of a gift, the original user of the unit).
