Roasting coffee with the Aillio Bullet R1 V2 | a simple guide

[@JasonColdham]

I love how I watched the part one of this last night and commented and the very next day I'm treated to part 2! Thank you for this!

[@CoffeeRoasting]

In general my goal is to provide that content, people are looking for. So if there is anything that might be useful for you or any other viewer - just send me a message or comment.

[@T-Shire]

Thanks, Ingo. This was very helpful, carefully put together and well done.

[@CoffeeRoasting]

Thanks for your feedback ☺️

[@abiggs]

Great video. Just got my Bullet and working through my first roasts.

[@CoffeeRoasting]

Perfect. Have fun with the machine 💪

[@bluesfool1]

Looks like a nice setup

[@CoffeeRoasting]

Yes, indeed. It's a fantastic roasting machine.

[@bluesfool1]

@@CoffeeRoasting I ordered one from Docent so I’m just waiting for it to be shipped now. Watching all your videos to be prepared for setting it up!

[@dhuljipatel]

It's so nice and it's helpful me

[@CoffeeRoasting]

Thanks a lot. I'm happy if it helped 🙂

[@jrduplessis]

Do you have any profiles you can share for some of your roasts that you thought worked well for you? Great video - keep them coming. Love your style of teaching

[@CoffeeRoasting]

Yes, You can find them on our website: roastrebels.com/en/roasting-knowledge/coffee-roasting/aillio-bullet-roast-profiles Kind regards Ingo

[@jakke1975]

Looks very annoying that the displays keep changing to different variables, seemingly without indication what exactly it is currently displaying. A bit similar to how the Gene Cafe displays its set temperature / exhaust temperature. You also have to press all kinds of buttons to access different functions or view/set different temperatures. The PRS button that scrolls one-way through different modes of the roaster isn't very convenient either. You probably get used to these quirks after using it for a while but it's so much different from a standard mechanical gas roaster where you can directly access all the controls for heat, fans, drum speed, diffuser, cooling and so on. On your previous introduction of the Bullet V2 I already said I thought the design isn't very practical or well thought out. I'm feeling a bit the same with the control panel :-/ What matters for the consumer is the quality of your roast though, and I'm sure you can roast some pretty tasty coffee with this roaster. But when it comes to home roasting, I find the whole process and the joy you get from using your roaster pretty important too. If not, I'd just buy good coffee from a local coffee roaster. But those are just my thoughts, everybody's unique and has their own preferences. There must be a reason why so many people love it, I just don't get it ;)

[@CoffeeRoasting]

Thanks for your feedback. At the end it's a matter of taste and preference. Some other roasters like the Hottop or classic drum roasters are more straight forward, Aillio is putting more funktions and settings into the buttons and displays. Yet it's not too difficult to use anyway. By the way - the changing temperatures on the Bullet display as well as on the Gene Café is indicating the target temperature and the acutal temperature.

[@veganpotterthevegan]

I don't actually look at values on the roaster very much. The numbers don't move like that on your computer.

[@FishOutofWater00]

Modern gas roasters are now connected to computers allowing different staff at specialty coffee shops to produce high quality products. Once an excellent roast profile is established it can be replayed by the computer that controls the roast. The same is true with this electric roaster. The software has good visualization on a laptop and is pretty easy to use. You don't need to use much of the button interface when you use a laptop. However, your laptop will not shut up the annoying warning beeps. You must hit a button.

[@DjAlexWax]

Want to see the beans roasted

[@CoffeeRoasting]

You can see some roasted beans in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKHHhaSHnb1nlZo As you might see, quality of roasts is great with all machines, that we offer. The most important differences (besides quantity) are the level of control a machine offers you: measuring the temperature as well as the settings it offers. Kind regards Ingo

[@alexskazhynyuk1348]

Make more videos of roasting different beans

[@CoffeeRoasting]

Is there anything in particular, you would be interested in?

[@patwachinmay3919]

How's the roast quality? Is it any way comparable to Probat? How many roasting cycles per day one can run on a higher side?

[@CoffeeRoasting]

Yes, perfectly comparable. Anyway studies showed, that the machine itself has no influence on the taste. It's how you operate the machine. Since the Bullet is very precise and fast in reading, very powerful and offers all in all a lot of control and ability to repeat roasts quite perfectly, it gives you all you need to create roasts of highest quality. There are people roasting commercially with the Bullet, that reported to me, that they are roasting 4kg green beans per hour for several hours a day.

[@themcclure]

I just got mine a few days ago, and I can’t figure out how to change the charge temperature of a roast in RoasTime (it just seems to use the default number), and I also can only change it on the panel when it is “Off”, not once it has started preheating. Am I missing something? Seems like a weird feature omission. Thanks

[@CoffeeRoasting]

You can define the preheat temperature in the recipes.

[@jc7252]

Thanks Ingo, I very much enjoy your videos. I am looking into getting a roaster myself, but don't want to spend too much money. I also found Sandbox Smart R1 to be capable of doing many of the things Bullet or Hottop can. What is your take on it? Pricewise is much cheaper. Can you maybe do a video on it as well? Thanks.

[@CoffeeRoasting]

Unfortunately, it didn't really convince me yet. There is hardly anything you can do when it comes to roasting profiles. But have a look at it yourself - you can download the App and play around with it. Like that you will get an idea, how it works. There isn't anything you can do at the roaster itself, just the setting in the App.

[@jc7252]

@@CoffeeRoasting Thank you for your reply! What about the Kaffelogic? That is more within my budget, and I watched your videos about it and seems promising. Would you recommend that instead?

[@patwachinmay3919]

On your website you have mentioned many recipies . Now one question, while calculating the time after first crack, do we have to calculate from the starting point of first crack or from the end point of first crack?. Moreover, one request to you that please share some more profiles for bullet for smaller batch size and especially medium light , medium, medium dark, light etc. Thank you in advance.

[@CoffeeRoasting]

Thank you for your message. The development time is the time from beginning of FC until the end of the roast. If that was your question. Kind regards Ingo

[@patwachinmay3919]

@@CoffeeRoasting Thanks a LOT. It will be very helpful. Please post some more roast profiles for smaller batch like 500 gms, 350 gms. Logic behind this is to make learning of coffee roasting more economical. 900gms and 1 kg batches are very costly for learning. Please it's a request. For AILLIO BULLET. THANKS IN ADVANCE.

[@wheeel2012]

Just bought a bullet, first time on my hands. I have a question, when I want to turn off my roaster I wait until temp is below 80ºc and then I just directly unplug the cable? Is not a button or switch to turn off?? It keeps making some noise below 80ºc. Thanks.

[@CoffeeRoasting]

Please excuse me for saying it in this clarity, but please read the manual. Aillio has produced a perfect manual, it is easy to read and all topics are perfectly covered so that you will have a safe and long-lasting experience with the machine. Kind regards Ingo

[@3rd-Wave_Rebel]

Hi! When I set up my preheat temperature but for some reason it won’t say CHARGE when the preheat temp is met. I would have to manually press PRS to make it say CHARGE. How can I make it automatically tells me to charge instead of me reminding it that it is ready to charge?

[@CoffeeRoasting]

IBTS preheat temp reached doesn't mean, that the system is ready yet. It's waiting until BT and IBTS are balanced and steady. This can take around 25minutes. If you want consistent roasts, you need to wait until it says charge.

[@3rd-Wave_Rebel]

@@CoffeeRoastingthnx🎉 it works out the way you told me!

[@kirez83]

Thank you so much for this. Do you happen to have any good vienna/french roast profile with the Bullet?

[@CoffeeRoasting]

Thanks Calvin. In fact, you can chose the dark Espresso profile and just keep the Power a bit higher after FC and roast to your wished colour.

[@kirez83]

Thank you so much for the tip!!:)

[@mohammedsca5562]

Can i put 700 Gm ? and ,,, can i use it for Business i mean make it work 4hr connected

[@CoffeeRoasting]

Yes, 700g is possile. And I know a lot of roasters who are using it 4hrs a day. There is a facebook group for commercial Bullet roaster.

[@animandrw4844]

How much temp is p9 or p8... ?

[@CoffeeRoasting]

Hi Anim Good question. It's not directly linked to a temperature, it's the power level with which the induction is working. Similar to a kitchen stove, where you don't set temperatures, but the power level of the stove. I hope, this explanation is clear enough. Kind regards Ingo

[@wesleybaquero6414]

Where could I get a bullet to ship to Tampa, Florida? Only on the Aillio website? Sweat maria’s do not seem to keep getting elements anymore

[@CoffeeRoasting]

As far as I know, Docent Coffee and Sweet Maria's are selling it in the US. You might ask them directly, when the next shipping will arrive.

[@wesleybaquero6414]

@@CoffeeRoasting thank you so much! Will check out with Docent coffee

[@JasonColdham]

@@wesleybaquero6414 I spoke to Sweet Maria's yesterday and they have a container full on a boat on the way to them.

[@FishOutofWater00]

@@JasonColdham They were in stock for maybe a week. These things are popular with more demand than supply.

[@themcclure]

They’re in stock again this week!