Congratulations on installing the P3000, the most advanced small-batch roaster on the market. The P3000 has a lot of features and capabilities to explore, but roasting your first batch can be simple — just follow the steps below!
Sections
Before you start
Home screen
Starting a roast
During roasting
After roasting
Before you start
Check that you have fulfilled the installation requirements and that setup is complete:
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Exhaust and cooling tray ventilation installed
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Chaff collection bin installed
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Power supply connected
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Wi-Fi or ethernet connected
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You have familiarized yourself with the emergency prodcedures.
Turn on the machine and wait for the main interface to load. A pop-up will appear, asking if you want to enable the heaters. Tap 'enable heaters' to begin warming up the machine.
Home screen
You can now see the home screen on the touchscreen.
Top menu bar: Displays the currently selected inventory, roast profile, and batch size.
Settings: Tap to enter the settings menu.
Wi-Fi: Tap to connect to a Wi-Fi network or view the network status.
Shut down: Tap to enter the shutdown menu.
End condition: Displays the current trigger for ending the roast. By default this is determined by the profile, but you can override the settings at any time by tapping here to change the end condition type or value.
Timer: During the roast this displays the current roast time. After roasting, it shows the time elapsed since the previous batch.
Bean camera: A live view inside the drum for monitoring roast progress.Tap and hold to freeze / unfreeze the current image.
Power / Temperature, Fan speed, RPM: By default these paramters are determined by the profile, but you can override the settings during roasting by tapping here to change the current setting. For more information please see our guide to manual roasting.
Sensor data: Displays the most important sensor data in real time.
Next event: Indicates which stage of the roast is coming next. Tap on this to mark the next stage of the roast manually (e.g. tap on 'Yellowing' to mark yellowing if the machine does not mark it automatically).
Roast graph: Displays the roast curves from the current or most recent roast batch.
Footer menu: Includes additional information about roasting including the current batch number, and bean cooler controls.
Starting a roast
Tap on the top menu bar to choose which inventory, batch size, and roast profile to use. For more information on this, see our guide to the roasting wizard.
Weigh out the correct amount of green coffee for the selected profile and pour it into the hopper.
Tap 'Start' to begin the roast. The machine will automatically load beans from the hopper into the machine and begin the roasting process.
The P3000 will now roast the beans automatically, according to the instructions in the roast profile.
During roasting
The current view from the bean camera, sensor data, and roast curve are all displayed on-screen in real time.
By default, the machine will mark the stages of the roast (e.g. Yellowing and First Crack) automatically, but you can advance to the next stage at any time by tapping the 'Next event' button on the touchscreen.
By default, the power, fan speed and RPM are controlled automatically, but you can take over and control these settings manually at any time. For more details on this, please see our guide to manual roasting on the P3000.
You can end the roast at any time by tapping 'End Roast' at the top right-hand corner of the screen.
After roasting
When the roast ends, either because it reached the end condition specified by the profile or because it was ended manually, the beans will drop into the cooling tray. The cooling tray fan and stirring arms begin automatically towards the end of the roast time. Allow the beans to cool for at least 3 minutes before attempting to remove them from the cooling tray.
When the beans are cool, position a bucket or bag underneath the cooling tray exit chute to collect the roasted beans. Tap on 'Empty cooler' on the bottom to open the cooling tray door and discharge the beans.
When you are finished roasting, tap on the power icon to begin the roaster cooldown process. Once the drum temperature reaches 50°C, the option to shut down the machine will appear. Tap 'Shut down' and wait for the shutdown process to finish before switching the machine off, using the switch at the back.