750g Electric Coffee Roaster Machine Home Coffee Roaster Coffee Bean Roaster for Home Use 110V

I bought this for my adult son for Christmas. He loves it. I owned a coffee shop when he was younger and he fell in love with coffee and wanted to own his own coffee roastery and shop one day. He is using it to test different coffee beans and flavor profiles before he pulls the trigger.

The media could not be loaded. There are a number of roasters on the market that looks similar. This unit however comes with minimal instructions that are insufficient to learn how to roast coffee. So you are going to have to go look at other units that looks something like this one to figure out what to do.Seems this unit would hold about 250 g maximum of coffee and I would start with 100 or a quarter pound. Typical roasting temperature for coffee is 240° f and then you would take it to 350 which is first crack which is it's called and a little bit beyond to get a medium roast. Apparently getting it up to 450 will get you an espresso roast. This machines instructions tell you nothing. You do get is a lid with a knob that you yourself have to screw on a base with a temperature control and a built-in stirring mechanism to move the beans as they roast. Being roasted on a slant or vertically would ensure the beans would roast more evenly but this is flat. There's a spot to stick in a thermometer which you're going to want to do to tell that you've reached the proper roasting temperature. My feeling is you're probably better off with a unit that gives you a lot more operating instructions.I tried roasting twice the first time I made a light roast where I didn't go much past what they call the first crack. Was very light, the way some Turkish coffee can be, a light rose brown. I did some more reading and the espresso coffee I want to make goes a little bit past what they call the second crack which is a louder popping of the beans and happens about 10 minutes into the roast maybe a little later. You're warned not to go much past the second crack lest you end up with charred beans rather than roasted beans. I used a bag of green Brazilian beans and the roast was very uneven even though I shook the machine as well as let it turn to make sure that all the beans were touching the roaster. I believe this is the disadvantage of a flat roaster rather than a drum. Other interesting thing is that many of the drum roasters you see have open holes and I think this is to float off the chaff and boy there is chaff. I dumped my roasted beans about a minute after they hit the second crack, tossing them with a large spoon to make sure that the heat was distributed and that the roasting could continue with the heat of the beans which did indeed happen, they got darker. But some beans are much lighter than others. And the colander that I poured them into let the chaff through to the big bowl that I had placed underneath so when you dump out your coffee make sure you put it in a colander over a big bowl because you are going to get some really messy flakes. The smell of roasting coffee is not same as a freshly brewed coffee or freshly ground. Quite a strong burning vegetal smell and you'll read about people who want to do their roasting in the garage or outdoors and believe me you'll understand this because the house will be redolent of this smell for hours due to the oily nature of the vapors. It's a very penetrating odor. If you have a pregnant lady in the house I would not recommend roasting in the house because anyone who's sensitive to sense and sensory issues is going to find this smell very distracting.Brewed my espresso in a mokka pot, which is not true espresso but a good brew. It actually was very nice. The choice of Brazilian beans is fairly traditional, they are lower and acid than Colombian or Central American and they toast up very nicely for espresso.Summary: I think there must be better roasters on the market that do an even job on the beans but this does allow you to roast beans up to about a third of a pound of raw beans. Anything more than that the machine is just uneven and unable to do a good even roast. Should read up on the process because no instructions of any worth come with the unit. I will say, it works.

Very easy to use and clean. We grow our own coffee and this is perfect for small batch roasting!

stopped working down after 5-6 times. temperatire dial indicator is not even close to what the real temp is inside the roaster.

Having never roasted my own coffee before, this coffee bean roaster is great for a beginner. My first batch is smooth and drinkable. There is a page of brief instructions on roasting which I used relying heavily on the bean color descriptions on what to expect and when to adjust the temperature. This roaster has a range of temperature settings from 0 to 240C. What the instructions don't mention and fortunately I found out my researching online, making coffee also makes a lot of smoke. This is best done outside. I used a heavy duty extension cord that accommodates the 3 prong plug on this roaster and roasted the coffee on my front porch. Another advantage to using this coffee roaster outside is when the coffee is roasted, there's a lot of thin husk-like material at the end of the process. I used oven gloves to handle the roaster, which is very hot by the end, and poured the roasted beans into a colander. Then I just gently shook the colander outside to get most of the light husk-like stuff off. When the beans cooled further, I did go over them more carefully to get the rest of the 'fluff' out. There's quite a bit of clean up required for both the coffee roaster and the colander although it's easy to do. The result is nice-looking roasted beans. I had just a few beans that remained light colored that I picked up when I bagged the coffee once it cooled. I waited 24 hours and then ground the beans, enjoying my coffee. My rating is 4 stars for I wish the instructions would address the smoke and husks. Just using the instructions without doing some research on my own would have left me with a bad experience.

This product is great value and roasts well. I have roasted about 15 pounds since I have bought it and its great.

So nice to have if u want to roast your own bean! Easy to use and a must have!!!

Got this as a gift for my mom and so far the ease of use is outstanding.