Home Roasting FAQ

[delicious] Choosing a home roaster

In choosing any roaster the main issues are how much coffee you generally drink and how much you want to spend. Batch size can range from small in a Fresh Roast (about 3 - 4 ounces) to large in a Behmor roaster (about 3/4 of a pound). Four ounces of green coffee gives you about 5.25 scoops of ground coffee - that is just over 26 ounces to 42 ounces brewed coffee depending on how strong you like your coffee. A HotTop or Gene Cafe gives you twice as much - 10.5 scoops of coffee - about 52 to 84 ounces of brewed coffee. A Behmor can produce 1/4, 1/2 or full 1-pound light roasts. Ideally you want to get a machine that roasts no more than 3 days supply of coffee - unless your schedule is such that you have to roast less often. You can use these home roasters more than once a day generally, but it is not advisable to do so. These home machines are not designed as production roas...

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