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Home Roasting Coffee with the Fresh Roast

September 1, 2000 by Michael Allen Smith

Home Roasting Coffee with the Fresh Roast

This tutorial was written in 2000. Since then there have been updates to the Fresh Roast coffee roaster.

There are many ways to home roast coffee. INeedCoffee has many home roasting tutorials using a popcorn popper, Hearthware Precision, and an oven. Now, I’m about to show the easiest method of them all: The Fresh Roast Coffee Bean Roaster. The Fresh Roast is a small batch coffee roaster that runs off electricity. Just plug it in and roast. Is it the right roaster for you? We’ll look into that after I walk you through a roasting session.

About the Fresh Roast

The Fresh Roast can roast 2-2.5 oz of green coffee beans per batch, which yields enough for about 10-12 cups of coffee. If you and your household consume a lot of coffee then a larger capacity roaster may be more appropriate. The roast completes in a very fast 3-5 minutes. It is also the quietest roaster I’ve used. The pictures below were all taken from an outside patio, but this roaster can easily work indoors. As with any indoor roasting, make sure you have proper ventilation and you can disable the smoke detector.

FreshRoast - Pre Roast
FreshRoast – Pre Roast

FreshRoast - Post Roast
FreshRoast – Post Roast

Starting The Roast

Telling someone how to roast with a Fresh Roast is like teaching someone how to make toast. To say it is simple is an understatement. Pour in the green coffee beans, set the toggle to either “LIGHT” or “DARK”, close the lid, and turn the timer. Now just let the roaster do its job. That’s all there is to roasting with the Fresh Roast.

Add Beans
Add Beans

Set Timer
Set Timer

Start of Roast
Start of Roast

Early in the Roast
Early in the Roast

Middle of Roast
Middle of Roast

End of Roast
End of Roast

Ending The Roast

The one drawback I found to the Fresh Roast is that it doesn’t do a great job of cooling down. Because of this, I suggest using an oven mitt or towel to remove the lid once the roast is complete. Usually the first roast isn’t exceptionally hot, but each subsequent roast gets hotter. Once the machine has cooled off, empty the chaff basket.

Remove the Lid
Remove the Lid

Pour out the Coffee
Pour out the Coffee

finished roast
The coffee on the left was roasted on the “LIGHT” setting and the coffee on the right at the “DARK” setting.

Some roasters may desire to monkey with their Fresh Roast machine to get the roast to slow down or accelerate the cooling of the beans. That’s beyond the scope of this article, but if you are looking for an easy way to get started in home roasting coffee, the Fresh Roast is a great product. Home roasters that prefer a more slowly roasted coffee or something that can handle a larger volume would not be ideal users of this roaster.

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Michael Allen Smith is both a coffee fanatic and a web developer. In April 1999, he combined these two interests and started the coffee website INeedCoffee.com. His personal blog, which covers a wide range of topics, is Critical MAS.
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This article first appeared on INeedCoffee.com. Filed Under: Roasting Coffee

About Michael Allen Smith

Michael Allen Smith is both a coffee fanatic and a web developer. In April 1999, he combined these two interests and started the coffee website INeedCoffee.com. His personal blog, which covers a wide range of topics, is Critical MAS.

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