Binding: Kitchen Label: Freshbeans, Inc. Manufacturer: Freshbeans, Inc. Model: 410 Publisher: Freshbeans, Inc. Sales Rank: 147435 Studio: Freshbeans, Inc.
Features:
The perfect home roasting machine for households with 1 or 2 coffee drinkers.
Roasts 3.5 oz. Green coffee in about 7 minutes
A good machine for beginners at an affordable price.
Includes a 5 pound sampler of Fair Trade certified organic green coffee
Product Description: The Freshroast Plus 8 home coffee roaster is the newest model from Freshbeans Inc. It features a glass chamber for a 3.5 oz. roast batch and a fast roast cycle. Ideal for a household of 1 to 2 coffee drinkers, it takes just 5-8 minutes to roast the green coffee beans with a 2 minute cool-down cycle. The Freshroast has a mechanical timer and the chaff collector is simple yet effective. Because the roast chamber is smaller and the roast cycle is shorter than other home coffee roasting machines, it uses less energy to roast a batch of beans. Because of its basic design, this is the roaster that will outlast all the fancy, computer chip controlled machines out there. If you are a serious home coffee roaster, it is worth having one of these just in case your other roaster fails. Because of the mechanical timer and the fast roast time, this unit requires a little more attention to achieve your favorite roast. This is a simple matter of monitoring the bean color and aroma, then manually turning the machine to cool when the beans are perfect. Typically, in a Freshroast the beans roast a little darker on the outside and the bright notes and aroma are accentuated, while deeper tones can sometimes be muted because of the fast roast time. The roast time will vary between coffee types. Includes a 5 pound sampler of our most popular Fair Trade certified organic green coffees.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Instant Brewesta
This small fluid-bed appliance is one efficient; easy to use coffee bean roaster. You pour your Tolima Colombian green beans into the 43cc scoop twice, spilling them into the small roasting chamber. Plug it in. Turn the timer knob to seven minutes and that's it. A stream of hot air does the rest. It's virtually silent, emanates a nice rich smell and it's smoke-free--if you put the chaff collectors & the roast chamber into the dishwasher after each roasting project. The green beans slowly turn kaki, then light brown and finally (after the second crack) a dark shiny brown. Pour dem roasted ... Read More
Rating: - Great when it works
I purchased this roaster, the FreshRoast Plus, a little over a year ago. In that year I used it roughly every two days and after a bit of a rough start had no problem getting just the roast I wanted. Thats not to say that you can just turn the dial and get the same roast each time. Slightly different amounts of beans or different types could require 2 to 3 minutes less to roast often because the first crack was so exothermic that it caused a very rapid second crack. Still, with some experience and good timing the variables were easy to adjust for.
Unfortunately, just days after the 1 year warranty ... Read More
Rating: - Fun and easy to use.
I love coffee and view my obsession as a hobby. Roasting ones own beans is almost an essential activity for one to be consider a coffee snob (or hobbyist). The FreshRoast plus 8 was a cost-effective way to proceed with my hobby.
After an experience in Peru roasting my own beans over a fire (poor results) I knew that good results would require a coffee roaster. I have friends who have tried using an air popper and the oven to roast green beans, with results mimicking my "open fire" experience.
The FreshRoast plus 8 is as close to being ready to use "out of the box" as possible. Using ... Read More
Rating: - It fascinates the cats
I have the feeling that roasting is out of vogue as I could not find a local outlet to sell this critter. However I did not let that stop me.
A lot of the fun was unpacking the roaster and the accompanying bag of beans. I just scanned through the manual and any warnings. I later read it several times from cover to cover; however I was in a hurry to plug it in. Each piece fit together and was to speculate as to what its function was. The roster also came with a scoop and I had to laugh at the instructions; they said to fill the scoop up twice and then empty it into the roaster.
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