Choosing A Home Coffee Roaster

Choosing a home coffee roaster? Every home coffee roasting enthusiast will choose a home coffee roaster. This video explains five important features to consider when buying a home coffee roaster. We will look at nine different roasters and consider budget, capacity, control, chaff, and the ability to follow a profile manually or automatically so you can find the roaster that best fits your needs.

The 9 roasters I talk about are popular choices and I have used each of these. While there may be other equally good roasters, I have not had personal experience using them, so they were not mentioned. The information I share should help you look outside this list if you consider a different roaster. I have included links when choosing a home coffee roaster below. Some links are affiliate links where I may receive a fee if you purchase them. The price does not change for you.

What type of questions do you have about home coffee roasting. Share your comments and questions in the comments area of this video!

Video Timeline
0:00 Choosing a home coffee roaster
2:16 Hot Air Popcorn Popper
3:10 Popper by Sweet Marias
4:08 Chaff
5:00 Fresh Roast
5:20 Capacity 1.0
7:42 Roma Pro / Mago Maga
7:55 Air Roasting
9:42 Hand Roasters (manual roaster)
10:40 Hive Coffee Roaster
12:34 Nuvo Ceramic Coffee Roaster
13:37 Behmor Coffee Roaster
13:55 Drum Roaster
14:45 Capacity 2.0
18:25 Kaleido M2 Coffee Roaster
20:50 Cooling Tray
21:31 Aillio Bullet
23:35 Auto Roasting

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[TheSwoon]

Great video. Your roast along videos helped me a lot when i bought my first roaster (Kaleido M1) about 2 months ago. It was so much easier to get into than i was expecting. Already making some of my favorite coffees ive ever had. Having different and fresh roasted coffees to try each week has been amazing. Appreciate the content

[eherrmann]

Iv'e been using the Fresh Roast SR800 that I've modded to add thermocouples so that I can log my roasts with Artisan. With this setup, I've been able to get consistent roasts and have been able to follow profiles that I have developed for different bean origins.

[greggholt]

Wow. Great clip. I started with a Behmor which I still believe is the perfect entry level. Eliminates so many variables while still giving a great option for control especially if you adopt some of the cooling hacks available online. I graduated to the Kaleido M2. Kind of a small yet significant step up in capacity and volume. Between the larger capacity and quicker roast cycle it's probably 3X more production. But a huge leap in control of all the variables. There is both pros and cons to that control. A LOT to monitor and adjust. I've trashed plenty of beans that would have been saved in a more controlled environment. But I've roasted some amazing coffee as well. I would never go back. Kaleido M2 and Artisan software. Love it. Very responsive machine that while quirky is solid. Haven't quite graduated to true profile roasting but the additional data and control make it very easy to repeat roasts.

[strathound]

Great information. I'm just starting out. Think I'm gonna try the Behmor for starters.

[ZNels]

I'm getting my heat gun/flour sifter roaster set up. It's adjustable in 10⁰ F increments so I'm hoping I can get it dialed in and get some decently accurate roast profiles!

[chuckster]

Thanks, Mike, for another informative video. The biggest mistake I’ve made in home coffee roasting was to sell my Behmor 1600 Plus. I was fairly new into home coffee roasting and I wanted to track my roasts using Artisan. I couldn’t figure out an easy way to do it with the Behmor, but I could using a modified pop corn popper. I now use “The Poppery” from West Bend and control the heat using a variac, and I control fan speed with a rotary switch. Using Artisan eventually lost its glamour, so now I usually roast without going through the bother of attaching my laptop to use Artisan. I wish I still had the Behmor!

[viccez]

I love this video!!! I purchased a Popper to start my roasting experience. I'm ready to move to a larger drum roaster. Is there a difference in flavor gas vs. electric? Is there a video of yours where you dive into this subject?

[francofratangelo]

Hi Mike. I have 2 SR800 that I really enjoy. One with the Razzo and the other with the extension tube. Both modified for artisan. I also have the Roma Pro. Issues with all 3 is chaff collectors. The SR’s do a great job but at the end of the roast chaff does fall back into the beans. The Roma Pro however catches a considerable amount of chaff and beans. I find a good amount of beans inside the collector.

[geraldarcuri]

Fresh Roast works for me. I always roast outdoors. My Behmor smoked so bad, my neighbors were ready to call the fire department. Profiling may be helpful, but unnecessary for me. I always monitor each batch as it's roasting, and adjust as necessary.

[LivingTheLifeRetired]

Great video Mike. How are you? Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! I just sat down with a cup of Ethiopian Yirgacheffe roasted on my M1. You definitely have an abundance of roasters to choose from. Now that you have a number of more advanced roasters like the Bullet or the Kaleido do you ever go back and roast on some of your other roasters? How would you compare the Bullet to your Mill City? Can you get a comparable quality roast?

[andrestorres]

Thank you so much for this video. I ended up buying the roma pro a couple of weeks ago. wanted to buy the fresh roast but there is no 220v version available for Europe, so the roma pro was the similar option. Would be interesting to see how you use it, as I am strugling to get descent coffee out of it

[jeanhood]

I already got you a coffee, but another one will be on the way soon. Thanks!

[mathewkimura]

Could you please include KAKACOO G400 next time ? That is one of the most budget drum roaster. I’ve been using it for a year and works great.

[Spectrum_Auto_Spa]

Thank you for the info. I been thinking of getting a Behmor roaster. Did you see an increase on your electrical bill doing 2 roasts per week?

[sunsetchristmaslights]

What are your thoughts on the ITOP Skywalker, 600g max drum roaster? I have a Fresh Roast SR800, and was looking for a more affordable drum roaster to get practise with while I'm saving for the Kaleido M6..

[jeanhood]

I am undecided between the Bemour and the SR800 with an extension tube. Any advice?

[classicrockonly]

I keep contemplating upgrading from my BocaBoca 250 because 225g batches are becoming too small. But dang a lot of the larger capacity roasters are so far out of reach to get to 500g :(

[robertcombs]

Hi Mike. I see you have the M2S now. I am seriously considering that roaster coming from an SR540 with Razzo with thermocouple port that I have been roasting on for over 4 years. I want to gain complete control by using artisan or their tablet or probably both. I want to roast from light to dark with complete control. It seems with the updates to the sealed model this should be a great roaster. How would you rate the cupping of the M2 against all the others? Any negatives to be warned of? Thanks in advance!

[BaristaBod]

Could you do a video of how to roast a full pound on the behmor, in situations where you have to roast a pound

[jdevilk]

Hi, what is your opinion for kaffelogic for home use ?