ROEST L100 - Is This The Future Of Roasting?

Roest is a small Norwegian company with big global goals, and one of them is to build the best sample roaster on the market. This uniquely designed coffee roaster is packed full of features. From automatic first crack detection, to a manual mode with full roast profiling capabilities, the question is, did they achieve that goal?

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[2:19] QUICK OVERVIEW
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[7:15] QUIRKS & DOWNSIDES
[8:16] FINAL THOUGHTS

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[cloudyview]

Love the dichotomy of having an RTD coffee sponsor on a video about a potential home roaster 😁

[philgoogle]

Another great review. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing your thoughts👍

[edipisreks]

Something scaled down to the $2k price point would probably sell to a lot of home roasters. 6k is a lot and is an amount that requires reflection, but people plunk down 2000 bucks on toys that collect dust, all the time.

[damien]

Thanks for this video. As a home roaster, I’m always looking to make roasting more convenient.

[rogerpye]

Thanks for a very comprehensive review. As someone who has dabbled in home roasting for 15 + years, from popcorn poppers to the Hottop, This roast looks great, but the price is the main stumbling block for my situation. It was obviously conceived as the commercial roasters high end sample roaster. Interestingly, some of ROEST's latest promotional videos and instagram posts appear to be targeted at home use. I wonder if they would consider a more basic version for the home roaster that was at a more accessible price point ?

[slam]

I started with Whirly Pop and quickly found the Gene Cafe' Roaster. After learning I ended with a 5 bean blend roasting each bean type separately. I would do two loads of each bean @ 240g. It took quite a while to complete a full batch. Covid hit and Sweet Marias no longer had all beans for my blend so I dropped them. I could always rely on my local roasters. The Gene Cafe is an incredibly uniform roaster with on the fly controls for time and temp. Worked out my own profiles which yielded a flavor unmatched in our community.

[chigolf]

Thanks for the thorough review! Definitely seems like more of a professional QA tool for bigger operations given the price point. Curious if anyone out there has compared this to the Probat Electric Sample Roaster...

[alanroderick]

Thank you, as always. To my eyes, a lovely looking machine that I would love to see in my home. I love the overall simplicity for automatic roasting. Sadly the price point is not compatible with my possible budget. I wish the Company well, because it seems to do a good job.

[johnduggins]

I was looking at both the Ikawa Pro and the Roest about a year ago and decided to pick up the Ikawa. I was more worried about portability and venting than other features. I love the idea of first crack detection, though.

[hoongfu]

Great video! Loved the insight and your opinions on it! Also great background music. I have a question for you. My Iroast2 is dying, literally falling apart. What would you suggest for my next roaster?

[wynparksook]

Enjoyed your comprehensive content, as usual! Home roasting would be a step too far for me. I already spend too much money on coffee equipments, haha. Having said that, I appreciate how the coffee industry keeps on innovating and that consumers have more choices.

[iggyman]

The Kaffelogic is a full home profile roaster more likely to do it due to the price point. Only difference is it’s fluid bed - so to pros that might matter vs drum. I love it though!

[homecafecharlie]

I've seen this machine at trade shows and one in a roaster in Tokyo, but I couldn't see any justification for the price tag with the small capacity. I'd love to try one out and it looks lovely, but a fully automatic roaster needs to have a decent batch size to be worth it for me. Thanks for the review ;)

[daustin]

I think the Roest is a great looking, compact machine, but for that price, I''ll stick with my Mill City 500 g. I've been curious about it, so, thanks for the review.

[jacobfiksel]

Would be super interested in your review of the Kaffelogic Nano, now that it's available for North America and has a boost kit that ups the capacity to 180-200g.

[EvanJGordon]

Thanks for the review Spro! Very interesting to see this machine in action.

It looks like this machine is really targeted at professional sample roasting. Home roasters aren't going to spend $6, 000 on a roaster that only does 100g batches. I go through that much in a day sometimes. I can't imagine choosing this over an Aillio bullet. I'll stick with my 226g batches on a freshroast for now.

[stemazzo]

Sprom, thank for this! Will you also review the Kaffelogic ? I have great expectations on their US launch !

[guillermocesarsaladino]

The cheapest one costs almost one ton of arabiga premium sieve 17/18 coffee beans in Brazil !! But it looks very attractive.

[yannicke]

Thank you for the review! Price tag really is a bummer.. have you thought about looking at the Kaffelogic Nano 7e? Sounds very intriguing as well and at around 1000€ in Europe much more affordable..

[nickpartner]

I looked at this when I was going for a home roaster and it does have the advantage that you seem to be able to access, create and share profiles without a subscription (unlike some others). Agree re wifi - but a little confused as it seems they can have a phidget installed - listed on cropster site as such integration via usb as a result - so potentially artisan too with a little effort for home. Or have I missed something here?