I’ve been totally surprised at the quality of green bean roasters on the sell. Today’s products are filled with large type and so easy to work out. But if you’re new to it all how do you know which roaster is best for you?
You can make a good quality start right here by reading this article for a detailed indication of the basic domestic roasting machines. First let us take a look at the two types of roaster which is the fluid bed or hot air and the drum roasters.
First up is the fluid bed roaster or hot air coffee roaster. The fluid bed roaster functions very similarly to a home popcorn popper, in that it uses a glass revolving roasting chamber to keep the beans and the hot air in progress, allowing for a very even roast. Fluid bed roasters work best for novice home coffee roasters that are only looking to roast a small amount of coffee for themselves and their family. Drum roasters are larger more expensive contraptions made mostly for commercial use. Drum roasters are box-shaped and unlike the fluid bed roaster, does not allow you to view the beans as they are roasted. Drum roasters use convection or infrared radiation to heat the beans and are more for hardcore coffee enthusiasts than fluid bed roasters. These hardcore coffee drinkers drink a lot of coffee and it is almost a hobby to them.
When we say fluid bed roasters, these are low-cost, allow you to see the coffee beans as they are roasted, and they are fast, taking only 10-20 minutes tops to roast your coffee beans. On the other hand, fluid bed roasters also tend to be smoky, so you have to have good ventilation unless you want to set off your smoke detectors every time you roast and they only hold a few ounces of coffee at a point in time, usually about a 3-day supply.
Drum roasters give your beans soft even full bodied roast which can hold big quantities of beans up to 8 ounces at a time while some of them are computerized for optimal roasting. Adversely, drum roasters tend to be expensive (ranging as high as 500 dollar or more), take longer to roast the beans, and don’t allow you to view the beans as they are roasted, meaning you have to rely on smell and sound to know when they are done unless your drum roaster is a high-end automated model that does this for you.
If you are new to coffee bean roasting, the best bet home coffee roaster for you would be a more inexpensive fluid bed roaster. That way you can acquaint yourself thoroughly with the process before moving up to the big dogs-the drum roasters. Drum roasters are for people that are graving about their coffee and are willing to shell out the big bucks to get the optimal coffee drinking practice.
