Latest Model   [KN-8828B-2K Newly Updated to Include K-type thermocouple]

The HotTop Roaster is for those who want larger batches than the air roasters, longer roasts, a commerical type roast-and-cool cycle, and a more robust machine.

Roasting with the HotTop takes an extra effort: you need to understand the sights, sounds and smells of the coffee roasting process to get the best results. But this method, roasting with your senses, is rewarded in a machine that gives a close-up view of the coffee during the roast cycle, and ... well ... produces so much roast aroma (read this as smoke!)

Yep, if you roast more coffee you are going to get more smoke. There's no way around it. With the HotTop, you are going to need ventilation to the outdoors, ideally by installing it under a kitchen vent hood.The roast profile reproduces the results of shop drum roaster more than the small home air roasters.

This especially suits folks who roast for espresso extraction, but in cupping the HotTops lighter roasts, I am impressed with the aromas and delicate balance of the cup quality. We have a lot more photos and more written about the HotTop in our Extended Review.

Price includes free UPS Ground shipping to the continental US.  Hottop continuoiusly improves the machine and we ship only the most recent production model. Note to our Canadian customers, there is an additional charge for shipping roasters to Canada due to the dimensional weight added by UPS and USPS. This usually an additional $30.00 we will contact you by email before we charge this additional shipping cost.

Special: For $10 more, you can select 5lbs of any coffee from our list (choose a 5lb up to $37 value; sorry, no Hawaii, etc.) Just type the name of the coffee in the blank space below.