Latest Model

This roaster has been used but still works.

The Fresh Roast is an easy-to-use, quiet, quick roaster, a great value. It's the ideal roaster for a 1-person coffee drinking household (okay ...there's enough for two folks).

If you are new to roasting, this is a great place to start, and if you move up to a larger machine, people have found the Freshroast to be a great back-up machine. The roast time is about 7 minutes for a Full City (medium-dark) roast, with a 3 minute cool-down cycle.

The Fresh Roast SR 300 is essentially an improved model of the Fresh Roast +8 roaster that we've sold for years. It has a 1/2 cup capacity (roughly double that of the older FR+8 roasters) - though for best agitation I prefer to use less - more like 1/3 cup (90 grams). The SR300 has a more stable base than older models.

The SR300 essentially is the SR500, running on high heat and the medium fan setting. With the SR300 you can not control the heat or fan setting, there is just one preset. To be totally honest, I have a few problems with this roaster: the fan doesn't move the coffee well at the beginning stages of the roast, so roasts can end up with scorched beans if you don't take care to prevent them. These problems existed with the Fresh Roast +8 - so it is not new. Nonetheless, this machine can produce great roasted coffee with the right technique. I've detailed my thoughts on how to best use the roaster here on the details page.