Kenneth Davids, author of Home Coffee Roasting: Romance and Revival (St. Martin's Press, 1996) recommends two reasonably priced home fluid-bed coffee roasters:
Original Fresh Roast: this roaster has a per-roast-batch capacity of 2.7 ounces by weight and sells for about $65.
Fresh Roast Plus: the per-roast-batch capacity for this machine is 3.5 ounces by weight, and the price is about $80.
Check these online sources for the machines:
Sweet Maria's
www.sweetmarias.com
1-888-876-5917Coffee Bean Corral
www.coffeebeancorral.com
1-877-987-1233The Coffee Project
www.coffeeproject.com
1-800-779-7578Home Coffee Roasters
www.homeroasters.com
1-800-803-7774
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