Gene Café CBR101 - coffee roaster (black) - starter pack

The Gene Café CBR101 starter pack is the short route from green beans to your own roast: the roaster, the coffee to practise on and the bags to keep the results in, all in one box.

What is in the pack

• The Gene Café CBR101 coffee roaster in black, with adjustable temperature and roasting time. It takes 250 g of green coffee per batch.
• 6 x 250 g of green coffee beans, a selection of different origins and varieties, so you can taste what the same roast does to different beans. The exact selection varies.
• 6 x kraft bags with a resealable zip, each holding up to 500 g, for storing your roasts or giving them away.

Roasting your first batch

A batch of 250 g takes roughly 13 to 17 minutes. We suggest starting at about 235 °C and adjusting from there to suit the bean and your own taste; dropping the temperature a little after the first crack gives you more control over the rest of the profile. Both settings are made on the machine, so once you find a profile you like you can repeat it.

The CBR101 is quiet for a home roaster, but not silent. Customers tell us the first and second crack can be hard to pick out over it, so it is worth roasting somewhere without much background noise while you are still working a profile out.

Cleaning and safety

Take the loose chaff out of the roaster after every roast. Every twenty roasts or so we advise lifting the chaff collector off the machine and washing it in warm water, then letting all the parts dry through before the next batch. And never set the machine going and walk away: stay with it from the first minute to the last.