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Here’s a New Hybrid to the Home Coffee Roaster’s Market

The Gene Café Roaster

 We tested this unit over a year ago when Genesis contacted us.  Coffee Storehouse was optimistic with its conceptual design.  Since then, we are even more pleased with the new changes.   After additional testing & developmental changes, Genesis has produced a great roaster for both the novice and beginner roaster. They have combined the features of a drum and a fluid bed roaster which coffee aficionados will love in this new innovative design.  

The new Gene Roaster allows more flexibility to control the roast while having a greater visual advantage with its tempered glass drum design. The roaster’s drum has an innovative vortex twisting motion that allows the beans to tumble evenly while hot air circulates around them. Large capacity chamber allow roasting batches as large as 300grams to as small as 50grams.

Since the key to producing the perfect roast is having more control over the variables.  Two knobs on the front of the unit can be adjusted for time and temperature. A manual cool button allows you to stop the roasting process at any point you feel the coffee is ready.

While some of the better roasting machines allow you to program your roast; once the roasting process begins, the flexibility to make changes are limited, if any.  The Gene Café Roaster has added this feature so that you can make unlimited changes in the temperature and/or time settings before and during the roast. (Since not all beans roast the same- this is a great feature.  We love that!) 

The cool cycle takes place in the drum.  When the eternal temps reach 140 F, the drum stops and alerts the roaster with an auditable beep.

The unit’s operation is impressively quiet.  It may take a few roasts to discern from the pops in the roasting stages from the beans hitting the glass as they tumble.  

In addition to the illustrated owner’s manual, a 1 year warranty is included with the roaster.  Additional parts include an attachable chaff collector which sits on the side, a chamber support which holds the chamber when not in use, and cup to measure for beans.

Bravi Home Coffee Roaster ^TM 

You are now able to roast your own green 
coffee beans using the same principles as 
professional roasters around the world.

	Roasts up to 1/2 lb. of green coffee beans at a time
	One-touch operation- Simply add green coffee beans into the roasting drum, close lid and set your desired roasting level...It's that simple!
	The Bravi home coffee roaster will automatically cycle through the roasting process, cool the beans, expel the chaff, and pour the roasted beans into the bean cup ready for immediate use
	Multi-roasting levels offer the home coffee roaster up to 15 different roast settings...from a light cinnamon, to medium, or to a dark french roast
	Patented airflow and ventilation system allows the adjustable ventilation system to be vented externally or to a stove top range hood
	Clean up is easy; the stainless steel drum, roasting bean cup, and chaff tray are dishwasher safe
	One year manufacturer warranty included, through SwissMar at 800/387-5707

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Coffee Storehouse is pleased to carry the Bravi Home Coffee Roaster.  

Swiss Mar has been one of the pioneers in home coffee roasting.  Since the introduction of the Alpenrost rotary drum, Swiss Mar has been nominated “Best Invention of 2000” by Time Magazine. The company now is taking their technology to the next level with the debut of the “Bravi Home Coffee Roaster”. We feel confident you will be pleased with the new changes.

What are the new changes?

Exterior appearance hasn’t changed much.  Capacity is the same – 1/2lb/225g of green beans at a single time.  The biggest change has been in its technology design. Easy clean up: The top reflector and doors are upgraded to a non-stick coated surface.  This makes clean up easier.  The roasting drum, bean cup and chaff tray are still dishwasher safe (top rack).

Multiple stage roasting: The PCB board is programmed to roast the beans in various stages resulting in more consistent and even roast.

Temperature controlled roasting: The thermistor measures the roasting temperature to ensure optimal control of roasting process.

Double over-heating protection: Now equipped with double over-heating protection devices.  The thermostat will shut off the heating element and the thermal cutoff in the event of over-heating.

Self Diagnostic feature: Bravi is now equipped with a self diagnostic tool that will alert you to malfunctions. 

Closed lid Sensor- This safety feature will not allow the machine to start unless the lid is properly closed.

Brochure (pdf)

The newly designed "KN-8828B" now gives the user complete manual control of all parameters while still allowing those new to coffee roasting easy the ability to successfully roast from the very beginning Simply plug the roaster in and press the "POWER/START" button three times and the roasting process begins. Add the beans when the machine "beeps" and you can either allow it to roast and then eject the beans automatically or you can manually end the roast at any time.

     As the user advances in their knowledge of coffee roasting, the various parameters of the roast can be easily controlled without complicated programming. While the roast progresses the user can use the simple keypad to change various functions as seen here

     The control panel uses an easy-to-read LCD display to give the user all the information needed to successfully complete a roast. By glancing at the four simple display areas the current process is easily understood:

Having to remember a roast with all those possible changes would be nearly impossible, so to allow you to repeat a roast there are three memory areas. At the end of the roast which you have modified using any of the above changes you are presented with "Stor" in the display. At that time you can easily save the completed roast into non-volatile memory, including all the changes you have made. Up to three roasts can be saved in this manner. A stored roasting profile can be easily selected at the start of a roast, and that Profile can be changed during the roast as described above, and then saved again at the end of the process.

To achieve this we have redesigned the entire control board as well as the main circuit board. The KN-8828B will be available as a complete roaster, but Hottop has gone to great lengths in the design of this new model to be sure that current owners of a Hottop coffee roaster will be able to upgrade their roasters to the "B" model by replacing the control panel and the main board, both of which will are available for purchase as an upgrade "kit." Complete instructions for the replacement procedure are available in PDF format HERE on the Hottop USA website.

Among various safety features is the fact that the chaff tray needs to be removed from the machine for emptying or the next roast cannot begin, even if the machine has been unplugged.

Another safety feature helps keep the user from ruining a roast. When bean temperature reaches 414 F, the machine will signal the user by beeping for thirty seconds. This warns the user that the beans are approaching the point where they may be burnt or even ignite. During this thirty-second warning period the user MUST press the "Enter" button. If the button is not pressed the machine will automatically eject the beans into the cooling tray. Additionally, n roast can progress past 431 degrees. At that point the beans will be ejected regardless of reaming time or Target Temperature.

To learn more about this roaster we invite you to download the Owner's Manual HERE. (pdf format)

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The control panel has been totally redesigned, now sporting an advanced LCD display which serves as the programming interface as well as giving the user full telemetry readout during the roasting process. For those just learning about roasting coffee there is an "Auto" mode that roasts the coffee much like the previous models have, but the KN-8828P also adds up to ten roasting profiles. The first is pre-programmed by the factory. The remaining 9 profiles can be programmed by the user and saved for use at a future time in the non-volatile memory.

      Program "0" is set from the factory and cannot be changed, but the consumer can program up to nine of their own profiles offering the ability to create coffee just the way they like it as never before. Each of the nine programs can have up to 8 roasting segments, and each of those segments can be individually programmed for time and temperature as well as fan speed. Additionally, the user can modify any single portion of a program they have already created without having to re-enter the entire profile or segment.

      With the ability to create that many custom roasting profiles, the KN-8828P can be set up to cover just about any roasting need. Use program 1 for espresso, program 2 for the Colombian that Mom loves so much, program 3 for that dark roast for Dad, and six more to make the machine work just the way you want. It is also easy to keep track of the various profiles because the user can add their own three-character, alpha-numeric designation.

To further assist the user, animations have been added to the control panel. In the lower left-hand corner (4 in the display image shown above), various animations remind the user of tasks that need to be completed. Prompts include emptying the chaff tray adding beans, or eject and cool-down mode is in progress. When an alarm goes off a quick glance at the display lets the user know what to do.

Among various safety features is the fact that the chaff tray needs to be removed from the machine for emptying or the next roast cannot begin, even if the machine has been unplugged.

Besides the animations on the message center, the lighting on the LCD screen changes color depending on which mode or function is in use to alert the user.

This Graph created from data gathered during an actual roast compares the temperature reported by the KN-8828P's LCD display to the actual bean temperature taken with a separate probe inserted into the roasting chamber.

Another safety feature helps keep the user from ruining a roast. When bean temperature reaches 414 F, the machine will signal the user by beeping for thirty seconds. This warns the user that the beans are approaching the point where they may be burnt or even ignite. During this thirty-second warning period the user MUST press the "Enter" button. If the button is not pressed the machine will automatically eject the beans into the cooling tray.

1 - Countdown timer to show total amount of time left in the current roasting process.
2 - Current roasting chamber temperature.
3 - Fan state and relative speed (fan is off in this picture)
4 - Current state (Roasting, Plus Time, Cooling, etc.).
5 - Eight programmable roasting segments will be available to be programmed. These bars show the portion of the programmed temperature which has been achieved for the programmed temperature for that segment.
6 - In the same way the vertical bar shows temperature progress, these four squares show how the programmed time for the current segment is progressing. Each one indicates 25% of the time for that particular segment. Here you see that this segment is at about 50% of the programmed time.
7 - This time display shows the amount of time left for the active segment.
8 - This bar represents the user's programmed temperature for that segment.

Specifications subject to change without notice.

To learn more about this roaster we invite you to download the Owner's Manual HERE. (pdf format)