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Kim By Kim

Roasting your own coffee is an art form that takes trial and error but it’ll give you two major advantages over plain pre-roasted beans: better coffee, and cheaper coffee. We lab test and review three models to help you find the best coffee roaster for you. Our coffee roaster buying guide will help you decide which coffee roaster you need, and how we test explains our testing rigour.

You can spend well over $1000 on a coffee roaster, but there are cheaper alternatives. Our expert testers give every coffee roaster a thorough workout to help find the models that:

  • perform the best
  • are easiest to use
  • are the noisiest
  • come with useful roasting features.

We also give you good and bad points for each model, as well as the dimensions, so you’ll know how much space they’ll take up. Our Recommended rating will help you see quickly which models come out on top.

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Kim

I joined CHOICE as a content producer in July 2014 and am currently team leader of the household department. I write about a variety of products such as coffee machines, stick vacuums, bassinets, high chairs and ovens, which are tested by our in-house lab staff. Our reports help people make informed decisions about their purchases. We also keep manufacturers in check, regularly exposing product flaws which can result in better, safer products. Making a difference is what I enjoy most about my role. Prior to CHOICE, I spent 16 years working as a technology journalist in Sydney and London. I spent several years as a senior researcher/writer at our UK sister organisation, Which? Giving people access to robust, independent advice is something I have always felt strongly about. I'm also the author of several how-to technology books such as Spotify for Dummies and Digital Photography for the Older and Wiser and am a communications graduate of Charles Sturt University.  You can find me on LinkedIn.

I joined CHOICE as a content producer in July 2014 and am currently team leader of the household department. I write about a variety of products such as coffee machines, stick vacuums, bassinets, high chairs and ovens, which are tested by our in-house lab staff. Our reports help people make informed decisions about their purchases. We also keep manufacturers in check, regularly exposing product flaws which can result in better, safer products. Making a difference is what I enjoy most about my role. Prior to CHOICE, I spent 16 years working as a technology journalist in Sydney and London. I spent several years as a senior researcher/writer at our UK sister organisation, Which? Giving people access to robust, independent advice is something I have always felt strongly about. I'm also the author of several how-to technology books such as Spotify for Dummies and Digital Photography for the Older and Wiser and am a communications graduate of Charles Sturt University.  You can find me on LinkedIn.