Gene Cafe
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[edit] General Information
Avacuppa is an importer and distributor of Gene Cafe in Australia. We have spare and replacement parts available. Please contact us for all your Gene Cafe warranty and/or servicing needs.
The Gene Cafe Owner's Manual can be downloaded here.
Excellent (and presumably unbiased) product reviews of Gene Cafe could be found by Googling 'gene cafe review'. One of the Google search result, The Coffee Geek's reviews, is quite diverse.
A sample roast profile and log that you can download for your own use when roasting can be found here.
[edit] Features
- Innovative off-axis rotation
- Convective (hot air) agitation of roasting beans
- 50g to 300g raw green beans capacity
- Time and temperature preset
- Viewable glass chamber
- Compact size and 5.5 kg weight makes Gene Cafe portable.
- Australian electrical safety standard approved. Approval Number: NSW22889
Gene Café is easy to operate. Roasting operation involves the use of two knob controls only, Temperature and Time. Temperature and time can be increased and decreased during operation which gives roasters total control during roasting. Thanks to the innovative off-axis rotation, now you can evenly roast from 50-300g of raw green coffee beans.
[edit] Why roast your own coffee?
- Fresh coffee is the best coffee
- Coffee to suit your taste (from light-roasted to dark-roasted)
- When it doesn't take long, why not?
- Discover the wide selection of raw coffee beans not readily available in the commercially roasted-coffee market
- Discover the fun of coffee blending
[edit] Coffee Roasting Using Gene Cafe - Tips and Techniques
A compilation of knowledge gained from my own experiences in using Gene Cafe and from other various sources are consolidated in here.
[edit] Where to buy Gene Cafe
You may buy Gene Cafe from Avacuppa website. There are also local distributors of Gene Cafe Australia-wide, you may find them by Googling 'gene cafe'.
In NSW, you will find Gene Cafe in the following brick and mortar stores:
- Express'O'Coffee
8 STOCKYARD PLACE WEST GOSFORD NSW 2250 (Opposite Bunnings) Phone: (02) 43255622 email: info@expressocoffee.com.au
- T & J Asian Mini Mart Rockdale
Shop 24 Rockdale Plaza Shopping Center, Rockdale NSW 2216 Phone: (02) 9553-4097
For Gene Cafe local distributors who wanted to be listed in here (any state), send an email to ronald at avacuppa.com.au with your store name and address.
