Overall Rating
7.5, Based on 22 Reviews
Avg Price
$300.00
Manufacturer
Swissmar
Machine Type
Purpose built home coffee roaster, drum
Colors
White
Class
Coffee Roaster, Drum
Pro Review
No
First Look
Yes
QuickShot
No
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This was the first modern day (eg, 1980s or later) drum roaster available for consumers. Capable of roasting around 227 grams (1/2 a lb green), the Alp has been available since 2000.
WRW (quality: 6.4) 05.23.2000 Rating: 8.4
Bottom Line: The big MaMa of home roasters and well worth it.
Tom Stark (quality: 7.8) 10.20.2005 Rating: 9.4
Bottom Line: Built like a tank. Roasts half pound of beans. Alot of smoke. Sensitive to low voltage(lighter roasts)
Steve Kistner (quality: 8.3) 09.22.2006 Rating: 8.2
Bottom Line: For the experienced coffee roaster, a machine that provides all the coffee nuances you could hope for. For a person happy with store beans, a real pain.
Roger Placer (quality: 8.9) 02.03.2000 Rating: 8.0
Bottom Line: Built like a tank. Finicky roast timer, but lots o‘ body in the cup!
Rick Waits (quality: 9.0) 08.28.2003 Rating: 9.8
Bottom Line: The Abrams Tank of home roasters and IMO...the best in class.
Richard Floch (quality: 8.3) 02.23.2002 Rating: 7.6
Bottom Line: Discontinued model.
Phil Dodgson (quality: 9.0) 04.20.2006 Rating: 5.2
Bottom Line: Great idea, disappointingly manufactured.
Peter Plantec (quality: 5.0) 04.01.2007 Rating: 7.2
Bottom Line: This is a great product, but don't buy it if you live high in the mountains. You'll have nothing but aggrivation.
Paul Kula (quality: 7.3) 12.12.2003 Rating: 7.4
Bottom Line: Better than buying Starbucks and cheaper than shipping from Vivace.
JTM (quality: 3.7) 09.05.2001 Rating: 4.8
Bottom Line: when will someone build a roaster that works as advertised
Jim Pellegrini 12.01.2001 Rating: 8.4
Bottom Line: Does a good job once you figure it out.
Jim Pellegrini (quality: 7.7) 01.30.2002 Rating: 7.8
Bottom Line: Recommended for people who don't mind a learning curve, and can roast outdoors.
Jeff Parduhn (quality: 3.0) 07.08.2001 Rating: 8.8
Bottom Line: Great product and fun to use. I would definitely suffer without it!
Henrik Carlsen (quality: 8.0) 08.28.2003 Rating: 7.8
Bottom Line: With the price pattern here in Denmark, the Alpenröst is about twice the price of the Hearthware, but it is a much better buy!
Greg Schultz (quality: 6.3) 11.30.2004 Rating: 8.0
Bottom Line: Fantastic until it breaks!!
Eric Evans (quality: 7.1) 01.26.2003 Rating: 4.8
Bottom Line: Avoid the AlpenRost like the plague!
Donald Blum (quality: 6.5) 06.07.2005 Rating: 5.0
Bottom Line: If you don't mind a steep learning curve, and are willing to use it as a manual roaster with somewhat uneven results, you will experience drum-like quality coffee roasting.
Deward Hastings (quality: 8.7) 01.20.2002 Rating: 6.2
Bottom Line: Probably not the best "first" roaster . . .
Dave Nolan (quality: 7.3) 12.01.2004 Rating: 7.4
Bottom Line: Not as easy to use as an air roaster, but more capacity and better quality of finished product
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