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Roasting with halogen lamps will bring faster starts to the coffee roast cycle and more control over the roast profile.  The halogen lamp will radiate infrared heat at 2,500 degrees centigrade in a split second while old fashioned infrared heating elements are just beginning to heat up.

The TostaCaffe' Series of coffee roasters incorporate a dual heating system including an internal ceramic heating element and an internal tungsten halogen heating element which also provides illumination of the roasted beans throughout the roast cycle.

Tungsten Halogen lamps burn hotter than coffee roasters using natural gas or LP and without the increased dangers of fire or carbon monoxide poisoning.  In addition, there is no foul smelling LP or natural gas to contaminate the roasted beans or interfere with the roasters' ability to detect subtle aromas during the coffee roast process.

When operating the TostaCaffe coffee roaster the halogen door lamp assembly should be connected to a separate switching power strip.  This will allow switching from the internal ceramic heating element for slower roast cycle towards the end of the roast cycle - just past 1st crack or using both internal ceramic and halogen heating elements for the end of the roast cycle.

Some new  roasters may need the halogen heat lamp throughout the entire roast cycle - using bean color as the primary indicator.  For this roaster, it might be necessary to turn the internal heating element off (using the no heat rotation) and using the halogen light heat source to finish the roast cycle.  Roasting by aroma requires less reliance upon the halogen lamp during the final minutes of the roast cycle, but this roasting technique is learned through experience.