Welcome to Home Roast 2024!

Have you ever thought about roasting coffee at home? Do you want to try something new and take up a delicious new hobby? Do you want to win a share of R15 000 worth of great prizes and learn from some of the best professionals in the coffee industry?

Well,  then you're in the right place!

Become part of the SA Home Roasting community by entering Home Roast - SA’s first home roasting competition! We have great competition packs for each entrant - and you can stand to win some great coffee prizes, including:

• A hand coffee roaster from Coffee-Tech Engineering,
• Coffee from Green Coffee Supply 
• A share of R10 000 to spend on Timemore coffee gadgets at More Flavour.

NO PROFESSIONAL COFFEE ROASTERS ALLOWED!

Competition information:

• Coffee Magazine is the proprietor of this competition. If you have questions, email us on mel@magazine.coffee or iain@magazine.coffee.
• There are a limited number of competition spots - the first home roasters to enter and pay their entry fee will be in the competition on a first come, first served basis.
• This competition is only open to people who are hobbyists and are NOT in the business of roasting coffee!
• This competition is only open to people living in South Africa, but you do not need to be South African to enter - all are welcome!
• Each competitor will receive a competition pack  - with the exact same green coffee, a Third Wave Water pack from Brew Better to standardise the water, a coffee pouch to submit your entry in, a Home Roast limited edition tee shirt and a Home Roast sticker pack!
• Competitors may roast their green coffee any way they see fit - as long as you do it yourself, on your own equipment. This can be a frying pan, an oven, a popcorn maker, a home roasting machine or even a sample roaster, should you be lucky enough to own one!  
• Each competitor will get detailed feedback on their roast by our panel of judges.
• This competition is designed to grow the coffee community in SA - it is based around fun, learning and camaraderie! Yes, there will be a winner, and prizes for the Top 3.

Get a limited edition Home Roast tee when you enter!

The Coffee Mag team roasts coffee in a popcorn maker! (And the results are interesting!)

Entry, Fees and competition Tiers :  Fill in the form below with your details and how much green coffee you want to receive - Entries are tiered.

Judging:
All coffees will be judged using the standard SCA Cupping protocol, from the SCA Heritage coffee standards page  (This is a great resource generally, if you are interested in coffee!) and also as an espresso - using standard parameters on the same espresso machine and using the same grinder - 20g in : 40g out at 20-25 second extraction.
Espresso shots will be pulled by a professional, competition barista.  
Judges will be a panel of SA’s top coffee professionals.

Competition dates and timelines:  (Updated October 2024)
October 2024 - Entries open. You can enter using the form below.
November / December 2024 - Competitors get their competition packs.
 December / January 2025 - Competitors send in their roasted coffee for judging.
January 2025 - Winners announced!