Bunafr's debut at CES 2024 with its in-home, smoke-free coffee bean roaster heralds a new era in coffee brewing, blending the sophistication of a café with the comfort of home brewing.
The device marks the first time consumers can bring the full coffee roasting experience into their homes, merging the allure of a café with the comfort of personal space.
Bunafr's vision is ambitious: to transform every kitchen into a personal café. Anjani Annumalla, CEO of Bunafr, emphasizes this during CES:
"Our goal is to elevate home-brewed coffee, making it not just comparable, but superior to your favorite coffee shop brew." This commitment to excellence is manifested in their innovative roaster, which is designed to be user-friendly and sophisticated.”
At the heart of Bunafr's offering is their Smart Home Coffee Roaster, a testament to technological innovation in coffee making. With the push of a button, users can roast coffee to their exact liking. Bunafr's patent-pending technology is fully automated and tailored to the user's taste profile. It boasts an array of advanced features:
- Multi-modal heat transfer techn enabling variable batch size roasting in less than 10 minutes
- First Crack Detection and Multiple Bean Temperature Sensors for precise roasting.
- Pre-heating and Climate Control
- Smart roast chamber and patent-pending agitation designRoast
- Profiles for variable batch size, accommodating different brewing needs.
- Over a dozen sensors for precision control and repeatability.
- Offline Mode for traveling and use without WiFi
- Auto Dispense into storage jars with vacuum seal for convenience.
- Robust design and materials supporting Back to Back roasting
- Quick Cool Down of Roasted Beans, preserving flavor and aroma.
- Real Time Roast Control Technology™, enabling custom profile creation via an app
- Smart subscription of green coffee beans IoT technology
- Custom Roasting with an app or optimal roasting with the push of a button
Green Subscription Model
Bunafr enhances the coffee experience with three curated subscription models. The Single Origin Coffee subscription takes you on a journey to various coffee farms. Each month, a new micro-lot from a single origin partner is delivered, showcasing the diversity in flavors from different regions and countries. From bold tropical fruit notes of Costa Rican beans to the complex spice of Sumatra, these single origin coffees provide a unique tasting experience.
The company also offers the Blend Coffee subscription for coffees made from single origin beans and Remarkable Coffees subscriptions featuring rare varietals and award-winning micro-lots, such as 90+ scoring geishas and exquisite Yemenese beans, offering a gateway to some of the most interesting and hard-to-find coffee origins and flavors.
The freshness of coffee is paramount in Bunafr's philosophy. Studies have shown that green coffee beans maintain their flavor longer at room temperature, whereas roasted beans lose their flavor 63 times faster. Bunafr leverages this fact, enabling consumers to roast beans just before brewing, ensuring peak freshness.
Furthermore, Bunafr reimagines the (roasted) coffee supply chain as a “green coffee” supply chain with a strong focus on ethical practices and eliminating unnecessary carbon footprint from every cup. By ensuring farmers receive a larger share of the profits, Bunafr supports sustainable and ethical farming. This model aligns with the fact that, “According to the International Coffee Organisation, coffee prices fluctuate by over
The company’s consumer appliance unveiling at CES signifies a shift in lifestyle. It invites coffee enthusiasts to explore the science and art of coffee, from the bean to roast to the cup. With Bunafr, the experience of brewing coffee becomes a journey of personalization, creativity, and enjoyment, merging the best of café culture with the uniqueness of home brewing.