The 2nd Annual Homeroaster's Auction began on Saturday, May 1st. There are over 77 amazing items that will be auctioned off throughout the month of May. Last year's auction raised over $5,600 for Coffee Kids. Companies and individuals from the specialty coffee industry have donated an assortment of top-quality green coffee, magazine subscriptions, grinders, brewers, roasters and much more, with all proceeds going directly to Coffee Kids.

The auction will be hosted by the Green Coffee Buying Club (GCBC). Interested bidders can register for free on the GCBC website to check out all of the items and place bids.

Items include:

• Hottop KN-8288B Coffee Roaster donated by No Quarter Coffee (Retail value $720)
• Behmor Coffee Roaster donated by Joe Behm (Retail value $300) 15 lbs. El Salvador Cerro Las Ranas Pulp Natural (RFA) donated by Royal Coffee NY (Retail value $45)
  
• Bacchi Espresso Machine donated by Orphan Espresso (Retail value $395)
• 3-cup Tokio siphon, Hario Skerton Grinder, 12oz. Roasted coffee (roaster's choice) donated by Caffe d'Bolla (Retail alue $97)
• 5 lbs. Kenya Auction Lot donated by Café Imports (Retail value $83)
• 10 lbs. 2009 Panama Finca Esmerelda Especial donated by GCBC member mpoll (Retail value $300)

And these are just a few of the amazing items the group gathered for the auction. Check out a full listing at Home-Barista.com. Most items will include free shipping in the continental US and some will include international shipping. Check the item listing to find out.

Many thanks to all of our home roasting friends and all of the businesses, organizations and individuals who have donated items and their time to make this auction possible.