Thread: Coffee Enthusiasts

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

What you should do is get a basic roaster and your problem is solved. You roast as needed.

Actually if you use a vacuum sealer like a food saver you should not have to freeze them. They will keep a very long time.

Yeah, I think we've discussed this before. Being the only coffee drinker it's a little tough to justify. Maybe I will at some point. I'm always tinkering with something new in the kitchen. Maybe coffe roasting is next.

Originally Posted by OCDshaver

Yeah, I think we've discussed this before. Being the only coffee drinker it's a little tough to justify. Maybe I will at some point. I'm always tinkering with something new in the kitchen. Maybe coffe roasting is next.

If you want to try coffee roasting without making your S.O. mad at you for shelling out big bucks, certain air popcorn poppers that have been modified work very well for coffee roasting. You have to disconnect, or at least relocate the thermostat, so you can get a high enough temp to fully roast the beans.

They are occasionally at the thrift, or Goodwill stores brand new for 5 bucks or so. I wanted to save to buy a roaster until someone showed me these. I don't have an expensive one to compare to, but these have always worked great for me.

I have an extra one I can send you for free if you want. I'll even put a some green Sumatra beans in the box for you to accidentally burn your first time.

I'm not a big fan of Sumatra after trying it recently, but it's all I have until it runs out.

So.......let me know.

You'll hate other coffee once you start doing your own. Especially when you buy some quality beans to roast in there.

Aloha!

I never thought of repurposing a hot air popcorn popper as a small coffee roaster. Brilliant. I actually have one sitting around somewhere. Haven't used it in decades. May try my hand at roasting.

Mahalo!

-Zip

Originally Posted by ZipZop

Aloha!

I never thought of repurposing a hot air popcorn popper as a small coffee roaster. Brilliant. I actually have one sitting around somewhere. Haven't used it in decades. May try my hand at roasting.

Mahalo!

-Zip

They're awesome as long as they're modded, but the only ones that work without having to stir constantly are the one's with the vents on the SIDE of the chamber. The little vents cause the air to have a nice rotation, which stirs the beans for you. The ones with holes on the bottom will work if you stir constantly, but who wants to have to stir with a wooden spoon the whole time lol

I wish I could take credit for it, but if you YouTube it, there's a lot on there about it

Originally Posted by Jwtruth45

If you want to try coffee roasting without making your S.O. mad at you for shelling out big bucks, certain air popcorn poppers that have been modified work very well for coffee roasting. You have to disconnect, or at least relocate the thermostat, so you can get a high enough temp to fully roast the beans.

They are occasionally at the thrift, or Goodwill stores brand new for 5 bucks or so. I wanted to save to buy a roaster until someone showed me these. I don't have an expensive one to compare to, but these have always worked great for me.

I have an extra one I can send you for free if you want. I'll even put a some green Sumatra beans in the box for you to accidentally burn your first time.

I'm not a big fan of Sumatra after trying it recently, but it's all I have until it runs out.

So.......let me know.

You'll hate other coffee once you start doing your own. Especially when you buy some quality beans to roast in there.

Thats very generous and kind. Thank you for the offer. If I decide to get into roasting I might take you up on that. Between the sausage making, smoking, curing, bread baking, and, yes, coffee making, my wife already thinks I've gone a bit too far. Thank you. But maybe at some point in the future.

Originally Posted by OCDshaver

Thats very generous and kind. Thank you for the offer. If I decide to get into roasting I might take you up on that. Between the sausage making, smoking, curing, bread baking, and, yes, coffee making, my wife already thinks I've gone a bit too far. Thank you. But maybe at some point in the future.

Yeah just let me know.

I roast about a week's worth of beans in about 15 minutes, and there's no real clean up to speak of. Of course that's because I do it outside where it doesn't get chaff everywhere. You'd want to do that anyway because of the smoke / smell.

Anyway, just message me your address sometime if you want me to send you that extra popper.

You'll be addicted if you try it.

The good Cowboy coffee is in the pot. Just spent the last four mornings on the mountain enjoying it!


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Originally Posted by RickWY

The good Cowboy coffee is in the pot. Just spent the last four mornings on the mountain enjoying it!

I don't normally go down the cowboy coffee route unless there's a tent and campfire involved, but I do have a serious soft spot for *anything* that was prepared on a wood cookstove. I can just imagine how good that was.

Originally Posted by RickWY

The good Cowboy coffee is in the pot. Just spent the last four mornings on the mountain enjoying it!


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That pic moves me dearly ......+1.

Now I have a restaurant quality stainless steel sauce pan that I use and it serves me well but.......another nugget O wisdom from Kent Rollins my newest hero ha ha.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmjLgic62s4