guitar_slinger Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Any of you pards roast your own coffee? What's a good home roaster and method? I love coffee, would like to give roasting my own a try but have absolutely no idea where to start. Suggestions? GS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 simplest way would be ; start with GREEN coffee beans and a FIRE other than that , I AIN'T go no clue lots of comedians out of work and me tellin BAD jokes Chickasaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 The Eritreans at church roast it in a dry black iron pan on the stove.Very hot pan - a drop of water should dance, not sit and sizzle. Put the green coffee in. Keep it moving some so it doesn't just burn on one side. The beans will slowly darken from green to yellow to light brown.After maybe 5 minutes you will hear some cracking. Called the "first crack." Gives you a light roast and the coffee is usable. If you keep going the beans will get darker and after another 3 to 5 minutes you will hear a quieter "second crack." If you keep going much past this you will have charcoal. IMPORTANT NOTE: The beans will continue to cook a bit after you dump them from the pan, so go a bit lighter than you think you want.Dump the beans into a clean colander for cooling and to shake off the chaff. Then there is the hot air popcorn popper: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Howdy, That a lotta good info. Now I gotta fine me some beans to roast. Best CR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Jack, SASS #77862 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 The Eritreans at church roast it in a dry black iron pan on the stove. Very hot pan - a drop of water should dance, not sit and sizzle. Put the green coffee in. Keep it moving some so it doesn't just burn on one side. The beans will slowly darken from green to yellow to light brown. After maybe 5 minutes you will hear some cracking. Called the "first crack." Gives you a light roast and the coffee is usable. If you keep going the beans will get darker and after another 3 to 5 minutes you will hear a quieter "second crack." If you keep going much past this you will have charcoal. IMPORTANT NOTE: The beans will continue to cook a bit after you dump them from the pan, so go a bit lighter than you think you want. Dump the beans into a clean colander for cooling and to shake off the chaff. Then there is the hot air popcorn popper: I tried it once using the pan on stove meathod just to try it and did it this way. Started with good quality green beans and ended with a decent cup of coffee. Worth trying once to me, I buy pre roasted whole beans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
union jack Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 I have roasted my own for about 5 years now,I use a gene cafe roaster. And buy my beans online from Burmans coffee.It is a lot of fun and tastes so much better .There is a learning curve but there is also a ton of online information. It is much cheaper in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okiepan Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 All thanks for the great advice and ideas I'm gonna start to roast my own. Now, !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tascosa, SASS# 24838 Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 I roasted my own for about a year using a dry pop corn machine. Worked great and the coffee was the best I ever had. I did it till the pop corn machine quit working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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