ROASTING COFFEE PLAYLIST Benetti’s Coffee Experience Benetti’s is a local coffee roasting and cafe here in Kansas City that I have loved since my first sip. It is located at 6109 Blue Ridge Boulevard in Raytown, Missouri.  This week is Benetti’s Coffee Experience week on Coffee Cup News. Everyday this week we will be showcasing a different facet of Benetti’s [...]

Roasting There are two basic methods of roasting. This is true of both commercial roasting operations and home roasting. The most common method is the drum roasting method. Nearly all commercial roasters are drum roasters. Conversely, most home roasters are fluid bed roasters. A fluid bed roaster uses a stream of hot air to roast the coffee beans. The air [...]

There are probably as many perspectives on how to find good quality green coffee beans as there are home roasters. I would not say that my method is the best, but I guess sometimes it is better to be lucky than good. I am one of those people who researchers things to death

It was not long before I had managed to convince myself that I needed to find a way to roast coffee that would allow me to roast indoors so that I could satisfy my addiction year round. Not only is the coffee fresher and therefore better when home roasted, but it was also a fair amount cheaper than buying even [...]

My first attempt at home roasting had proven to be quite successful, but I had learned a lot from that one attempt. I knew that I would not be roasting in the house anymore, at least not with the popcorn popper. I knew that it seemed as though I were tasting coffee for the first time. I knew that the [...]