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Coffee Roasting

Roasting Coffee Indoors – Episode #186

1 comment by Jason Coffee September 2, 2010

This is part 2 of Jason’s first time roasting coffee at home indoors. In part one he showed the modifications he made to this popcorn popper in order to roast coffee at home. In this episode he is going to let you take an inside look at how that roasting experience panned out.

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Coffee Roaster Modications – Episode #185

1 comment by Jason Coffee September 1, 2010

In this episode Jason shows how hey modified his popcorn maker to roast coffee indoors. Do you roast coffee at home?

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NEVER LEAVE THE ROASTER UNATTENDED!

0 comments by ArtofExtraction August 30, 2010

I don’t want this to end up being a shameless plug or advertisement for any particular roaster, but I am going to share my experience. If you have been following each of my posts, you know that I began home roasting in a popcorn popper. You may recall that before very long I had purchased [...]

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Tasting Home Roasted Coffee

5 comments by Jason Coffee August 19, 2010

This is a taste test of the coffee that we roasted in yesterdays episode.

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Roasting Coffee with a Popcorn Popper

4 comments by Jason Coffee August 18, 2010

Jason roasts coffee for the first time ever on a popcorn popper outside in his backyard. The whole roasting process took around 5 minutes. Roast Coffee at Home If you want to try this at home all you will need is: 1) Green Coffee 2) Popcorn Popper 3) Wooden Spoon 4) Pan for cool down [...]

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Roasting Methods

10 comments by ArtofExtraction August 11, 2010

Why does the same coffee taste different when roasted in a fluid bed (moving air) roaster than it does when roasted in a drum roaster? Just like the same foods can be made to taste different by cooking them differently, coffees can be made to taste different based upon the roasting method. A beef roast [...]

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A Basic Understanding of Flavor Profiles

2 comments by ArtofExtraction July 16, 2010

I must apologize for the previous post, it was far more technical than I had intended, but I trust that it was not so technical as to be boring. Also, to understand the information contained in it is essential to understanding why your coffee tastes the way it does. This is undoubtedly a gross over-exaggeration, [...]

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Coffee Variety

3 comments by ArtofExtraction July 5, 2010

Coffee Variety After roasting a few batches of the varieties of beans that came with my initial order, and roasting them to a couple of different roast levels, it was time to expand my green coffee bean inventory to include a variety of coffees from around the world. I was intrigued by what I had learned [...]

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The Nesco Professional Roaster

2 comments by ArtofExtraction June 30, 2010

The Nesco roaster is a solid home roaster. It combines fluid bed (a stream of hot air) with a mechanical auger that keeps the beans constantly moving so that they roast a little more quickly and a lot more uniformly. Nesco Roaster The controls on the Nesco are pretty much non-existent. About the only control [...]

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A Dedicated Roaster

8 comments by ArtofExtraction June 21, 2010

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 [...]

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Time to Upgrade the Coffee Roaster?

2 comments by ArtofExtraction June 14, 2010

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 [...]

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