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7:33 pm
March 13, 2009
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QuoteWhat are some roasting methods you use at home? Any suggestions for a newbie? Anyone used a popcorn popper?
7:49 pm
May 17, 2010
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I started home roasting with a hot-air popcorn popper. The popcorn popper is a great way to start; although it is not the easiest roasting method. The roast progresses fairly quickly in a popcorn popper. Also, it generates a fair amount of smoke.
I then purchased a Nesco hot air roaster. I really liked the Nesco roaster. After a year my Nesco broke. I contacted the company and even though the roaster was nearly 10 months old, the manufacturer replaced it.
I had not expected Nesco to do this so I purchased a Behmor 1600 in the meantime. I now have the Behmor and the Nesco and I use them both. Each is a great way to roast, although the Behmor is a little bit pricey.
Each has its advantages and disadvantages, but all are better than buying store bought coffee and cheaper than specialty roasters.
3:55 pm
May 17, 2010
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I was using a whirly pop to roast my coffee. It's hard to maintain a temperature on it because the minute you open it, it looses about 100 degrees. Minus that it can produce some good roasts.
I have a Behmor 1600 now and am working on figuring everything out on it.
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Nice! coffeeadventures said:
I was using a whirly pop to roast my coffee. It's hard to maintain a temperature on it because the minute you open it, it looses about 100 degrees. Minus that it can produce some good roasts.
I have a Behmor 1600 now and am working on figuring everything out on it.
nice! have you ever tried pan roasting like BaristaOnDuty?
Keep us up to date on your progress in figuring out the Behmor.
ArtofExtraction said:
I started home roasting with a hot-air popcorn popper. The popcorn popper is a great way to start; although it is not the easiest roasting method. The roast progresses fairly quickly in a popcorn popper. Also, it generates a fair amount of smoke.
I then purchased a Nesco hot air roaster. I really liked the Nesco roaster. After a year my Nesco broke. I contacted the company and even though the roaster was nearly 10 months old, the manufacturer replaced it.
I had not expected Nesco to do this so I purchased a Behmor 1600 in the meantime. I now have the Behmor and the Nesco and I use them both. Each is a great way to roast, although the Behmor is a little bit pricey.
Each has its advantages and disadvantages, but all are better than buying store bought coffee and cheaper than specialty roasters.
wow, you could start your own coffee company.
Do you blend your own coffee as well? or do you stick with single origins?
4:31 pm
May 17, 2010
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I have purchased some "pre-blended" espresso blends, but as far as daily coffee drinking coffees are concerned, I stick to SO (single origin). I have a lot more to learn about flavor profiles and which profiles compliment one another best, but I am planning to learn: perhaps with the help of others in this forum. I welcome any and all suggestions.
4:41 pm
May 17, 2010
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coffeecupnews said:
Nice! coffeeadventures said:
I was using a whirly pop to roast my coffee. It's hard to maintain a temperature on it because the minute you open it, it looses about 100 degrees. Minus that it can produce some good roasts.
I have a Behmor 1600 now and am working on figuring everything out on it.
nice! have you ever tried pan roasting like BaristaOnDuty?
Keep us up to date on your progress in figuring out the Behmor.
I have tried pan roasting and found that it's really hard. It does take some skill to be able to do that, but I do want to try again with it.
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2:29 am
May 17, 2010
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I would really have to give my props to those who pan roast. I know how difficult it is to get a consistent roast with a popcorn popper. I can't imagine the difficulty in pan roasting. I'm going to guess it gives the forearms a great workout too. I may have to try it sometime, but my wife would have to be gone for a while because I don't think she would appreciate all the smoke since we don't have a range hood in the kitchen.
It would be interesting however to taste yet another flavor profile from the same beans based upon the different roast method.
7:22 pm
May 18, 2010
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I use an iRoast2, which is like a hair dryer with a readable, useable interface for inputing times and reading temperatures (though not from within the bean mass). Works fine, but when it dies – has been over 2 years now – I will switch to the Behmor 1600 drum roaster.
Before the iR2, I used a popcorn popper for over a year. Ironically, you can hear the the cracks better in an air popper than in an air roaster. The benefit to the iR2 is the cooling phase and that I don't need to use a stopwatch.
Will try pan roasting one day. Kudos to anyone who does. Many of the loyal on Tom from Sweet Maria's homeroasting mailing list swear that a heat gun with beans in a stainless steel dog bowl is the best way to go. Most control over the roasting and can hear everything.
11:40 pm
May 17, 2010
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It is amazing how many different ways there seem to be to roast coffee. I guess when a guy needs his coffee he will use any means available to roast it up. Necessity is the mother of invention I guess.
10:01 am
May 17, 2010
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ArtofExtraction said:
I would really have to give my props to those who pan roast. I know how difficult it is to get a consistent roast with a popcorn popper. I can't imagine the difficulty in pan roasting. I'm going to guess it gives the forearms a great workout too. I may have to try it sometime, but my wife would have to be gone for a while because I don't think she would appreciate all the smoke since we don't have a range hood in the kitchen.
It would be interesting however to taste yet another flavor profile from the same beans based upon the different roast method.
Even with a exhaust over the stove, the kitchen will smell very smoky for a couple hours.
I couldn't grasp pan roasting. All my beans would fly out of the pan and onto the floor.
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10:06 am
March 13, 2009
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I would really like to try this form of roasting but I would want to do it outside on a gas grill or portable skillet. I wonder how BaristaOnDuty does it?
4:43 am
May 17, 2010
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To be sure. You will generate a great deal of smoke so outside is a definite must. If I'm not mistaken BaristaOnDuty roasts outside as well, and I assume that it is for that very reason. I'm guessing your wife would not be all that happy with you pan roasting in the kitchen; I know mine wouldn't be happy with me. All you need is a good skillet, and some beans. Let us know if you go for it.
6:39 am
March 13, 2009
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I think I may go for it. If I do it will be in the form of a video.
6:39 am
March 13, 2009
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I think I may go for it. If I do it will be in the form of a video.
3:50 am
May 17, 2010
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Jason, I think I may have accidentally posted this link elsewhere in the forums, but I found this to be a very informative site about pan roasting coffee and thought it might be beneficial for you before your first foray into pan roasting. This guy seems to know what he is talking about and what he is doing. Anyway, just fyi.
http://www.angelfire.com/pro2/…..fee2.html/
5:53 am
March 13, 2009
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Neil, Wow what an amazing how to, thanks man this answers a bunch of my questions about pan roasting.
12:08 am
May 17, 2010
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This sounds like the post of a man who is very seriously considering the plunge into home roasting. I hope that you at least give roasting a shot. It is so much fun shopping around and finding such a huge variety of beans that you can roast to the level you like instead of the level someone else thinks is the correct level. There are so many varieties of coffee out there that I still want to try, and many that I have already tried that I want to try again. Keep us posted.
6:57 pm
June 21, 2010
OfflineLast week i did pan roasting (4 times) for my coffee research paper i'm currently working on, and they turned out great. the hardest thing i found was ignoring the heat pain, and not removing the pan from the flame, as to not lose heat, and sacrificed a few arm hairs to keep stirring. I had a coffee tasting with some co-workers, and they tasted pretty great! though i would say even with stirring constantly, it's still hard to get a very even roast on the beans, especially on the far ends of either light roasting or dark roasting.
i'm currently looking into getting a machine roaster right now though
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