Home Roasted Coffee With a Hot Air Popcorn Popper

How to home roast your own green coffee with a hot air popcorn machine...

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• air
• popcorn
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[ufo5440]

holy crap man, going for a French Roast there man!

[jcumbus]

@ufo5440 I like it dark ant tasty!!!

[jcumbus]

Outside would be best!

[Doggieman1111]

man you roasted the hell out of those beans!

[jcumbus]

I like it dark!!!

[jcumbus]

I like it dark!!!

[icecursor]

you have a kermit the frog voice!... lol... Plus... dude, your burning your coffee! no wonder dunkin' doughnuts is so popular, the locals love burnt coffee... try stopping the popper and stirring it for about a minute, that should help reduce that massive amount of acidity you inevitably have.

I agree with the comment to do it outside too... if there's any wind it'll take the chaff away and make the post roast cleanup quicker.

Good video though! Enjoy the french roast!

[rexskies]

Also, poppers will vary depending on temperature... you will have to experiment. There are some useful color charts online to get the roast right.

[rexskies]

you are welcome!

[artisanrox]

Awesome, thanks so much!! I just bought three pounds of green coffee beans and a new, not-very-expensive popper.

I can't wait to have a REALLY GOOD cup a' coffee and espresso!

[markpianoman]

Correction to my old post:

I had said that I roast for 5.5 minutes. That roasting time completely depends on the outside temperature and humidity. Now a days I wait for the second crack and look at the color of the roast -- usually stop shortly after most of the beans are cracking during the second pop.

[markpianoman]

Definitely! I always roast outside and don't use the lid...just let the chaff fly into the air. I also stir the beans while roasting every 1.5 minutes. This helps the chaff release from the beans through the friction.

[markpianoman]

I just started to roast coffee at home in a $16 Chefmate popcorn popper from Target. Works fantastic...I get a nice dark brown roast in 5.5 minutes. I can only roast about 1/2 cut at a time which yields about 1 cup of roasted beans. Can't understand these people who buy the expensive coffee roasters when the $16 (new) popcorn popper works so well. I enjoyed your video. I've lived about 26 years in Germany!