Quest for Coffee Roaster

I'd heard that you could use a type of old popcorn air popper to roast coffee beans, so I thought I'd give it a try. Turns out the popper is a little harder to find than I'd thought...

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• coffee
• roaster
• poppery
• beans
• groovybrew

[GroovyMojo]

I'll have to check that out. Thanks!

[vipleather]

You should let those roasted beans degas for 12 hours for a better flavor

[GroovyMojo]

I have started doing that, but I noticed on some beans it didn't make any difference in the flavor, and in others, a big difference.

[doogiepwr]

Dude i hope you have since upgraded your grinder. That one who got is pure junk. Go out and spend the extra money and get a breville or a compresso. That static is out of control on that thing.

[GroovyMojo]

I've noticed that.  Thanks for the suggestion.

[Qole]

Congratulations! You're a micro-roaster! I'm only sorry that you don't have a local source for green beans.

I don't know why you had such a hard time getting a popper. The right kind of popcorn popper can be purchased new from most department stores for about $20 - $30. You just have to open the box and look in to see if it has the right kind of roasting chamber.

[GroovyMojo]

I looked at Target, Walmart, Bed Bath and Beyond, Tuesday Morning, and Big Lots ... none of their popcorn poppers were the right type. I guess I'm just in the wrong area.

[gnelson651]

Enjoyed your video. I just roasted my first batch of green coffee today. I will grind the beans tomorrow to test the flavor. I use a French Press for making coffee and wanted to have fresh roasted coffee instead of stale grocery store flavored stuff.

I was lucky in that I found my Westbend Poppery II at Savers for $6.99. I too bought the sampler pack from Sweet Maria's.

You are now officially a Coffee Greek....good luck.

[gnelson651]

Enjoyed your video. I just roasted my first batch of green coffee today. I will grind the beans tomorrow to test the flavor. I use a French Press for making coffee and wanted to have fresh roasted coffee instead of stale grocery store flavored stuff.

I was lucky in that I found my Westbend Poppery II at Savers for $6.99. I too bought the sampler pack from Sweet Maria's.

You are now officially a Coffee Greek....good luck.

[kendigjl]

Your grinder is not junk, a little static is no big deal. Also, if you have an Ethiopian store near you, they may sell unroasted coffee. I bought the "wrong kind" of popper, and am using it by sticking the metal tube upside down into a bread machine, and I can roast a pound at a time. If you get bored and decide to try it you'll need to open up the bread machine, and take the temperature probe off of the wall of the machine and run it outside of the machine by drilling a hole through the body.

[huli01puli]

The amount of driving done to find the machine you could have got a brand new one ;-)

[markpianoman]

Well, I'm here on Oahu, Hawaii, and the new Target at Pearl Harbor has the right kind of popcorn popper -- the Chefmate for $16. I love it -- works great.

[markpianoman]

I use the Chefmate popcorn popper from Target for $16. During the roasting I stir the beans with the handle of a wooden spoon every 1.5 minutes vigorously. The friction helps to release the chaff. All I need is about 5.5 minutes for a dark-brown (city+) roast. We get great tasting beans grown right here on Oahu, Hawaii.

[markpianoman]

Forget the Goodwill Store when you can get a new Chefmate popcorn popper from Target for $16 that roasts perfect coffee in 5.5 minutes. Turns out perfect every time. I get my beans right here on Oahu, Hawaii.