How to Roast Coffee Using a Popcorn Popper

I teach how to roast coffee using an air popcorn popper. Having been a coffee enthusiast for may years now I have been really getting into the process of making great coffee. I want to share some of the techniques I have learned with other such enthusiasts. This is not a juggling video so ye be warned. If you're a coffee fan, you may find it interesting. If you want to comment about the lack of juggling on this video I will then have to assume that you are a belligerent, puny little twerp who has no girlfriend... I'm just sayin'.

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• Coffee Roasting
• How to Roast
• Popcorn Popper Roasting

[ufo5440]

3-5 days to consume the beans for coffee, where did you get that info?? I always heard 24-48 hours, basically 1-2 days.

[ator1a1m]

@ufo5440 Different schools of thought. But the general consensus from the experts is 2-3 for drip and 3-5 for espresso. It's preference really. The reason you let it sit is to let the coffee degas. I recommend letting it sit for different durations so you know exactly how you like it.

[ator1a1m]

Ahh the conical burr... the best for evenly ground coffee. If I can't have an espresso, I do like the French press as well. We always have the automatic drip for the morning though. On practice days it's a half cup of coffee. If it's not practice day I start out with a cup of drip, then top it off with a tasty espresso to really get the blood going. I don't like to be to amped up on coffee for practice.

[Btalaga]

Anthony if you want truly good coffee you should make a trip down to Melbourne, Australia. Seriously some of the best coffee in the world. Ive been to Europe and it does not even compare. Saltimbanco will be here in May you should see if they will let you come for a visit with them!

[ator1a1m]

@Btalaga Melbourne? Wow, I would not have thought about it for coffee. I would love to go back to Australia, perhaps one day, now that I know there's good coffee there, even more incentive! What I do like about Europe, is pretty much anywhere you go, you'll get a decent coffee. Even if it's a bar, or a free breakfast at a hotel, they enjoy quality coffee. I think the best I had so far was in Italy, I hope to match it here in my house one day. I am still in the experimental process.

[ThomWustl]

Hey Anthony! Interesting stuff! What's your preferred method for actually brewing? Are you a drip kind of guy? French press? Moka?

[ator1a1m]

@ThomWustl I actually enjoy espresso. I have a fairly decent espresso machine, but will be upgrading to a better one soon. Those suckers are expensive, but if you like something enough, then price shouldn't matter all that much. What about you?

[mmmmm9872345]

Do you lose many beans out the top?

[ChristianFitzharris]

Cool, Anthony! I like at 2:50, "It's looking great!" (immediately gives popcorn/coffee maker a concerned- worried look). Great video as always. Miss ya!

[JimboWizbo]

I need to get onto real coffee instead of instant.

[ericsurf6]

This is great Anthony. Very well done and I applaud you making something else other than a juggling video once in a while. Maybe I'll make a juggling video for a change!

[3kliksphilip]

Beautifully framed tutorial. 

[IRNjuggle28]

@ator1a1m Wow, that's a surprise. You are answering comments!! Maybe I will get lucky and get a response. Do you have a video of a 12 ring flash besides the one posted by herreuler? If so, can you please post it?

[johnnations]

I could smell fresh coffee beans in my mind's eye. .. no, wait.. my mind's.. nose? when you poured the roasted beans out. Cool.. also, great control on the seated 7-MMX ball cascade. Rockin' :)

[Btalaga]

@ator1a1m Yea, It was not one of the things I expected when I moved down here a few years ago. Most starbucks or gloria jeans shut down cause every cafe you go to and ever restaurant has good espresso coffee. If you do come back down this way im sure Earl Shatford would love to go for a cup of coffee with you. I train with him down at NICA, the circus school. I actually had a coffee with him today haha.

[daltonjuggles]

Man I've done this as well, used a reverse osmosis chamber to hydrogenate the coffee, but it in the popper, then roasted it, didn't turn out well.... But great to see this :)

[MadJugglerTV]

just got done with 5 month stint at a local coffee shop and I have to say french press kona is the king!

[SamMalcolmFireDancer]

This is a great idea. I usually just buy pre-roasted beans from a local coffee market, and have only glanced at the unroasted beans since I figured it would be more of a hassle to roast it myself (especially since the roasters I have seen are kind of pricey). Home roasted beans and a French press sound like the way to go! Do you prefer light or dark roasts?

[ThomWustl]

@ator1a1m I've got an awesome Capresso drip machine & conical burr grinder at home - totally worth every penny. When I'm in the mood for something stronger, though, I stick to a moka pot. I'd love (love love love) to find myself a 'real' espresso machine some day... -sigh- :)

[LZNico]

yeahh anthony does it colombian style, roasting it himself... you should come here to show you our way and to juggle if you want jaja

[pauseTV]

LOL "a belligerent, puny little twerp who has no girlfriend"

[saltzjoe10]

Nicely done, Anthony. 

[vitomel]

ahahah it looks funny! I just need to try!

Wow I love the tattoos!!

[Andrexo3o]

haha cool

[diaboliko1982]

So Anthony, that s your secret!?!

A good expresso and then lets juggling :-p