Roasted some Coffee Today

[slowbrew]

@hamiltont

@corkybstewart

@hamiltont

Roasted another 3 quarts of beans today along with smoking a turkey & a few brats. As they all “rested” in the kitchen I can’t explain how unbelievable it smelled with all 3 of the aromas melding together. It was amazing!  Cheers!!!

I’ve actually come to detest the smell of resting coffee beans.  i don’t know why, but over the past 6 months it’s gotten worse and worse.  I still love the coffee, but not the smell of fresh roasted beans.

Oh man, that’s most unfortunate… What do you think caused such an affliction?  Cheers!!!

I can understand that.  The smoke is quite pungent when you’re sitting in the cloud roasting the beans.  I also don’t really like that level of aroma but once I start cooling and the smoke clears I’m back loving the smell.

Paul

[hamiltont]

For those of you considering roasting your own coffee Menards currently has the Air Crazy Popcorn Popper on sale for $9.99 after and $8.00 rebate. That’s a heck of a deal!  It’s 1040 Watts which isn’t the most desirable (1200-1400 Watts) but a reviewer on AMAZON says he uses this popper successfully.  Go to page 8 on the Menards link below for more details. Cheers!!!

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[brewmichigan]

@hamiltont

For those of you considering roasting your own coffee Menards currently has the Air Crazy Popcorn Popper on sale for $9.99 after and $8.00 rebate. That’s a heck of a deal!  It’s 1040 Watts which isn’t the most desirable (1200-1400 Watts) but a reviewer on AMAZON says he uses this popper successfully.  Go to page 8 on the Menards link below for more details. Cheers!!!

http://menards.inserts2online.com/pageLarge.jsp?pageNumber=1&showFlash=true&fullScreen=true

This is one I just bought. I’m not sold on it yet. It doesn’t have much air volume to move the beans around but someone mentioned using chopsticks to get them moving so they don’t burn. Also, shaking might work.

[boulderbrewer]

@mdixon

@boulderbrewer

I rely on the thermometer on my roaster, gene cafe.

I think crack depends on the process rather than the temperature, but we are roasting in a differernt way. An apples to oranges roasting method.

I see, your roaster is probably measuring the temp of the roaster rather than emerged in the beans. I can certainly see that being much hotter than the bean temp.

It is measuring the heat at the front part of the chamber, to describe it it is like a hair dryer from hell. the glass of the chamber holds alot of heat so I think the beans get the actual heat but more of a wash of heat rather than the constant of a oven or the like. Like brewing beer it(time and temp) depends on the process.