Hi All,
Just completed my first attempt at roasting beans with a popper and thanks to all the fantastic information contained here, it worked.
Hard to believe that a month ago I was using a $99 Sunbeam coffee machine and now thanks to this forum I have a Giotto Premium Plus, A Kompac grinder and now am roasting my own coffee :-)
A quick trip to the K-Mart got me a Tempo Popper for $25. I raided the kitchen and found most of the other stuff I needed. I ordered some beans from BeanBay - the choice (Sumatra Sipangan Bolon)was a little random but I figured you gotta start somewhere and Ill learn how to make an informed choice over time.
After much reading about the science and art of coffee roasting I decided to (mostly) ignore the science and go for the art. All the modifications and temperature probes, etc just seemed a little too much for someone starting out.
I added the same amount of beans as the popper suggested for popcorn, fired up the popper and waited for first crack.
I had decided in advance to remove the beans just past second crack (or at charcoal if I couldnt tell what the second crack was) so I let the second crack get well underway before switching off and cooling the beans.
The end result was 50g of very evenly roasted beans that Ill be interested to try in another day or so. i did two more batches that were slightly less even but I think thats because I tried roasting more beans than the first batch.
Anyway, thanks everyone for the incredibly useful information contained here. I couldnt have done it without you!
And for anyone reading this who wants to give roasting a try - my advice is dont stress over the technical details, just go with the basic concepts and give it a go...
Just completed my first attempt at roasting beans with a popper and thanks to all the fantastic information contained here, it worked.
Hard to believe that a month ago I was using a $99 Sunbeam coffee machine and now thanks to this forum I have a Giotto Premium Plus, A Kompac grinder and now am roasting my own coffee :-)
A quick trip to the K-Mart got me a Tempo Popper for $25. I raided the kitchen and found most of the other stuff I needed. I ordered some beans from BeanBay - the choice (Sumatra Sipangan Bolon)was a little random but I figured you gotta start somewhere and Ill learn how to make an informed choice over time.
After much reading about the science and art of coffee roasting I decided to (mostly) ignore the science and go for the art. All the modifications and temperature probes, etc just seemed a little too much for someone starting out.
I added the same amount of beans as the popper suggested for popcorn, fired up the popper and waited for first crack.
I had decided in advance to remove the beans just past second crack (or at charcoal if I couldnt tell what the second crack was) so I let the second crack get well underway before switching off and cooling the beans.
The end result was 50g of very evenly roasted beans that Ill be interested to try in another day or so. i did two more batches that were slightly less even but I think thats because I tried roasting more beans than the first batch.
Anyway, thanks everyone for the incredibly useful information contained here. I couldnt have done it without you!
And for anyone reading this who wants to give roasting a try - my advice is dont stress over the technical details, just go with the basic concepts and give it a go...




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