And so after reading loads on here about home roasting i couldnt resist having a go myself.
Purchased heat gun
Got wife approval to use the bread maker
Brought fresh beans..
Found out that breadmaker needs mod so have roped in a mate to help with that (had to promise free roasted coffee for a while - seemed fair)
ran out of patience waiting for the breadmaker mod (this weekend) so I grabbed my popcorn maker (again with spousal approval) and had a go.
First attempt was somewhat average - very dark.. got to SC at around 6 minutes (1250 watt popcorn machine).
So tonite after reading about ambient temperature etc I waited until dusk and had another go. 7m53s to SC and beans nowhere as dark. seems ok. Roast cooled and in degausing bags until saturday.
Should have my unpressurised filters for my machine as well.. here comes a 5 coffee saturday and a grumpy wife with my not being able to get to sleep cos of the caffiene... ah well.. such is life.
Thanks all for the information and motivation to just give it a go.. Amazing community.

Purchased heat gun
Got wife approval to use the bread maker
Brought fresh beans..
Found out that breadmaker needs mod so have roped in a mate to help with that (had to promise free roasted coffee for a while - seemed fair)
ran out of patience waiting for the breadmaker mod (this weekend) so I grabbed my popcorn maker (again with spousal approval) and had a go.
First attempt was somewhat average - very dark.. got to SC at around 6 minutes (1250 watt popcorn machine).
So tonite after reading about ambient temperature etc I waited until dusk and had another go. 7m53s to SC and beans nowhere as dark. seems ok. Roast cooled and in degausing bags until saturday.
Should have my unpressurised filters for my machine as well.. here comes a 5 coffee saturday and a grumpy wife with my not being able to get to sleep cos of the caffiene... ah well.. such is life.
Thanks all for the information and motivation to just give it a go.. Amazing community.




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