Damn it y'all...now i have a new obsession to distract me from work. :/

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Originally posted by SlowPoke:
Damn it y'all...now i have a new obsession to distract me from work. :/

It's a problem. I've started a new contract away from home, and I nearly passed the local "coffee" through my nose. I bring my own home roast with me now, with a small French press.

As soon as you start to pay proper attention to cigars, coffee, food, beer, architecture, music, almost anything, you realise that 95% of what people consume or build is barely adequate at best. Appreciating something better is time-consuming and bores most people senseless, but it's what keeps us moving forward as a species, I reckon.

You guys make me want to try roasting, where do you get you beans?

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Originally posted by Pepito31:
You guys make me want to try roasting, where do you get you beans?

There are many raw green bean sites.
Google green beans.

Just got 20#s of Sumatra greens. Sooooo stoked to start roasting this weekend. Im gonna give the pan roast a try, but if i mess the beans up, I'm getting an air popper. cannot wait for the first cup of espresso!!!!!
~SlowPoke

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Originally posted by Pepito31:
You guys make me want to try roasting, where do you get you beans?

Sweet Marias has beans, but more importantly, they have tons of info about home roasting.
~SlowPoke

I always buy the beans and grind them. Years of other crap has taught me to do this. It's very good, and much more cost effective.If you really must know, see about working on a day off for a coffee company that does it's own roasting. They won't let you roast, but you can become friendly with the roaster and they will give you some trade tips.
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Originally posted by AlacratStore:
I always buy the beans and grind them. Years of other crap has taught me to do this. It's very good, and much more cost effective.If you really must know, see about working on a day off for a coffee company that does it's own roasting. They won't let you roast, but you can become friendly with the roaster and they will give you some trade tips.

Industrial roasting is huge.
They roast 100`s of lbs. at a time.
Usually in 10 ft. in diameter round roasters.
Home roasting descriptions are all over the net.

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Originally posted by SlowPoke:
Just got 20#s of Sumatra greens. Sooooo stoked to start roasting this weekend. Im gonna give the pan roast a try, but if i mess the beans up, I'm getting an air popper. cannot wait for the first cup of espresso!!!!!
~SlowPoke

If u get an air popper, make sure its the West Bend Poppery II, on ebay all day.

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Originally posted by maven:

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Originally posted by SlowPoke:
Just got 20#s of Sumatra greens. Sooooo stoked to start roasting this weekend. Im gonna give the pan roast a try, but if i mess the beans up, I'm getting an air popper. cannot wait for the first cup of espresso!!!!!
~SlowPoke

If u get an air popper, make sure its the West Bend Poppery II, on ebay all day.

Cool... Thanks. I have been pan roasting, and the roasts have been turning out great. Full City Roast on the Sumatra beans is great. I've been pulling some nice shots with it... Goes great with a Monte 2

~SlowPoke

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Originally posted by SlowPoke:

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Originally posted by maven:

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Originally posted by SlowPoke:
Just got 20#s of Sumatra greens. Sooooo stoked to start roasting this weekend. Im gonna give the pan roast a try, but if i mess the beans up, I'm getting an air popper. cannot wait for the first cup of espresso!!!!!
~SlowPoke

If u get an air popper, make sure its the West Bend Poppery II, on ebay all day.

Cool... Thanks. I have been pan roasting, and the roasts have been turning out great. Full City Roast on the Sumatra beans is great. I've been pulling some nice shots with it... Goes great with a Monte 2

~SlowPoke

Where does the chafe go when u pan roast in the house, and the odor i like but, some dont.

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Where does the chafe go when u pan roast in the house

When I pan roast, I do it in a little round cauldron called a poikie. All the chaff stays in the poikie.

When I take it outside to cool and de-chaff, I pour it from one sieve to another. In a breeze, the chaff blows off like confetti onto Mrs. Gar's rose bushes.

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Originally posted by See Gar:

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Where does the chafe go when u pan roast in the house

In a breeze, the chaff blows off like confetti onto Mrs. Gar's rose bushes.

My boy, just make sure it doesn't blow onto the loaded washing line!

Cheers
PC

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Originally posted by Peter Cotton:

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Originally posted by See Gar:

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Where does the chafe go when u pan roast in the house

In a breeze, the chaff blows off like confetti onto Mrs. Gar's rose bushes.

My boy, just make sure it doesn't blow onto the loaded washing line!

Cheers
PC

We have dryers in the USA.

And Seegars, i love English Roses.

Just picked up 7 lbs of raw beans.

I`ve found the Kenyan coffees to be way better
than any of the Ethiopians.
Kenya AA IGandene Estate
If you find a coffee thats roasts up and surprises you in a good wat, tell us so we can try it too.

Holy crap you guys!! I'm totally hooked on roasting!!!!

I'm still pan roasting because the Air Popper was terrible, and the small batch roasters are expensive and do not produce much better results than their $15 air popper counterparts. I am pan roasting 1# at a time with great results. I just got plans to build a rotisserie style drum roaster to use in an old propane grill. Should be able to do a few pounds at a time. It takes so long to do up 2-3#s in a pan.

I roast in my tool shed, which is now my "smoke shack"! I smoke stogies and roast out there. The chaff collects in the bottom of the pan. After roasting, I dump the beans in a strainer and the chaff blows away as I toss the beans to cool.

I just picked up 48#s of greens...sheesh! I had no idea it was this addictive. I'm selling off roasted beans in Mason Jars, and that business is taking off...I'm even looking into a small business of coffee vending at events and festivals. I just hafta obtain a serving permit and tax id.

U can roast 7 ozs. in the poppery 2.
Stir until they start floating and spinning.
warm it up 1st.

Anyone have experience with these drum roasters in a BBQ grill??

Drums are a better way to roast