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CowboyWay;4400448 said:
Coffee maker at home and $2.40 at Starbucks on the way to work. :laugh2:
Roasting your own coffee beans - wow!
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Coffee maker at home and $2.40 at Starbucks on the way to work. :laugh2:
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I've been roasting mine for a couple of years now. I use an unroasted Sumatra for my every day drinker. I'll splurge every once in a while and get Hawaiian Kona Fancy which I believe is the best coffee ever picked. I buy all of my beans from Coffee Bean Direct.
I roast a couple of weeks worth at a time and store them in a glass air tight container. I fresh grind every morning and use a a Bunn drip Monday-Friday on the way to work. Saturdays and Sundays I use a Bodum French press for brewing. I always drink out of a Klean Kanteen stainless mug.
Yes I am a coffee snob. Fortunately coffee,tea, and music are the only things I'm snobby about!
I roast a couple of weeks worth at a time and store them in a glass air tight container. I fresh grind every morning and use a a Bunn drip Monday-Friday on the way to work. Saturdays and Sundays I use a Bodum French press for brewing. I always drink out of a Klean Kanteen stainless mug.
Yes I am a coffee snob. Fortunately coffee,tea, and music are the only things I'm snobby about!
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Well, when this thread started I ordered some beans from Dean's Beans and they finally arrived today. I decided to roast the Peruvian beans first and the results are below. Please note that this is my first time to ever roast coffee and I am going off of techniques I read about/viewed online.
First, the bag with label.
http://i298.***BLOCKED***/albums/mm269/djbacklund/20120208_173920.jpg
I have never seen an actual green coffee bean and I will admit that they are quite interesting. They have a chewy, rubbery texture when raw and don't taste that great. You can really see how green they are. For this batch, I roasted 8 oz. (half the bag) so I could get as even a roast as possible.
http://i298.***BLOCKED***/albums/mm269/djbacklund/20120208_174245.jpg
I roasted them in my Lodge, enamel-coated, cast-iron skillet. I started the heat at High and moved it to medium high as soon as I started the roast.
http://i298.***BLOCKED***/albums/mm269/djbacklund/20120208_174722.jpg
I started the timer as soon as I put them in, and I immediately noticed some browning. The roasting process is faster than I expected. I alternated between stirring and shaking the skillet in order to keep as many beans in contact with the bottom of the pan. At about 7 minutes in, I heard the popping begin, it does sound like popcorn. The chaff that comes off of the beans during the roasts will smoke a lot, so make sure you have enough ventilation or you may set off your smoke detectors.
http://i298.***BLOCKED***/albums/mm269/djbacklund/20120208_180021.jpg
After 9.5 minutes, I removed the beans and put them in a spaghetti strainer. I did this to stop the cooking process and, by shaking the beans around, remove as much of the stray chaff floating around. You can see that the roast wasn't as even as I would like, but the roasted bean tastes good and smells fantastic. They are sitting in a paper sack and will rest overnight before I grind them and sample my first cup of home roasted and home ground coffee.
http://i298.***BLOCKED***/albums/mm269/djbacklund/20120208_180808.jpg
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This was really fun to do and is exciting to try. If anybody else tries this, I would suggest having everything ready to go before you put the beans in the skillet. Also, ventilate your area ahead of time by closing bedroom doors, turning on your ceiling fans, and opening any windows or doors if necessary.
Thank you Notherbob for suggesting this coffee, it is a heck of a lot cheaper than many of the other varieties and smells great.
First, the bag with label.
http://i298.***BLOCKED***/albums/mm269/djbacklund/20120208_173920.jpg
I have never seen an actual green coffee bean and I will admit that they are quite interesting. They have a chewy, rubbery texture when raw and don't taste that great. You can really see how green they are. For this batch, I roasted 8 oz. (half the bag) so I could get as even a roast as possible.
http://i298.***BLOCKED***/albums/mm269/djbacklund/20120208_174245.jpg
I roasted them in my Lodge, enamel-coated, cast-iron skillet. I started the heat at High and moved it to medium high as soon as I started the roast.
http://i298.***BLOCKED***/albums/mm269/djbacklund/20120208_174722.jpg
I started the timer as soon as I put them in, and I immediately noticed some browning. The roasting process is faster than I expected. I alternated between stirring and shaking the skillet in order to keep as many beans in contact with the bottom of the pan. At about 7 minutes in, I heard the popping begin, it does sound like popcorn. The chaff that comes off of the beans during the roasts will smoke a lot, so make sure you have enough ventilation or you may set off your smoke detectors.
http://i298.***BLOCKED***/albums/mm269/djbacklund/20120208_180021.jpg
After 9.5 minutes, I removed the beans and put them in a spaghetti strainer. I did this to stop the cooking process and, by shaking the beans around, remove as much of the stray chaff floating around. You can see that the roast wasn't as even as I would like, but the roasted bean tastes good and smells fantastic. They are sitting in a paper sack and will rest overnight before I grind them and sample my first cup of home roasted and home ground coffee.
http://i298.***BLOCKED***/albums/mm269/djbacklund/20120208_180808.jpg
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This was really fun to do and is exciting to try. If anybody else tries this, I would suggest having everything ready to go before you put the beans in the skillet. Also, ventilate your area ahead of time by closing bedroom doors, turning on your ceiling fans, and opening any windows or doors if necessary.
Thank you Notherbob for suggesting this coffee, it is a heck of a lot cheaper than many of the other varieties and smells great.
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Great Post, Dback, the pictures really really add to it.
Notice that you get a full 16 OZ in your package, not just 10 or 12 oz as in a lot of "pounds" these days.
I had been paying more money for only 10 oz. of roasted Peruvian beans and I am much happier with my find. The coffee is so much better.
Notice that you get a full 16 OZ in your package, not just 10 or 12 oz as in a lot of "pounds" these days.
I had been paying more money for only 10 oz. of roasted Peruvian beans and I am much happier with my find. The coffee is so much better.