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Re: Coffee- Home Roasting

101 by YankeeTarheel
papajim2jordan wrote: Fri Mar 03, 2023 1:50 pm Corn poppers, both air and the whirl-pop can do a pretty decent job of roasting coffee, south of $650. That's nearly my monthly critter feedin budget! Good ventilation keeps the smoke detector quiet.
I've used the air popper and the rotating basket in the air fryer. The fryer takes MUCH longer, about an hour while the popper takes 6 or 7 minutes, but the fryer tastes MUCH better. Still, I've not gotten to the point where it yet rivals Swings but it's pretty good. While Ethiopian Yergacheffe and Guatemala Antigua have long been our gold standard, this new Malawi from Swings looks like it's going to raise the bar, it's SOOOO good!
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Re: Coffee- Home Roasting

103 by Wino
Getting ready for my annual St. Paddy's Day celebration. Made a round of Irish soda bread today (first attempt) and it tuned out great. Now to find a good sized corned beef, Irish spuds, cabbage, Guinness Stout and another round of soda bread (this one won't last until 17th). Baked in a CI Dutch oven. Really quick to make mixing dry ingredients, adding buttermilk with 40 minutes baking time start to finish less than one hour.
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Also had an unopened bag of roasted Columbian Supremo that has been languishing around for months since I started roasting my own. Decided it would get stale so using it up and blending in with some of my roasts. Having entirely too much fun - just hope I can stay out of hospitals for awhile. LOL
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Re: Coffee- Home Roasting

104 by Wino
Did a couple of batches this morn. Costa Rican Terrazu and Guatemalan Antigua. The latter I blended two separate roast - medium just into second crack and dark well into second crack. Will see how it goes after a day of degassing before brewing.
My coffee consumption has dropped off due to warmer weather, but green beans I'm down to 2 lb. Guat HueHue, 1 lb. Costa Terrazu, 3 lb. Nic. Maragogipe (Magagog so hard to find I hoard as long as possible and only use for special occasions). Anyway open to suggest for something new to try.
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Re: Coffee- Home Roasting

106 by YankeeTarheel
papajim2jordan wrote: Sat May 20, 2023 7:22 am Anyone interested in getting started into home roasting


https://www.sweetmarias.com/summer-spec ... r-kit.html
Has anyone tried this? I've had moderate success roasting with an air popcorn popper and rotating basket in an air fryer, but while the coffee is pretty good and drinkable, it doesn't match up to the Swings coffee I buy on-line.
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Re: Coffee- Home Roasting

107 by sig230
YankeeTarheel wrote: Sat May 20, 2023 9:14 am
papajim2jordan wrote: Sat May 20, 2023 7:22 am Anyone interested in getting started into home roasting


https://www.sweetmarias.com/summer-spec ... r-kit.html
Has anyone tried this? I've had moderate success roasting with an air popcorn popper and rotating basket in an air fryer, but while the coffee is pretty good and drinkable, it doesn't match up to the Swings coffee I buy on-line.
I tried coffee roasting and wine and beer making and determined that none of them would ever make something half as good as what I can buy for half the costs.
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Re: Coffee- Home Roasting

108 by Wino
What with summer/hot weather approaching, plan to buy a second Presto PopLite so I can alternate between the two when roasting in the event one overheats and needs cool down. So far, has only been a problem on occasion as I have a stand fan blowing across popper when roasting to blow chaff away and help cooling popper, then use fan to enhance cool down as I pour from one wire basket to another for rapid cool and remove more chaff. A second unit also insures I can finish a roast should one crap out beyond use. Do all my roasting on covered patio outdoors. The final cooling before cannistering/degassing is done in kitchen. My house smells wondrous on roast days.

I enjoy coffee roasting same as I do baking bread and cooking 99% of my meals at home. Doubt I save any money on coffee, but it sure beats what I can buy commercially and fun to experiment with different roast for various coffees. My blend of medium and dark roast of Antigua mentioned in previous post had a positive change in character and flavor.
Last edited by Wino on Sat May 20, 2023 6:11 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Coffee- Home Roasting

109 by papajim2jordan
Probably, roasting your own coffee isn’t cost effective, but it can be fun. While in theory, reloading should offer savings, most (not all) will spend more on equipment, supplies, doo-dads, and the like, and defeat the more bangs for your buck angle.

Some will have good results with home roasting, others may like Starbucks, still others simply don’t like coffee (but do like the caffeine) and add stuff to alter the taste. I’m not ever going to play my trumpet and have people pay me to hear it, although they may offer money to have me not. There have been suggestions as to where I might painfully place it. That won’t stop me from sending the cats running and start the dog howling.

As for bread, once you’ve got the hang of baking your own, you can’t go back to the tasteless store bought junk in the plastic bag, even though it will likely cost more.
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Re: Coffee- Home Roasting

110 by geno
Coffee roasting on a "budget" is possible. I spend no more than I would buying good coffee previously roasted, for premium green beans; and less than fresh roasted premium coffee would be purchased from a good roaster.
I spent maybe $300 on my first two roasters, the first purchased in 2004; and as I already stated the range top roaster I'm currently using cost the grand total of $45. And I get to have a delicious fresh roast premium coffee every day.
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Re: Coffee- Home Roasting

111 by YankeeTarheel
papajim2jordan wrote: Sat May 20, 2023 12:19 pm Probably, roasting your own coffee isn’t cost effective, but it can be fun. While in theory, reloading should offer savings, most (not all) will spend more on equipment, supplies, doo-dads, and the like, and defeat the more bangs for your buck angle.

Some will have good results with home roasting, others may like Starbucks, still others simply don’t like coffee (but do like the caffeine) and add stuff to alter the taste. I’m not ever going to play my trumpet and have people pay me to hear it, although they may offer money to have me not. There have been suggestions as to where I might painfully place it. That won’t stop me from sending the cats running and start the dog howling.

As for bread, once you’ve got the hang of baking your own, you can’t go back to the tasteless store bought junk in the plastic bag, even though it will likely cost more.
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Re: Coffee- Home Roasting

112 by Wino
Did two 1# batches today - Costa Terrazu & Guat Huehue. Also placed 5# order for some Mexican Xicotepec from Puebla State and more Terrazu and Huehue.
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Re: Coffee- Home Roasting

115 by Wino
Trying to work up courage to roast couple of pounds this morning before the heat goes thru roof on patio. Guat Huehue and Mex Nextl.
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Re: Coffee- Home Roasting

116 by Wino
Geno - that Tarrazu looks really dirty/chaffy compared to the Antigua resupply.
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Re: Coffee- Home Roasting

117 by geno
Wino wrote: Sun Jul 23, 2023 9:15 am Geno - that Tarrazu looks really dirty/chaffy compared to the Antigua resupply.
I only noticed that in the photo myself. They're actually very similarly clean; but the Tarrazu bag had been face down in the box and I had just taken it out, set it down and took the photo. All the chaff in the bag had shifted to the bottom during the 3000-mile trip here.
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Re: Coffee- Home Roasting

118 by YankeeTarheel
Wino wrote: Sun Jul 23, 2023 9:10 am Trying to work up courage to roast couple of pounds this morning before the heat goes thru roof on patio. Guat Huehue and Mex Nextl.
Yum! I can roast coffee successfully, but it's just not as good as what I can buy from Swing's Coffee.
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Re: Coffee- Home Roasting

119 by tonguengroover
I wish I could enjoy a cup of coffee with you roasting guru's.
I guess I be happy with grinding and brewing some old beans.
I use a Asobu pour over cold brewer or a French press. I like the French press best.
If I'm in need of lots if coffee I use the cuisinart drip. But its the worst. I never clean any of them with soap or dishwasher, just rinse and repeat.
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Re: Coffee- Home Roasting

120 by Wino
geno wrote: Sun Jul 23, 2023 1:40 pm
Wino wrote: Sun Jul 23, 2023 9:15 am Geno - that Tarrazu looks really dirty/chaffy compared to the Antigua resupply.
I only noticed that in the photo myself. They're actually very similarly clean; but the Tarrazu bag had been face down in the box and I had just taken it out, set it down and took the photo. All the chaff in the bag had shifted to the bottom during the 3000-mile trip here.
Is one of those wet and the other dry process? I know the dry process I get has chaff flying like a snow storm and the wet processed much less during roasting with air popper. I'm having my last of Tarrazu in this mornings brew. Still have some green and will roast next time.
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Re: Coffee- Home Roasting

121 by geno
Wino wrote: Mon Jul 24, 2023 9:34 am Is one of those wet and the other dry process?


They're both wet processed.
In person it's really more like dust than chaff in the one; I can't get over how the photo highlighted it.
I plan on roasting the Guatemala Antigua Santo Domingo today, two roasts one darker than the other to see which I prefer.
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Re: Coffee- Home Roasting

122 by Wino
Have been very impressed with Guatemalan coffees - both Antigua and Huehuetenango. Your recommendation on the Costa Rican Terrazu was a winner, too. The Antigua I did with a mix/blend of dark and medium roast together mentioned in previous post above made a great coffee.
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Re: Coffee- Home Roasting

123 by Wino
Three one pound batches this morn - Costa Rican Terrazu med. dark roast; Mexican Nextlalpan dark roast; and for upcoming holidays Nicaraguan Maragogype medium light roast. Pushed my popper to it's limit, but made it thru without much downtime..

Addendum: The dark roast of the Mexican Nextl gave it a more robust flavor than when medium roasted. Somewhat closer to some of the Nescafe instant coffee I've had in the past during Mexico visits to interior - most memorable in Ciudad Obregon in Senora and Topolobampo in Sinaloa - back when it was safe to travel there.
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Re: Coffee- Home Roasting

124 by Wino
Did three 1 lb. batches yesterday before heat set in. Costa Rico Terrazu; Mexican Nextlalpan - very dark roast; Guatemalan Huehuetenango. Appears two pounds gets me thru 30 days on average.
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