Roast Your Own Coffe Beans

[Sundance]

Just wondering if there are any others out there that
roast their own coffee????

What do you use to roast??

Favorite bean??

I have been using a Poppery popcorn air popper for about
a year now and it is amazing how easy it is. In a couple
of minutes you can take green beans to full roast.

And the taste???? Fantastic!!

A side benefit is that you save a lot of $$$$. The last
batch of beans I bought were Guatemalan organic,
altitude raised by Mayan descendants. The delivered
price was $3.70 per pound (15# lot).

Give it a try...... you'll never go back.:)

Popper Info:

http://www.ineedcoffee.com/05/poppery/

[Bodo]

My mother in law uses the air popper method. Whenever she comes to visit, she brings us a few different varieties. My Personal favorite is the Kona that she brought last time.
I'm not a coffee connoisseur (so i can't talk fluently about it), but it's my favorite :)

[Sundance]

My mother in law uses the air popper method. Whenever she comes to visit, she brings us a few different varieties. My Personal favorite is the Kona that she brought last time.
I'm not a coffee connoisseur (so i can't talk fluently about it), but it's my favorite :)

Kona is the grail....... I have never had pure Kona. To spendy
for this hombre. Even green the beans are over $25 a pound
the last I checked.

Here's a coop of sorts I use.............. There are loads of
really great green beans for less than $4 a pound including
delivery and club fees.

http://www.greencoffeebuyingclub.com/index.php

[Bodo]

What coffee maker do you prefer?

I have a drip for eveyday use and a Bodum Santos Vacuum Brewer for the good stuff.

[dragonfly]

Wow, that's good to know. My favorite coffee for home use is Guatemalan (Antigua), and I've been paying around 10 dollars per pound for it. I need to know where to buy it.

[Sundance]

Wow, that's good to know. My favorite coffee for home use is Guatemalan (Antigua), and I've been paying around 10 dollars per pound for it. I need to know where to buy it.

Check the link I provided. It works like this:

Mini-broker member buys a 100# bag or two. Usually asking
for commitments prior to buying.

They then take payment, break it up into sold amounts (I
usually get 15# as it fits in a USPS flat rate box) and
ship it to us.

Also, in urban areas there are usually small coffee roasters
that will sell green beans.

Stay away from ebay!! The quality is just too fickle.

[Sundance]

What coffee maker do you prefer?

I have a drip for eveyday use and a Bodum Santos Vacuum Brewer for the good stuff.

I use a Gaggia Coffee espresso machine. Double shot Americano,
a bit on the long side.

My grinder is a La San Marco SM90 ($800 new) that I got
cheap at auction ($100).

When I first heard grinders matter I thought they were
full of .......... baloney. But it's does matter, a lot.

[Sundance]

Here's a cut and paste of the latest offering from
the coop.

Prices vary from variety to variety.

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This coffee is new crop from Crop to Cup

Coffee Name
Bugisu A

Coffee Region
Uganda, Bugisu Region, Mt. Elgon

Crop Year
2005-2006

Cupping Notes
http://www.greencoffeebuyingclub.com/index.php?topic=4300.0

Bean bio
From Crop to Cup:

This single-origin Arabica coffee comes from our friends on the slopes of Mt. Elgon in Eastern Uganda. We've worked with them for years, and now you can too.
Farmers on individual family-owned plots of land on the slopes of Mt. Elgon (Kenya-Uganda border) hand-pick the ripe and red coffee "cherries" and within hours the fruits are pulped at the Gibuzaale, Budadiri, or Manafa washing stations, then soaked for about 2 days before natural drying under the sun. The remaining dried "parchment" around the green coffee bean is removed down the mountain in the town of Mbale. Ready-for-roast green beans are then transported by truck across the Uganda-Kenya border at Malaba and across Kenya to the port of Mombasa; shipped by sea to US.

For more information on the farmers and the region visit Crop to Cup Farmer Regional Profiles.

GCBC Base Price - estimated
$4.20/lb.

Additional Fees
$3.00 flat fee
$0.50 each pound

Shipping method
USPS Flat rate box
$9.30 per 15 lbs.
$12.50 per 20 lbs.

Quick Prices - estimated

5# $37.50
10# $61.00
15# $84.95
20# $112.65
25# $169.90


Orders can be combined with any of my other open offerings

Payment

No payment yet. Coffee will be ordered next week.

[Bodo]

When I first heard grinders matter I thought they were
full of .......... baloney. But it's does matter, a lot.

Makes that big of a difference?

[Sundance]

Makes that big of a difference?

Especially for espresso........ but drip is mucho better as well.
But just roast your own to begin.......... the rest follows.

[mac]

So can ya plant the green beans and grow your own??? Where can you get coffie plants??

[Sundance]

So can ya plant the green beans and grow your own??? Where can you get coffie plants??

Nope........ Not viable. But coffee trees can be had,
especially in your area. Not sure the quality that
area would provide.......

[Barry Digman]

Mmmmm. Coffee. I get my beans from this guy.

http://www.gilabooks.com/200801/200801_coffee.php

[Sundance]

Thats right. we chatted coffee a year ago or so. This
is your brother?? Or you in disguise??

[Zane]

There's a micro brew mail order outfit from So Cal that has alot of roasting accessories. Its called Willams Brewing.

I like the Blue Mtn. stuff from Jamaica and also the Mt. Ariel Costa Rican for flavor. Kona is good also but I cant afford a bean thats not any better. I got those beans straight from the growers around Christmas. Fresh as you can get(so they said!lol).

[Sundance]

The great thing about the popcorn popper is that it
is sooooo easy......... And cheap. If you wander any
of the thrift shops (Goodwill, Savers, etc), or garage
sales, you'll find them often. And usually $2 to $4.

Been running mine hard for a year with no trouble.

Zane, I like the Blue Mountain as well. Been watching
the Coffee Club for green bean offerings.

Marias has a great deal on sampler packs when you're
just starting out and want to try a few out. Great
folks to deal with as well.

http://www.sweetmarias.com/prod.greencoffee.mvc.shtml

[dragonfly]

I like the Blue Mtn. stuff from Jamaica and also the Mt. Ariel Costa Rican for flavor.

Blue mountain is the best, and it was the only thing I enjoyed about Jamaica;). It's just too pricey to be worth it to me. (the real stuff). Costa Rican is good, but I like the Guatemalan more. Have you tried it?

[Barry Digman]

Thats right. we chatted coffee a year ago or so. This
is your brother?? Or you in disguise??


Yep. We're twins.

[Sundance]

Blue mountain is the best, and it was the only thing I enjoyed about Jamaica;). It's just too pricey to be worth it to me. (the real stuff). Costa Rican is good, but I like the Guatemalan more. Have you tried it?

The last 15# I bought were Guatemalan. Maya Ixil Very smooth
brew. I roast it so it's just into the second crack.

[JohnK and Sheri]

This thread made me go grind and brew some beans (Organic Nicaragua, Los Delirios, yummmm) at 3:30 pm. I will be up all night!:D

I agree once you have had fresh roasted you can't go back, that store bought junk is awful. I buy mine from http://www.intelligentsiacoffee.com/.
They roast and ship same day and since they are in Chicago I get it the next day. They usually have a fair selection of beans including green, maybe I will order some next shipment and try roasting. I had thought about trying roasting but it seemed like too much hassle. Pop corn popper? HMMM, I might just dig out the old one from the attic if it is still there.
Thanks for the tip, Bruce.
Sheri

[Sundance]

I had thought about trying roasting but it seemed like too much hassle. Pop corn popper? HMMM, I might just dig out the old one from the attic if it is still there.
Thanks for the tip, Bruce.
Sheri

It's remarkably easy Sheri......... Just weigh out 115 grams,
dump it in the air popper, and plug it in. Give it a shake or
two the first minute as the chaff comes off. At first the
beans won't mix much. But after a minute it's hands off.

You'll hear a first crack. That a deeper, pop corny sound.

After a brief noise free (almost) section then you'll hear
the second crack. A higher pitch, markedly different sound.

Depending on how dark you like it you can pull the plug or
let it go full city/espresso.

Oh....... and it's done outside, stinks........:)

There are several good tutorials on popcorn popper roasting
on the web.

[Michael Bush]

>Just wondering if there are any others out there that
roast their own coffee????

I just started. My "coffee guy" used to custom roast it for me, but, sadly, he has recently passed away and I had to learn to do it myself.

>What do you use to roast??

FreshRoast. I tried the crank popcorn poppers but the batch is large and you can't see the color of the beans while it roasts. It's a lot to wast when you over roast it. :(

>Favorite bean??

There are many I like. Some years they are better than others. Papua New Guinea is certainly one of my favorites as is Yemen and Ethiopian. Sumatra, of course, is a nice mellow one. Some of the Mexican varieties are very mellow and nice flavored and others not so good. Costa Rica can also be pretty mellow. I've had some nice Honduras as well. If it doesn't have enough bite, I might add a little chicory.

>I have been using a Poppery popcorn air popper for about
a year now and it is amazing how easy it is. In a couple
of minutes you can take green beans to full roast.

I thought about converting one, but it seemed more reliable to just buy one that was purpose made for the job.

I keep a large ceramic cup in the freezer and when it's done roasting (mine blows just air on it to cool it some) I put it in the cup and put the cup in the freezer again to finish the cooling process. Then I pour them into half pint canning jars to keep them fresh. I never roast more than I can use in four days.

I make the coffee in a 12 ounce stainless steel stove top espresso maker. I grind the beans to dust, make the espresso, pour it into a couple of ounces of cream and add a couple of ounces of water and that's my morning cup of coffee. I put it in a wide bottom stainless steel vacuum thermos cup.

[Sundance]

I thought about converting one, but it seemed more reliable to just buy one that was purpose made for the job.

I've seen those conversions MB....... they get fancy. I was
going to do it myself.

I picked up the highly desired Poppery I at Savers for $3.99
but listed it on ebay........ Sold for $55.00!!

Instead I've been using a totally unmodified Poppery II
and it works great.

A friend has the FreshRoast. A very nice machine. The only
downside I saw was a smaller capacity than a popper. A
popper can do 115 grams while the FreshRoast she had
did like 55 or 60 grams if memory serves me.

I have my eye out for a cheap Ronco Showtime rotisserie.
The can be converted to drum roasters pretty cheap. I
have the drum already.

The poppers been working so good the rotisserie conversion
is on the back shelf for now.

Sumatran is good stuff.