Simple Coffee Roasting

by technogumbo

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Intro: Simple Coffee Roasting

Despite what you have probably seen on many coffee sites or television, roasting your own coffee is actually quite simple and doesn't require any special tools. I will show you the simple secret to having fresh coffee each day.

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Enjoy your coffee!

6 Comments

uberchoob 14 years ago

are you from west michigan??

technogumbo 14 years ago

I grew up in Michigan, yes. Can you tell from the accent?

uberchoob 12 years ago

Lol, I got away from instructables and never saw your post...

But yes, I was asking because of your accent :)

Tankobu 15 years ago

I've used this technique for years and it works. What I usually do is transfer the roasted beans to a shallow pan and take them out side to blow away the chaff. Chaff will blow all over the place. I've made a lot of great tasting coffee over the years. Be aware that if your pan is Teflon coated that with excessive heat, the Teflon will come off. I believe it turns to poisonous gas. So as a precaution, don't breathe the fumes. A lot of kitchen pan manufacturers are moving away from Teflon...and I think that they're suppose to phase out the use of Teflon on cooking surfaces. But you can double check that.

sysiphus 16 years ago

Don't you run into problems with smoke? Unless that is a VERY light roast, it seems you'd be setting off the smoke detector. I can't even get to mid-light indoors, even under a fully-vented range hood. Maybe it's a difference in the pan roast vs. various methods involving significant air flow (all of mine do.)

technogumbo 16 years ago

Hi sysiphus. Thats a great question. I have noticed that with pan roasting on the stove, it takes a lot longer then a coffee roaster. Due to this, the roast occurs much slower, and smoke is given off in a much less rapid manner over the duration of roasting. I recently purchased a Fresh Roast 6 minute roaster and I'll agree with you that it outputs WAY too much smoke to catch in a conventional range hood. I do my roasting outside.