Espresso!
Being a cool windy day we went out to the new nursery nearby, came home, fed the kids, put them to bed for a nap and decided it was time to try roast number two.
The beans on the left are the medium roast from yesterday, and on the right are the beans (medium/dark) from this afternoon.
It took about 5 minutes to roast to this colour and it was very even across all the beans. Much more even than I ever got roasting from green beans in the wok.
The machine. . .
If choosing a popcorn popper to home-roast green coffee beans, make sure you select one that blows the air in from the sides of the machine not from a mesh underneath. This is so the skins that flake off from the beans don't fall back into a heating element, but also because the side-air models keep the coffee moving and give a nice even roast. It also help if you don't overload the machine.
Below is a picture of the roasting chamber of my popper and you can see the solid base and airflow ports on the side.
The beans on the left are the medium roast from yesterday, and on the right are the beans (medium/dark) from this afternoon.
It took about 5 minutes to roast to this colour and it was very even across all the beans. Much more even than I ever got roasting from green beans in the wok.
The machine. . .
If choosing a popcorn popper to home-roast green coffee beans, make sure you select one that blows the air in from the sides of the machine not from a mesh underneath. This is so the skins that flake off from the beans don't fall back into a heating element, but also because the side-air models keep the coffee moving and give a nice even roast. It also help if you don't overload the machine.
Below is a picture of the roasting chamber of my popper and you can see the solid base and airflow ports on the side.
2 Comments:
looks nice mate!
a productive day hey?
hamo
Indeed, roasted coffee, drank wine - what more can you ask?
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