Roasting Coffee Beans in Popcorn Popper Roaster, how to
Roasting coffee beans at home using a popcorn popper. DIY Instructions of the entire coffee roasting process, from roaster setup to bean storage. How to roast coffee beans on the cheap from start to finish. Basically, you dump the green coffee beans in until they aren’t bouncing around much and stir until they are. Wait until desired roast is reached (we like to roast into the second crack a minute or so, otherwise they don’t seem done), then cool as rapidly as possible and age in an …
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I use the handle end of a big wooden spoon to spin the beans every 1.5 minutes in the direction they are turning…the friction helps the chaff release from the beans and blow out the top. This works great if you are roasting outside.
Forget the “poppery” — the Chefmate popcorn popper from Target does a great job for about $16 — I love it. Beautiful dark-brown roast in 5 to 5.5 minutes!
yeah, I definitely got the impression that the Chefmate popcorn popper from Target actually works better than the poppery. I’m pretty sure I only paid about $16 for it here in Hawaii…on the mainland it could be cheaper….but it works great. I’ve found that 1/2 cup of green beans roasts 5 to 5.5 minutes for a good dark-brown roast. I have some fresh roasted beans on my night table so I can smell them as I sleep….since they need to stand open for the 1st 12 hours. I just love it!
markpianoman – thanks for the tip, I will have to check out the $16 modern popper as it just takes too long to roast a pound with one popper.
the first roast doesn’t turn out very well with the original poppery either. If you take that into consideration just roasting two loads is wasteful.
I roast beautifully with my $16 Chefmate popcorn popper from Target! It only takes 5.5 minutes for a nice dark-brown roast after the second pop. The Chefmate hold 1/2 cup of beans…works great. I can’t understand people who go out and buy a $300-$600 machine to roast coffee. If they knew how well a popcorn popper works! I enjoyed your video!
you got it right! this batch was burnt pretty bad, probably the worst roast I have ever made if you dont count the underoasted ones ;)
this is so awesome. i’ve had fresh coffee, but not that fresh. simply awesome. where do you buy the coffee beans in the raw?
I have the luxury of an iRoasr II. I’ve wondered what it was like to use a popcorn popper. I too like Sumatras and Dry Process
Harrar, but I only roast to city or city +, just past first crack. I like the sweet fruity flavor of a light roast. Even a Kenya is best at
a medium or Full City roast. I enjoyed your video.
Thanks for the thanks, but I bet your purpose built coffee bean roaster puts out a more consistent roast. I am jealous. Someday…
Great video… thank you… we just got a roaster and didnt realize we could use a popper.. darn it!! But either way, its darn good! I couldnt drink coffee another way now!
Thank you. Yes, I would agree that after tasting this batch of sumatran that it was waaaay over roasted. We are used to hararr which tastes divine at the roast level in the video. Preheating becomes more important when roasting in cooler temperatures.
Our next video will be construction of a bean cooling device. We have a blower hooked up to a bucket that the colander sits on but for this video we scavenged the ducting reducer so the beans wouldn’t pop out on the vdo.
This is a great video. I also roast coffee using an original Poppery. Some differences in my technique: I do not preheat the Poppery (but will now). I do not stir the beans unless I’ve added too many beans. For Sumatra, I stop the roast at the very beginning of the second crack (my personal preference). For cooling, I’ve fabricated a vacuum-powered cooler, in which my colander sits snugly on top of a small metal bucket; a vacuum hose fitted into the base draws cool air down through the beans.