Roast your own coffee

[feef]

I've been dabbling with roasting my own coffee using a hot-air popcorn maker, and it seems to produce a not-too-shabby product.
I'm using Colombia Excelso Huila beans from RedBer

This was my latest roast. There's a little inconsistency in colour, but it's still a very drinkable coffee.

[PositronicRay]

Try Kenya peaberry. Very round bean, you can even do it in a dry frying pan.

[SwanJack]

I went through a lot of popcorn makers and they weren't really up to job. Got one of these years ago and still use it, but I think they're discontinued.

https://coffeeproject.com/hearthware-iroast-2.html

[feef]

SwanJack said:

I went through a lot of popcorn makers and they weren't really up to job. Got one of these years ago and still use it, but I think they're discontinued.

https://coffeeproject.com/hearthware-iroast-2.html

I picked up this one for less than a tenner so thought it wouldn't hurt to try it out as a starter.

I can see myself migrating onto something bigger and better soon

[dapprman]

Friend of mine does (or for years did) roast his own coffee in a popcorn maker - i tried some and it was good - thing is he did say there were two types, one with side vents, one with bottom vents, and that only one could be used as the other was a fire risk. Can't remember which was the right one - just that the one I had at the time was nort

[feef]

dapprman said:

Friend of mine does (or for years did) roast his own coffee in a popcorn maker - i tried some and it was good - thing is he did say there were two types, one with side vents, one with bottom vents, and that only one could be used as the other was a fire risk. Can't remember which was the right one - just that the one I had at the time was nort

You want side vents (the Primo one I have is tried and tested among hobbyists). The side vents get the beans moving properly, whereas the bottom vent doesn't. The other disadvantage of the bottom vent is that it can get clogged with chaff and that's where the fire risk comes in