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Clark · 12-28-2006, 06:45 AM

I have just started roasting my own coffee. I have a hot air popcorn popper for now and a place near by that sells green coffee beans.

My first batch came out nice however I am on the bottom of the learning curve with coffee roasting. Any hints, advice or other information would be appreciated.

Clark

maleficent · 12-28-2006, 12:45 PM

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Wilkerson · 12-28-2006, 12:46 PM

This is why I would recommend buying pre-roasted beans. I know they sell them in Pittsburgh over on Grant Street or somewhere. It's not too far from the train station. Yes, somewhere on on a corner on one of those streets between the train station and the court house and above Smithfield Streeet but either at or below Grant. I just know that I have seen them. I've even been in there when staying at the Wm.Penn Hotel....I never use the hotel's coffee, I get my own. It's an interesting corner location and when you go in, about 15 feet or so in, you go up two steps to the ordering counter. Several varieties of coffee they have there and they'll even grind the beans for you...unless you still insist on doing that yourself as well.

Anywho, out of curiosity I looked around here and there and did an engine search entering in the magical words magical beans. No, I actually entered the words 'Coffee bean roasters'. Amazing number of results and that, as they say, is as good a place to start as any. I don't know that a hot air popcorn popper would necessarily be the best bet since it has different physical aspects with regards to how air and heat adhere to the object...in this case the coffee bean...being heated as opposed to the popping corn kernel. Add to this, the moisture content of a coffee bean is different from that of a corn kernel so again there would be different requirements to get the bean to behave as you wished it to.

I also entered "coffee bean roasting" and got more hits. As they used to say on a now defunct radio station, 'the hits just keep on coming'. Search engines: sure they are big and powerful; but, they are oh so helpful (someday I might be too).

Clark · 12-29-2006, 05:02 AM

maleficent,

As aways your knolage is apreshated. Thank you.

Wilkerson,

Yes there are many good coffee shops in pittsburgh. In "The Strip" there is a shop that rosasts its own and is happy to sell you there beans green and a discount.

Clark

12-28-2006, 06:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
Clark Crazy Location: Pittsburgh	Roasting Coffee I have just started roasting my own coffee. I have a hot air popcorn popper for now and a place near by that sells green coffee beans. My first batch came out nice however I am on the bottom of the learning curve with coffee roasting. Any hints, advice or other information would be appreciated. Clark __________________ Dyslexic please excuse the spelling.

12-28-2006, 12:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=102184 __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.

12-29-2006, 05:02 AM	#4 (permalink)
Clark Crazy Location: Pittsburgh	maleficent, As aways your knolage is apreshated. Thank you. Wilkerson, Yes there are many good coffee shops in pittsburgh. In "The Strip" there is a shop that rosasts its own and is happy to sell you there beans green and a discount. Clark __________________ Dyslexic please excuse the spelling.

12-28-2006, 12:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
Wilkerson Upright Location: I live in a hovel near a hole in the ground with a gang	This is why I would recommend buying pre-roasted beans. I know they sell them in Pittsburgh over on Grant Street or somewhere. It's not too far from the train station. Yes, somewhere on on a corner on one of those streets between the train station and the court house and above Smithfield Streeet but either at or below Grant. I just know that I have seen them. I've even been in there when staying at the Wm.Penn Hotel....I never use the hotel's coffee, I get my own. It's an interesting corner location and when you go in, about 15 feet or so in, you go up two steps to the ordering counter. Several varieties of coffee they have there and they'll even grind the beans for you...unless you still insist on doing that yourself as well. Anywho, out of curiosity I looked around here and there and did an engine search entering in the magical words magical beans. No, I actually entered the words 'Coffee bean roasters'. Amazing number of results and that, as they say, is as good a place to start as any. I don't know that a hot air popcorn popper would necessarily be the best bet since it has different physical aspects with regards to how air and heat adhere to the object...in this case the coffee bean...being heated as opposed to the popping corn kernel. Add to this, the moisture content of a coffee bean is different from that of a corn kernel so again there would be different requirements to get the bean to behave as you wished it to. I also entered "coffee bean roasting" and got more hits. As they used to say on a now defunct radio station, 'the hits just keep on coming'. Search engines: sure they are big and powerful; but, they are oh so helpful (someday I might be too).