Popcorn Popper Coffee Roasting

floydpink · 09-24-2009, 09:07 AM

If you haven't already, you should visit Sweet Marias website.

Someone really took the time to put together a very easy to understand instructional on roasting.

I refer to it all the time now.

kenstogie · 09-24-2009, 06:10 PM

I received my Popper in the mail and here's the picks. I'll be purchasing the beans soon and I'll be off to coffee nirvana, eventually that
is.

NOTICE THE VENTS ON THE SIDE (NOT THE BOTTOM) and the BOTTOM IS SOLID. I am told this is mucho importanto!!!
This is pic is looking down the throat.

floydpink · 09-24-2009, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kenstogie

I received my Popper in the mail and here's the picks. I'll be purchasing the beans soon and I'll be off to coffee nirvana, eventually that
is.

NOTICE THE VENTS ON THE SIDE (NOT THE BOTTOM) and the BOTTOM IS SOLID. I am told this is mucho importanto!!!
This is pic is looking down the throat.

I think it has a sore throat, All I can see is a red x.
How's it working out?
I keep seeing those Westbend Popperies on Ebay for cheap and am tossing around the idea of picking one up for a second roaster and am wondering if you need to do all the roasting outdoors due to the chaff flying?

germantown rob · 09-25-2009, 06:16 AM

I really don't understand the pop corn popper as a roaster in its stock form.
Roasting beans at a high heat with no temp control is a bit like throwing anything you are cooking in a 500f oven and calling it done when it browns. I really have never taster a thing out of a stock popper that didn't taste thin and with very little flavor development and to say that city to city + coffee tastes that way is just BS. Different beans need different approaches to roast them proper and that takes some control over the roasting process to get heat to the center of the bean not just the outside.

I say roasting over an adjustable gas burner in a pan and stirring with a spoon or whisk can give a novice much more control over a roast and a better understanding of how simple changes can bring out the most from a particular bean. Not to say that this method doesn't have it's drawbacks since it is very easy to burn the outside of the bean especially on the flat spots. Peaberry beans are the best way to learn this method since they have less flat spots because they are more round.

Just my

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09-24-2009, 09:07 AM	#1
floydpink crazy diamond Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Pete Location: Orlando Posts: 1,955 Trading: (17)	Re: Popcorn Popper Coffee Roasting If you haven't already, you should visit Sweet Marias website. Someone really took the time to put together a very easy to understand instructional on roasting. I refer to it all the time now. __________________ "If we weren't all crazy we would go insane"

09-24-2009, 06:10 PM	#2
kenstogie following the whiterabbit Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Albany, NY Posts: 1,325 Trading: (3)	Re: Popcorn Popper Coffee Roasting I received my Popper in the mail and here's the picks. I'll be purchasing the beans soon and I'll be off to coffee nirvana, eventually that is. NOTICE THE VENTS ON THE SIDE (NOT THE BOTTOM) and the BOTTOM IS SOLID. I am told this is mucho importanto!!! This is pic is looking down the throat. __________________ I intend to live forever. So far, so good.

09-25-2009, 06:16 AM	#4
germantown rob Still not Adjusted Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Rob Location: Philadelphia Posts: 330 Trading: (1)	Re: Popcorn Popper Coffee Roasting I really don't understand the pop corn popper as a roaster in its stock form. Roasting beans at a high heat with no temp control is a bit like throwing anything you are cooking in a 500f oven and calling it done when it browns. I really have never taster a thing out of a stock popper that didn't taste thin and with very little flavor development and to say that city to city + coffee tastes that way is just BS. Different beans need different approaches to roast them proper and that takes some control over the roasting process to get heat to the center of the bean not just the outside. I say roasting over an adjustable gas burner in a pan and stirring with a spoon or whisk can give a novice much more control over a roast and a better understanding of how simple changes can bring out the most from a particular bean. Not to say that this method doesn't have it's drawbacks since it is very easy to burn the outside of the bean especially on the flat spots. Peaberry beans are the best way to learn this method since they have less flat spots because they are more round. Just my .