Glass Chimney for Air Popper Coffee Roasting
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- Using a glass chimney on top of your air popper for roasting coffee can improve air flow, or replace a lost or damaged hood. But the coolest thing is it can turn the "non-recommended type" of air popcorn popper into a good roaster, and one that is especially good for hitting those dark roast levels that other machines can't reach. In this video I explain the types of poppers and do a little roast with the "non-recommended" type to show it's function.
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This is why I love Sweet Maria's. They're STILL looking out for the small, innovative home roaster. Thanks for the great video and service I always get when ordering from your establishment. 👍
I used a copper cooking sheet rolled up as a chimney in my non recommended popper. Worked great and seemed to retain heat well. Roasted really fast and even. Chaff flies out, but easily swept up. Listened for first crack. Hope this helps.
I have the undesirable form of popper, and have experimented quite often with methods to keep the coffee inside the popper. I tried wiring the plastic popper top on, for example. But getting the right batch size is tricky. If you put in too much, the coffee doesn't move and the bottom of the load risks scorching. So there's some trial and error necessary. But the chimney idea seems pretty good! The plastic top tends to deform and melt after just a few loads anyway, so I was looking for replacements.
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I have a couple of old air popper that are shaped more like the white one you show, but the interior looks more like the red one, with no screen at the bottom. Branded as "Kitchen Gourmet" and says 1200 watts on the sticker. I haven't used any for coffee yet, but they pop corn like a champ. I do still see second-hand poppers at yard/estate sales or thrift shops frequently, and often with only the bottom unit/no tops. I keep oil lanterns around for emergencies (we have a small farm), so the chimney is easy for me to source and I actually have thought I might use one if my plastic tops all melt beyond usefulness. We go through a lot of popcorn as both human and livestock snacks. Thanks for reminding me and for showing how this whole idea works for coffee.
I just received my first ever shipment of green coffee beans, and as soon as it gets too hot to be out working tomorrow, I'll be roasting my first batch of "popper coffee". I'm the only one here that drinks brewed coffee, but several are fond of my homemade coffee liqueurs, so there are a few folks interested in how well this will go.
Again, your info is much appreciated. Not everyone has the need for a big dedicated coffee roasting setup, nor does everyone have access to local customer-service-driven establishments like yours. A tip of my hat to you from Wink of Texas.
I still have a couple vintage ones but I quit using air poppers because I was roasting every day or two and working full time, but I used bendable duct pipe elbow that fit quite well and a brass screen to collect the shaft from blowing out, it worked but some beans produce more chaff and the screen would almost be totally blocked.
last few years I moved to the stir popcorn poppers, from the aluminum to the stainless steel and now to one that I have never seen before , it's quite well made has a glass lid with two or three small vents and one golfball size hole with a rubber type stopper that you can pull off at any time, it has a four paddle system inside two on the bottom and two in the middle and the crank is also permanently attached to the glass lid with all those vents, the stirring mechanism is quite robus and the paddles are just over an inch tall each.
It is made out of heavy aluminum with a nonstick inside coating and a painted outside.
There was two at a local auction a red one and a light blue one I won them both.
Now this unit I am using i just talked about takes much longer to roast than any other popcorn popper I have used but the coffee turns out better, I would say it's a four quart pot., I have never seen them in any stores so I figure it was bought off the tv ?
Okay I just found it Zippy Pop Blue Stovetop Popcorn Popper with Glass Lid, 4-Quart Capacity
the 4 quart is discontinued now they only sell 5 quart it seems but imo so far I really like it.
3:26 is pretty hilarious. Helpful video, thanks!
I don't use a top on mine and it seems to work well but I have to use a dry vac hose to catch the chaff. Next step is taking it apart and seeing if i can add heat adjustment.
Yes!
Wonder if anyone has ever tried making a chaff cyclone for that chimney and what affect it would have on the evenness of the roast?
How to slow down the machine if it is very hot?
Using less coffee can help bring down the temperature and roasting without a chimney can help too.
These are not borosilicate right? Isn't there a chance of glass to chip off with the lower quality glass?
Correct, the manufacturer doesn't indicate that it's borosilicate. The chances of chipping is minimal since although it does get hot, it is in contact with ambient air temps so it won't get hot enough for it to start chipping due to temperature.
@@SweetMariasCoffee ah ok. I asked this on reddit and everyone freaked out about using a non-boro type chimney.
Popper roasting sucks. Just buy an old bread maker at goodwill and a heat gun. 1lb batches.
I am definitely going to give this a shot. I find bread machines at estate sales all the time.