How To Roast Coffee At Home: A Beginner's Guide
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
- Learn the basics of roasting coffee at home. We explain what green or raw coffee is and where to buy it. We will help you to pick a cheap home coffee roaster. Then, we will roast coffee using a popcorn popper. As a bonus, we share our favourite online resources and books useful for any aspiring home roaster!
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► Severin Popcorn Popper [Europe]: geni.us/wYxQ (Amazon)
► Nostalgia Popcorn Popper [US]: geni.us/xctfz (Amazon)
► Home Roasting Starter Kit: www.caventura.com/product/sta...
BUYING GREEN COFFEE:
► Sweet Maria's [US]: www.sweetmarias.com
► Hasbean Coffee [UK]: www.hasbean.co.uk
► Roast Rebels [DE]: roastrebels.com
► Caventura [DE]: www.caventura.com
FEATURED HOME COFFEE ROASTERS [sorted by price]:
► Nuvo Eco: geni.us/owcUe (Amazon)
► StovePop: geni.us/DZMJp (Amazon)
► Fresh Roast SR540: geni.us/Mv1hF (Amazon)
► Behmor 2000AB Plus: www.sweetmarias.com/behmor-20...
► Gene Cafe Roaster: genecafe.com
► Hottop Roaster Basic: www.sweetmarias.com/roasting/...
► IKAWA Smart Home Coffee Roaster: www.ikawacoffee.com/product/i...
RESOURCES:
► Coffee Rosters Forum: / 310045952380300
► Coffee Geek forum: coffeegeek.com
► Reddit: / roasting
► [book] The Coffee Roasters Companion by Scott Rao www.scottrao.com/the-coffee-r...
► [book] Coffee Roasting Made Simple by Raimond Feil: www.coffeeroastingbook.com
► [book] The World Atlas of Coffee by James Hoffmann: geni.us/4Fmrzi (Amazon)
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-- TIMESTAMPS --
0:00 Intro
0:58 Why to roast coffee at home?
2:21 What is green/raw coffee?
2:47 Where to buy green coffee beans?
4:20 Home Coffee Roaster Overview
5:39 Why we picked the Popcorn Popper
6:37 Roasting coffee w/ Popcorn Popper
10:46 BONUS: Online Resources & Books
11:32 BONUS: Dedicated Home Coffee Roasters
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So are you roasting coffee at home? Share your tips & tricks below!
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Learn your popcorn popper, the outlet you use, ambient temperature, all of the details. Electrical engineering and physics are a math approximation, meaning what is plugged in on the breaker makes a difference. I like to do about 15-30 seconds on, 15-30 seconds off for the first 2-3 minutes of a dense wet processed roast, while shaking the beans and breaking the fluid bed temp to slow the drying phase. The next 1-2 minutes are on and still shaking the popcorn popper. As browning picks up, I rest the popper on the table and wait for another 30 seconds to a minute, and cover the chamber with a tin can that has been vented on the top. This is about the start of first crack, and an even high grade coffee usually finishes in around one minute, with a few outliers, at around 5-6 minutes total. After it finishes, you can take off the cover and shake the beans to slow the curve a bit and develop the roast, and a second crack requires a recovering.
I suggest using log book. For a while.
i wanna try this
You can have a lot of fun with that Severin popper.
I modified it a bit and now I have a complete control over heating power, fan speed, emergency shutdown in case of a detection of a fan failure and connection to Artisan software via WiFi. What is nice is when I turn off the heating and let the fan blow, it automatically cools down the batch after roasting.
Greetings from Brno to Brno.
Wow sounds cool! How did you manage to modify it to get such control? Also, wouldn't it still roast further if you turn off the heating and let the fan run since the machine is still rippin hot?
Wow, so we should have a video about your modified version too! It sounds great:)
Instructables has a long article about modifying a popcorn popper for roasting coffee beans. There is also some discussion at homeroasters.org
www.instructables.com/Build-a-Controllable-Coffee-Roaster-from-an-Air-Po/
This older video shows a simpler modification of a popcorn popper as well as the roasting process. It is something that you can actually make quickly. It would be a better first try. ruclips.net/video/jV7tZmNEjQQ/видео.html
@@StoneyVintson thank you for sharing the video. We didn't want to do any adjustments for this first video but making a sequel with an advanced popper is tempting.
I've been roasting about 15 years with a Cafe Gene roaster and I love it. I like to let my beans off gas for 48 hours before placing them in an airtight container. AndI let them rest at least a week before brewing. Burman Coffee Traders is a great source of fresh green beans with several varities available.
Good video. Thank you for making it!
Wow, great video! I would love to try this!
Great video as usual!👏🏻👏🏻
I began my home roasting journey about a month ago. It all started with a popcorn popper, but then I upgraded to a Fresh Roast SR800. Sweet Maria's is where I get my beans, and I am working on mastering the craft to eventually begin nano/micro roasting on the side. There is so much to learn, and I think this video is a great intro to those wanting to start home roasting.
I have speciality coffee From Rwanda Dm me on Ig I @sanganocoffee thanks.
Thanks for sharing your journey, Matt! Fingers crossed for your roasting business.
Great video for those starting to roast their own coffee. Thank you - Happy 2023!
Good info, thx! I will try it with a popcorn machine outside. I love the idea of experimenting with different beans and diff levels of roasting.
This video is REALLY indeed not all people think of it. THANK YOU!🤤😃
In USA we have several green coffee suppliers for small to large quantities. Better than Sweet Maria's (over-priced) there is Burman Coffee Trader in Middleton, Wisconsin or my favorite Coffee Bean Corral in Madison, Mississippi.
What a perfect video for getting started and even better you recommended 2 German companies! Will make things so much easier as I live here :) awesome video man thank you tons. Super helpful. I'll watch it a few times I'm sure after I get a few things in
I’m starting my attempt this weekend
If it’s anywhere near as good as various videos made it sound I’m going to be thrilled
What a pleasantly informative video to watch. Cheers! :)
Your amazing. Thank you!!
Thank you very much . Ur very kind
for sharing appreciated.!!!!!!
Also found Dean's Beans from United States in New England and ads on You Tube coffee videos. Crop to Cup in Brooklyn NY said there's a roasting coop in Red Hook Brooklyn.
Excellent video. I’ve used a simple Korean ceramic roaster. It was ok but difficult to get consistent roast. I’ve just ordered a electric type with stirrer ,about $120.
Thanks for this wonderful video! I have a popcorn popper at home & have used it for roasting peanuts & flattened rice apart from making popcorn. Now to find some green coffee beans in Kolkata!
Great video, thanks a lot for the tips! My popcorn machine is on the way already. :)
love the popcorn machine hack for coffee beans...im wanting to get my feet wet in the roasting world so this video is great!!!
THANKS!!!! U R so good!!!
Excellent video
Roasting coffee bean using popcorn maker is such a simple yet brilliant idea, Ales!
What an insight! :D
Bread-maker and variable heat-gun. Hooked up with 2 thermocouples (bean temp and exhaust air in chamber) to a laptop running Artisan software. 400-500g batches :)
This looks cool
To roast perfect beans we can also use sand. Normal beach sand or any other sand you find in your surrounding works. Collect the sand and wash it thoroughly with water and let it dry. Once it's dried add it to a pan and let the sand heat, once it's hot (you'll be able to feel it) add beans and roast them evenly. In India, we use sand to roast popcorns and other such items which needs even roasting.
And how you get the beans out of sand ?
@@masterofreality926 we use a sieve. Something that has holes big enough for sand to pass & small enough to hold the beans
@@ShalinShahthebeast Right. Simple, yet effective. Here in Europe is almost impossible to buy green beans, I`m just curious on anything )
Thank you for sharing your experience .I usely use sand when I roast the peanut .I will try also to roast the coffee bean.
You had missed one last step, brew the coffee with commercial machine and with the popcorn popper, blind test it! 😜
hmmm... 6 months already, do they finally brew it ?
I bought the same kit you recommend from the same store, and tried this today, on my balcony. Unfortunately, it is about 10 degrees today, so the whole process took much much longer than it should have, about 18 minutes in total, including warming up the popper. I kept checking if the popper was over-heating, but it stayed luke-warm through the whole process, so I kept going. Eventually I stopped, probably slightly too late, because the beans were slightly darker than the reference beans, but I think I was quite close for a first time. I didn't seem to get the bag to put the beans in, so I am letting them rest for one day in a Fellow Atmos container, which should have a similar effect. This is really interesting, and I hope it tastes good :)
Thanks for this video... I am sooooo gonna buy a popcorn popper!!!!
Your order is on its way, thank you for ordering with us! We would be very, very glad if you could share your experience with the rest of ECT's community after you have roasted at home!
Hey Aleš,
I just bought an Iwaka Home, so I was wondering since the video is from 2020, do you have newer green coffee sellers updates?
Thank you so much for your guy's work, I love watching your videos!
Here in the US available both through EBay and Amazon is a simple contraption marketed as a nut roaster originally labeled Vitorio relabeled also by other names. It allows roasting and stirring the beans evenly over a kitchen burner. I am able to roast two cups of beans to a “full city roast” in about five to ten minutes. There are RUclips videos out there albeit only a few of home roasters using it, It is my method of choice, very substantially made, very little to break or quit working. Inexpensive and much faster than an air popper if you want to roast more than a few grams. I roast about every ten days. perfect!
Thanks for sharing your experience & tips, Rob!
I have three or four coffee trees in my house. Once they are ripe, they are usually eaten by birds and no one pays attention to them.The price of this will be known only after coming to Dubai. I Definitely try this on my next vacation.
Hey Aleš,
thank you for the great video!
It showcases how simple it is to start roasting coffee at home and at the same time explains well how to make the next step beyond the popcorn popper in case anyone wants to turn coffee roasting at home into a real hobby.
We designed the Start Kit with those coffee lovers in mind that always wanted to experience coffee roasting first hand.
We’ll be more than happy to answer any questions in connection with home roasting or roasting in general.
Yours,
Georgi
Thanks for making the kit and pushing us to give it a try!! Keep up the great job.
I think, "hope", that my wife has bought a coffee roaster for my birthday in a couple of weeks. I'll have to wait until then before I buy any beans.🤔
Holy Bean in Denmark also sell both green and roasted specialty coffee
Hi have you any suggestions on putting flavours in coffee eg hazelnut, vanilla. Rum and butter . Not just a adding to the finished coffee . Thank you
Hello Ales, do you recommend to plant our coffee seeds? is it easy? what are the steps that you recommend? from where should we buy plant seeds? any guide? very nice tutorial video btw.
I made a rotating tumbler and used a heat gun. I think this method has more room to control and makes bigger batches. I can also extend the roasting time as I find roasting it too fast is less flavorful.
Love you channel
What a great video and so much helpful and valuable information in quite short time!
Thank you for mentioning us and if you have got any questions or need help with anything, I always look forward to hearing from you.
By the way, when cooling the beans, I always recommend to use a vent as well as beans should be at room temperature within 4 minutes. You can place the vent that way, that it soaks the air - this will lead to less chaff flying around.
Thanks for an additional tip! We will give it a try for our next batches! Perhaps we should make the next home roasting video together, talking about the pros/cons of more advanced home roasters.
@@EuropeanCoffeeTrip sure! I'm in 😀
Great upload. I used to have a Gene Cafe but was never satisfied with the results. Now I mainly use the Severin popcorn popper or the Nuvo. I'm surprised how little greens you put in the Severin. Most people seem to agree that around 100g is optimum for this particular machine. To test the capacity of a popper add the beans and observe how much you can add before the beans stop swirling.
Thanks! Good question about the dose - we come to about 50g grams by trying the original popcorn "doser" and following the Georgi's instructions. It worked well and it was a similar dose we also used for our IKAWA so we didn't question it nor tested out other doses. It's good to know it can work for up to 100 grams.
I did this for a year before getting a hive roaster. Great introduction and experimentation of different origins.
What made you switch to Hive Roaster? Planning to buy a roasting equipment myself... Contemplating between a popcorn popper and Hive Roaster.
@@asrulmunir The popcorn machine was a good entry, cheaper and you can start experimenting. But unless you're happy to tinker with the electrics you can't alter fan speed or heat so there's less control.
The hive is more expensive, but has a steeper learning curve as it's fully manual. You can control heat, airflow, rate of rise and development, making it both more satisfying but trickier. I have so far had good results up to 150g batches too, popcorn machine was closer to 80g per batch.
So long as you're happy to burn some, underdevelop some and experiment, you'll have heaps of fun and satisfying results with either.
what's a hive roaster?
@@MrAnhedonic Love the Hive!!! Much more control, bigger batches but definately a good arm workout lol
I used to roast on a wok. Then discovered the Hive. I have much more control with the Hive plus it can give a consistent result which I can replicate. It's really easy to use but it'll be quite a workout. It was so worth it. Now, I buy green beans instead of roasted coffee which in my opinion is up to par to commercial coffee.
The Fresh Roast seems a really great option but I can't find any seller based in Europe, only shipping from the states with expensive shipping. Do you have any recommendation?
Nice video
Cheaper roasters are possible. If a gas stove is available, then a metal pot with glass lid works excellently. Less than $30. Beans' agitation can be done by lifting and shake/swirl the pot and lid together, which although works very well, is a bit difficult for some people. The pot can also be used without the lid but using a wooden spoon to mix the beans; including tilting the pot and using the spoon to swirl the beans around the bottom of the pot. But more difficult to get uniform roast this way.
I've been using the air-heated popcorn popper roasting raw, green coffee for the past three years! There are two types of popcorn poppers: the one you have that has the air circulating in a circle, and the other type has the air flowing straight up from the center of the bottom of the popper which blows the beans straight up and out of the popcorn popper..
kaleido sniper coffee roaster is amazing as home coffee roaster.
1:22 oh, lovely Loveramics Egg edition cup, you have my like (I have their granite and night sky cups).
When I do a dark roast the beans leave a light oily film in the cooling pan. Is this good or bad? Thanx mike
I use a 50+ feet long extension cord to lower the power, and constantly shaking popper and beans up and down to delay first crack till after 6 minutes. Then I finish the roast at 8-9 minutes, depending on ambient temperature, or until a hint of second crack occurs.
Never thought of longer cables reducing the amount of power that makes it to the product being powered. This could be useful...Thanks.
I do not think longer cable will lower the power. how is that possible?
@@DR19X As distance increases, voltage drop increases, as much as 3% every 50 ft for a 14 gauge cord. I use a 16/3 cord, drops even more. Try it.
Well that was fast! I thought roasting the beans will take an hour or so ! Dang it just 5min???? Good to know!
"It's cheaper."
🤣🤣🤣I told myself that too. 🤣🤣🤣
Haha 😂 great video! Česká vynalézavost...
Cheers! We didn't really invent anything here, just shared an easy way that many people use and told us about:)
where do you get the bags / what are they called?
I have seen, and would have love to see a manual option for coffee roasting
There are plenty of videos roasting beans on stove top in a pan. Explore!
I started few days ago with a kaffelogic nano7 roaster. i prefer espresso after 1st crack but before the 2nd. somewhere about american and City roast. but no fullcity, the beans have to rest atleast 3-5 days, 1 day after roasting they dont taste good and have high acidity
Great video guys thank you.
I find very fresh coffee (first 5 days) too bland, almost like fresh vegetables taste, like it's not fully developed.
What do you all think?
When I buy fresh coffee roasted on the same day, I get two sentences. Either “wait two-three days before brewing, that the taste will develop” - QB roasters, or “it taste the best at least week from roasting” - Nordbeans. Might be something with it
So...be careful which popcorn popper you choose. I live in the US and got a Presto poplite off of Amazon. Long story short, it blows air straight up, not in a circular motion like the one in the video. The result is a bean pops up and out of the machine every couple seconds. I ended up taking off the top and putting a grater on top as a screen which more or less works. But if you can find one that operates more like the one in the video you'll probably be happier.
That said, thanks for the video! I just started using a ceramic Nuvo roaster but this way is much easier 🙂
The biggest problem with a popcorn popper is, it only does about two cups of coffee at a timel, and it can be very messy. I have been using a Fresh Roast 500 for about 5 years. Of course those machines only last about 3 years. And have to be replaced. But what can I say. I am addicted to good coffee. I recently picked up the extension tube for the 500. Now I can make about 200g at a time now.
Yeah, I agree with the limitations! Still, I believe it’s good home roaster to experience the coffee roasting. Thanks for sharing your experience.
@@EuropeanCoffeeTrip No disagreements here. I started out on the range and then moved on to the air popper for a little while.
This is my second ever video as I learn to home roast coffee beans as I do not know anything about roasting---yet, but am beginning my journey of procuring necessary information from available resources. I just watched Sweet Maria's popcorn popper home roasting video and I recall he stated it is important to pour beans while popper is still on to avoid burning any beans. Were any of your beans burned? How soon after roasting and cooling can the beans be ground to brew?
I was told that home roasting coffee beans over a heat source (like in a pan over the fire etc. is better that “air roasting”, because air roasting drys the beans much more. Is this accurate at all? Thank you 🙏
No it’s definitely different but it’s a significant difference in taste between the two types of roasts. The hot air roaster is a great way to roast for a very mild but tasty coffee experience. The drum style ends with a lot more of a bold and harsh taste like “traditional American” coffees are known for
I tried roasting coffee with a popcorn popper early last year, and I would say that it really is just for beginners. In the end, the coffee flavor was not as developed as with a professional roaster. Also, my popcorn popper took almost 3 times longer than in this video to give me a medium dark roast. In fact, the popper would automatically shut down due to the high temperatures reached. I did not do a pre-heating as shown in the video; still, I don't think it would have made that much of a difference time-wise. Perhaps it depends on the quality of the popcorn popper? Or maybe because the voltage in Europe is higher? Anyway, if you are coffee enthusiast, a dedicated roasting machine would probably be better. Thanks for the recommendations at the end!
The combination of you doing a med-dark roast (not light like most people would be who are watching this) and not pre-heating are major influencers on time. You may be using different beans as well ie the size of a bourbon vs peaberry will affect roast time.
I mean the video title is literally "How To Roast Coffee At Home: A *Beginner's* Guide
" otherwise people wouldn't be watching this if they're on the course of being a professional roaster.
@@tonynurrahman3467 And? Did I say otherwise? They did also show more advanced machines at the end.
There are a lot of details to look after when roasting coffee. I mean the Artisan app even records all sorts of details in order to attempt to replicate roasting profiles. Now, I have 7 popcorn poppers for coffee roasting right now and their functionality varies greatly. If yours shut down and takes too long to roast, then it’s probably not suitable for coffee roasting. Just 3 things that I can speculate are 1. It’s wattage might be too low in of itself. 2.Your outlets voltage might be low. 3. For certain, your popper has a thermostat that’s shutting the machine around 400F. This is a safety feature in machines that are less than 20+ years. BTW, my best machine is from the 70’s. There are loads of information online where they address these issues. Good luck
@@cl3452 Thanks! I will do a bit more research and I just might give it another shot, with pre-heating this time.
I tried the popcorn popper at home. It went a little bit different for me. Ive preheated the popper for 1min, added 50g of green beans. After 5-6min ive heard the first cracks and after 11-12min ive had a medium roast. 42g at the end. At around 7min the machine made a weird sound what scared me first, but nothing happened anyway.
Is your popcorn popper a 1200-1300W one? Also are your outlets 230V or 110-120V?
The cost of green coffee at Sweet Marie's is over $6 lb, which translates to approximately $7.50 lb, after processing through the popcorn maker. Considering that one probably has to go through this roasting process once a day, this doesn’t seem convenient or inexpensive.
Karl yes
Why not start brewing immediately after toasting so that the flavor is still fresh.
* 50 grams is not that much for tomorrow, unless you keep them in a hermitically sealed bag. Right?
I started out with a Nuvo a few months back and recently got a Bocaboca 250 (www.amazon.co.uk/BOCABOCA-Roaster-Roasting-Machine-Barista/dp/B071W5MHSM). Really nice little design and fits in well with the kitchen. The IR heater is very neat, as is the chaff collection system (a fan underneath that doubles as a bean cooler). Probably not as widely available as the other options in the video, but worth checking out. The entire drum assembly rotates so it rules out adding a thermocouple later down the line. I was considering a gas-burner mounted Kaldi Wide as you can add thermocouples to that, but the neatness of the Bocaboca won me over.
Something like a frying pan, is too flat; too wide on the bottom and the sides are too low, so agitating the beans is very difficult. Better choice is a metal pot or a saucepan; Much easier to agitate the roasting beans.
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Fresh roast does not have a 220v version. At least not to my knowledge
Hi, you think it is possible to obtain professional results similar to an expert roaster with behmor 2000ab plus?
I like when europeans say "popcorn popper"
What? A popcorn machine as a roaster?
I love coffee but my stomach doesn't is there a low acid coffee bean
Your supposed to use an iron skillet.
My dear, but the problem is for us the coffee fans that we live in coffee producer's because is illegal that a normal citizen buy coffee in green or "pergamino". That law it suppouse to avoid black market :(
As the world has been commodified and branded out of meaning and valuation, this is another example. Just like the old vinyl scene and craft beer, where money was less of an issue than analog and fluorescent cartoon cans did not exist, this too has become a niche way to overcharge people who cannot vett quality for themselves. sweetmarias.com is where I get mine, when I bother, and an old popcorn popper is cheap. If you're good you can do it in a covered frying pan. This should be zen meditation on the heat equation, but it becomes a toy show and tell very quickly.
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I watched the whole video but you didn't say what is the quality of the coffee? Why do you think I have watched the video?
the easy way i do it out side, i do it by color not by time . i use a pan to water to cool the beans. Let dry and de= gas wheelchair larry
The longest commercial ever
the longest commercial for what product? 🤔
Liked the video but c'mon, too many breaks. One's enough. Don't be gready
Step 1: Don't.
I think it’s great to try, even if it’s only once!
Thanks for teaching me how to roast coffee 🫘🫘🫘☕️☕️☕️🥇🥇🥇