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10-27-2009, 08:19 AM #1Registered User
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Roasting your own coffee beans?
I wonder if there would be any interest from others to learn how to roast their own coffee. Of course it saves money, +/- $5 a pound for the green beans. You need a stainless steel bowl, a wood spoon with a long... long handle and a heat gun, similar to the ones used to strip paint. The bowl and spoon become dedicated.
Living on the road I have been doing it (must be outdoor...) for a few years now, it is not only the cost factor but the freshness of the coffee, best in the World!!!... as you can also grind it fresh every morning. I use a hand cranked grinder.
I cannot post photos yet, but if there is any interest I will when I can.
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I'm interested, thanks.
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I'd like to try it too sometime.
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I love coffee!!!! I am interested.
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I'd like to learn too! Roasting coffee beans has been on my list of things to learn to do.
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As soon as I can post pictures I will go through it. It is really easy and you will never go back to store bought coffee... I think I have a few more needed posts to do this.
I really like this Forum... great ideas, specially being on the road and here in the Desert for most of the winter months.
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Sounds interesting!
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Love the idea of being able to do it without having to be in the house with a roaster. I looked into bean-roasting once, but the roaster alone was a couple of hundred dollars, and no guarantee that I'd like the coffee afterward. I drink one type of coffee that I special-order, so I was concerned about getting green beans from some other variety that I wouldn't normally like.
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Have the photos... still waiting to be able to post them...
Be well... Ara & Spirit
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Love to find out more. We're um, a little too fond, perhaps, of our coffee here...
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