I've been roasting coffee for a few years now. Practical? Absolutely. Benefits? That's up to you to decide. You get to try specific coffees and roast them how you like, or differently and compare. It can be a routine part of daily life, or it can be a full-blown hobby taking up lots of your time, in a good way. You can roast delicious coffee with low-tech and high-tech devices. I've tried a few, have yet to buy an actual coffee roaster because I've been content with my low-tech results. I have used hot air poppers, stovetop, oven, grill, and a even a Trangia stove. My preferred method is actually an old wok that's continuously stirred with a wooden spoon. It takes practice - and each type of coffee roasts differently. I get green beans from Burman (http://www.burmancoffee.com/) local-ish enough to me that they have cheap flat rate shipping. Another benefit I suppose is that my wife can't drink regular coffee and drinks decaf - good luck finding freshly roasted decaf options, so for us roasting is the only option. And to bring it to bikes - I have roasted up a small batch of coffee on a bike ride - a Trangia alcohol stove fits just enough fuel to roast a small batch of coffee. David River Grove, IL
On Sunday, July 30, 2017 at 6:28:13 PM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > I’ve toyed with the idea of roasting my own coffee. Then Kellie goes and > mentions Sweet Maria’s and I find this: > > https://www.sweetmarias.com/product/heavy-gauge-stovetop-popper-with-ss-base > > Experiences and recommendations? Is it practical to roast your own coffee? > Benefits? > > With abandon, > Patrick > > www.CredoFamily.org > www.MindYourHeadCoop.org > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
