The Bald guy. Bald Guy Brew.
Right here in Boone, the bald guy sells and roasts great coffee. I’ve been buying my green beans from him recently and have been very pleased. Don has a mobile barristamobile where he can roast, brew, and mix awesome coffee and coffee drinks. He can roll up to cater an event or (more…)
I realized through my reading that I had several methods of roasting available to me without buying any equipment. I have a heavy, cast iron frying pan, a hot air popcorn popper, and a stovetop whirly top popcorn popper. These are all viable, economical methods.
I tried pan roasting first. One thing to know when you start roasting is that roasting coffee produces smoke. It isn’t unpleasant, I rather enjoy it but you will need a well ventilated place to roast. If you have a powerful hood on your stove you might try it in (more…)
Once I read a bit about buying green beans, roasting methods. roasters, roasts, coffee origins it a couple of things became abundantly clear. First, coffee roasting is relatively simple. I recognize that being a master roaster is not simple but given that it use to be a household chore like making bread, anyone who wants to roast coffee is cabable of doing it. The second thing that struck me is that one could (more…)
The second book I read on coffee is also by Kenneth Davids: Home Coffee Roasting: Romance and Revival, first published in 1996. It was published when homeroasting was still not common. This work focuses more in depth on home roasting. Early in the book (more…)
The first book I read on coffee was published in 1976. I was a coffee lover but had never considered pursuing a better cup by roasting my own green beans. The book is: COFFEE, A Guide to Buying, Brewing, and Enjoying. It has been updated a few times and the latest (more…)
Roasting your own sound fun? Well, it is. However, you will need to learn quite a bit about coffee as you go. You will want to learn about how coffee is grown and processed; about the varietal beans from different parts of the world and their (more…)
Following this post will be the first installment of 100 tips and resources on the homeroasting of coffee. They will range from where to buy home coffee roasting supplies, to suggestions on books and online articles, to practical advice on selecting beans, methods, roasts, and equpment. Check back often for tips. And feel to email me your own tips and experiences…or leave them as a comment.
Today we are drinking a Peruvian, medium roast coffee. It is orgainic, fair trade and roasted to a full city roast in a hot air roaster…in the garage.
A couple of thoughts.
When possible, don’t (more…)
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