DIY Coffee bean roasting?

[chrisc]

Have tried the roasting at home and it seems a lot depends on the relative humidity of the beans

I now buy a 2kg pack of roasted beans from Giovanni's in Sea Point. Quite the very best beans I have tried. Better than Woolworths, Truth and a few others

 

[RedViking]

There's no photos for the second batch, but here is attempt 1.0 (starting out on the left and then right is the final roast)

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So on my gas hob (1-9) I start with 7 and then 6 for a more darker roast for about 15 minutes. Leaving the beans for about 4 days (from 7 seems optimal) before use it was better than what I expected.

Yummy!! Looks great!

 

[Geoff.D]

Back on bread topic.

Thank you for this recipe. My dough always turned out to be a flop. Your recipe was idiot proof.

A pleasure

 

[Psycho Pitbull]

There's no photos for the second batch, but here is attempt 1.0 (starting out on the left and then right is the final roast)

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So on my gas hob (1-9) I start with 7 and then 6 for a more darker roast for about 15 minutes. Leaving the beans for about 4 days (from 7 seems optimal) before use it was better than what I expected.

Good job on those, seems like a decent light/medium roast.
I generally leave my fresh roasts to "rest" for a day, before using.
Anything more than that starts influencing their taste, as Arabica beans do not like air and sunlight exposure.

 

[zack89]

I've been roasting my own for a couple years now, its really not difficult to obtain consistantly great results.

1) Popcorn Machine +- R150 from clicks/game etc
2) A sieve to contain the chaff
3) Green beans (initially I bought from the coffee shop down the road from me, but now I just get it online from ryocoffee co za)

Once you've experienced fresh self-roasted coffee there's honestly no going back!!

 

[ekske1]

Got a new strainer