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Find Out How Easy Roasting Coffee Beans Can Be
If you have every tried to make wine at home you will know how difficult it is, thankfully roasting coffee beans at home is much easier than making wine – and the results are often so good than no-one would know they have been roasted at home.
There is a wide choice of roasters available. Everyday kitchen equipment such as popcorn maker or frying pans can be used. The most important thing is to make sure the equipment is clean. Left over butter or oils could really affect the taste of the coffee.
Choosing the best beans for can afford is a good start when roasting any bean. Dark roasts have less caffeine than lighter roasts, but they also have a less acidic taste.
The beans will need to heat to between 460F (223C) and 530F (262C), so be prepared for some smoke. That’s easily taken care of with a small room fan or stove top exhaust. Beyond the smoke there will be an odor, so your first experiments should probably be done with the windows open and no one home.
Get those beans in your roaster and turn the heat up until it is really hot. (Disabling your home fire alarms for a little while may be a good idea).
Many roasters have an in-built thermometer, but having an extra thermometer may be a good idea when you use the frying pan method. Candy making thermometers are ideal for this purpose.
Whilst roasting the beans will turn different colours. The beans will start out green, then turn yellow then brown. How dark you want your roast depends on how brown you let the beans become.
As the bean begins to get hot, pressure will build up on the surface of the bean and after a while you will hear a loud crack as the bean bursts. This should happen around four to seven minutes after your begin roasting the beans. This sound is normal so don’t be alarmed. Just remember to keep stirring the beans so they don’t stick and get burnt.
Caramelization of the sugars inside the beans will take place as the roasting continues. The degree of caramelization is a personal tastes so remember to keep stirring and checking the beans every 30 seconds.
Continuing to roast the beans will sometimes result in a second loud crack. By now the beans will be very dark, some people will consider them to be overdone. Roasting after the second crack will just burn the beans and make the result too harsh to drink.
Pour into a metal colander to cool, then agitate. Since the roasting process produces chaff (a fine skin that detaches from the bean as they’re agitated), you’ll want some method for removing it. Mesh cooking screens are one option.
Try roasting a few different batches of beans to get your desired flavour. It will be a bit of a trial and error process initially. Remember the beans still continue to cook after they have been removed from the heat. So you may need to take the beans off the heat a little early.
When you use a popcorn maker to roast the beans make sure you can stir the beans so they don’t stick and burn. If you are roasting the beans on the stove top, cast iron skillets are fantastic. Remember don’t leave the beans for a second and keep stirring. Roasting coffee beans is very quick.
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