DIY coffee roaster

[Clarktar]

This was a fun garage project! First time roasting coffee.

 

[feanor]

Nice! Can you add a photo of the beans when they’re roasted?

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

Love it!

 

[Clarktar]

Nice! Can you add a photo of the beans when they’re roasted?

Here you go.

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[feanor]

That’s awesome- great job on roasting and enjoy your Sunday coffee

 

[Clarktar]

Thanks! I'm going to grind some Monday morning and try it.

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[9.1]

This is awesome. How long did you have to let that run?

 

[Clarktar]

This is awesome. How long did you have to let that run?

13 to 14 minutes. Next time I think 12 minutes might be better. It went just a bit longer than I wanted. Or I will just roast outside where it is well below freezing!!

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[victoriabitter]

That's very cool! How's the energy consumption?

 

[doc holiday13]

A cast iron pan on a stove top or over a camp fire seems to work pretty good for me

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

Hey any updates on how the coffee turned out? You’ll have to explore with roasting time and bean type to get it all dialed in.

 

[Clarktar]

That's very cool! How's the energy consumption?

?? I have no clue. There is more to life than MPG

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[Clarktar]

A cast iron pan on a stove top or over a camp fire seems to work pretty good for me

Yep, and a person can wear blue jeans, a flannel, and go hunting with a 300$ Ruger rifle.

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[Clarktar]

Hey any updates on how the coffee turned out? You’ll have to explore with roasting time and bean type to get it all dialed in.

Not bad. I need to cut my roast time down. I failed to realize how much more the beans would "roast" even once removed from my contraption. This attempt had about 30-40% of beans roasted to the point I wanted (dark brown with oily surface). The other 70-70% came about black almost burnt. Flavor is not bad but I can taste some burnt.

I'll roast again tomorrow or Friday. This time around I will have a cookie sheet sitting in the snow and dump beans on it outside. Should work as a heat sink to retard the continued roasting.

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[LostArra]

West Bend Poppery II gets the job done for me. It looks like your capacity is greater though.
How much green coffee per batch?

 

[Clarktar]

West Bend Poppery II gets the job done for me. It looks like your capacity is greater though.
How much green coffee per batch?

The batch in the video was 15oz.

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[LostArra]

That is about three times the size of a popcorn popper batch.

If you are getting uneven roast you might reduce the amount and see if it comes out more even.
More beans = more mass of heat. Also, dumping the beans just a hair early helps too because of retained heat. Kind of like meat still cooking after it's off the grill.

My preferred roast is Full City, just before oil appears on the beans (maybe one or two). But that is the great part of home roasting, you can try the type of bean you want and the type of roast you want.
Surprisingly simple too.

 

[muchhuntin]

Do you happen to have pic of this inside design on the roaster without beans in it? Might look into building one myself. Love me a good fresh coffee.

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[long hunter]

Clarktar, where you buying 300 dollar Ruger rifles at, I might go shopping.

 

[Clarktar]

Clarktar, where you buying 300 dollar Ruger rifles at, I might go shopping.

Last one was in Montana. But that was before covid and the rise in the consumer price index.

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