Roasting Coffee Beans in Popcorn Popper Roaster, how to

23 June 2009 in Coffee

Roasting coffee beans at home using a popcorn popper. DIY Instructions of the entire coffee roasting process, from roaster setup to bean storage. How to roast coffee beans on the cheap from start to finish. Basically, you dump the green coffee beans in until they aren’t bouncing around much and stir until they are. Wait until desired roast is reached (we like to roast into the second crack a minute or so, otherwise they don’t seem done), then cool as rapidly as possible and age in an …

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23 June 2009 Coffee

6 Comments to Roasting Coffee Beans in Popcorn Popper Roaster, how to

  1. I roast beautifully with my $16 Chefmate popcorn popper from Target! It only takes 5.5 minutes for a nice dark-brown roast after the second pop. The Chefmate hold 1/2 cup of beans…works great. I can’t understand people who go out and buy a $300-$600 machine to roast coffee. If they knew how well a popcorn popper works! I enjoyed your video!

    2. markpianoman on 23 June 2009

  2. Thank you. Yes, I would agree that after tasting this batch of sumatran that it was waaaay over roasted. We are used to hararr which tastes divine at the roast level in the video. Preheating becomes more important when roasting in cooler temperatures.
    Our next video will be construction of a bean cooling device. We have a blower hooked up to a bucket that the colander sits on but for this video we scavenged the ducting reducer so the beans wouldn’t pop out on the vdo.

    3. pabbananna on 23 June 2009

  3. This is a great video. I also roast coffee using an original Poppery. Some differences in my technique: I do not preheat the Poppery (but will now). I do not stir the beans unless I’ve added too many beans. For Sumatra, I stop the roast at the very beginning of the second crack (my personal preference). For cooling, I’ve fabricated a vacuum-powered cooler, in which my colander sits snugly on top of a small metal bucket; a vacuum hose fitted into the base draws cool air down through the beans.

    4. joed124 on 23 June 2009

  4. Great video… thank you… we just got a roaster and didnt realize we could use a popper.. darn it!! But either way, its darn good! I couldnt drink coffee another way now!

    5. GirlieNoir on 23 June 2009

  5. I have the luxury of an iRoasr II. I’ve wondered what it was like to use a popcorn popper. I too like Sumatras and Dry Process
    Harrar, but I only roast to city or city +, just past first crack. I like the sweet fruity flavor of a light roast. Even a Kenya is best at
    a medium or Full City roast. I enjoyed your video.

    6. hoveral on 23 June 2009

  6. this is so awesome. i’ve had fresh coffee, but not that fresh. simply awesome. where do you buy the coffee beans in the raw?

    7. jazy1785 on 23 June 2009

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