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I popped you some coffee???
By Kimberly Kelly
Jul. 23, 2008 at 10:52 AM
I spent some time in Clemson, South Carolina yesterday… what a great place!
They are working on a really fun event up there that I will share with you at a later date.
One of the organizers, graciously brought me some organic coffee that he, himself roasted at home.
Well… I thought, there are those privileged few that have wine cellers in their humble abodes… this gentleman has a gourmet coffee roaster, I was impressed!
Not nearly as impressed as when I found out he was just a normal ‘joe’ like me and was merely a master improviser when it came to roasting the coffee.
He informed me he had used an air popper… that’s right, a popcorn popper had roasted the coffee. Honestly, he he also added, there were others in this underground movement
And so I did what all people ‘now days’ do… “I you tubed’ it”… here’s what I found, I hope you enjoy it. By the way, the green coffee beans came from West End Coffee in Greenville, and it was WONDERFUL!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESelahL3EvE
Comments
That was interesting.
thanks!
It was to me as well; I had no idea people were doing this!
I wonder what the cost difference is on a “roaster” and popcorn popper??? (Haha)
My method is very similar. The big difference is that mine is a Presto Poplite, which has a screen at the bottom of the well – not the circular vent most others prefer. And yes, the beans are blown everywhere. So what I’ve done is to cut a 12” length of cardboard mailing tube to use as a chaff stack, placed through the hole in the top of the cover and set on-edge over the well. This allows the beans to “fluff around” in the hot air while the chaff blows out the top of the stack. I do this on my back patio, by the way – it makes a mess! I also added an in-line cord switch, since the popper does not have a power switch of its own (strange, I thought). About 1/8 cup of beans at a time keeps them from being weighed down and burnt. And yes, they’re in there for about 3 minutes or so – it does not take long.
Rob
(Sent to me from the guy who gave me the coffee, Kimberly)