Sweet Maria's Home Coffee Roasting

Roasting Basics

There are many ways to roast coffee, from home appliances made specifically for this purpose, to simple pan roasting.

Most methods are extremely simple and the results are excellent ...without investing much time or effort! This is especially true of the Air Roasting process (also called "fluid bed roasting"), which "cooks" the coffee in a hot air stream. The Hearthware Home Roasters and the Freshroast Home Roaster both use this method. So does the Caffe Rosto, and to some degree the Nesco Home Coffee Roaster. It is also the same principle of the electric hor air Popcorn Popper, which is why some adopt these machines for roasting coffee!

Air roasting takes under 10 minutes, roasts very evenly without scorching, and results in coffee of exceptional quality.

Other types of roasting include radiant drum roasting like the Gene Cafe Roaster, the HotTop Drum Roaster and the Alpenrost Home Roaster. The advantage is that it roasts 1/2 Lbs. at a time, but requires a bit more attention during the roast process than an air roaster. Our Alpenrost page discusses all the Pros and Cons of this machine. And there's also conduction roasting on the stovetop, for which we offer the Whirley Pop stovetop popcorn popper.

 You can roast coffee in a pan or wok, or in the oven. But these methods are not uniformily successful, so you dont get to enjoy the simplicity and quality of super-fresh home roasted coffee.

Some of the basic home roasting methods...

Home roasting can be as easy as making popcorn. It takes anywhere from 6 to 16 minutes, depending on your method and preferences. You can roast enough in one batch for several days enjoyment, and the results are equal to (and often fresher than) professionally roasted coffees. Of course, you can chose to buy one of the new home roasting appliances like the Hearthware Coffee Roaster, or the FreshRoast ...but its good to know about the alternative methods too....

We have prepared complete, concise instructions for each of the home roasting methods. You can print these directly from your web browser. Each should fit on a single 8.5 x 11 page. Read the "General" instructions first, nomatter what method you plan to use.

Build Your Own!

We have a new page with photos and links for those who prefer to build their own home coffee roaster.
The page is titled Homemade Home Roasters.
Overview of our Home Coffee Roasting Appliances (also look at our Quick Roaster Comparison Chart)



The iRoast 2
air roaster is here. Latest Model.
In Stock		 Nesco Coffee Roaster
(Formerly called "Zach and Dani's").
In Stock.		 FreshRoast
Plus 8
is a great value.
In Stock. 		HotTop Drum Roaster
Large roaster with 9 oz capacity, 2 models are
In stock.		 Gene Cafe
1/2 pound roaster
is here -read the review!
In Stock.		 Behmor Drum Roaster
In Stock.		 Stovetop Roasting?
If you're patient and want a simple gadget-free way, look into stovetop roasting!
In Stock.

 

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