Roast coffee at home with the unique Crackingbeans home coffee roaster

How to Roast Coffee With The Crackingbeans.com Stove Top Roaster

 What you’ll need:

 Crackingbeans.com Stovetop Coffee Roaster

 A stove (gas or electric or induction)

 Unroasted coffee beans

 A laser thermometer (optional)

An airtight container

1. Setup and Pre-heat

Hit your favourite local coffee supply store or order online and select some unroasted green coffee beans. Don’t be shy about asking for recommendations regarding how dark the beans you choose should be roasted. That said, don’t be shy about finding out for yourself, experimenting, and learning how to roast to your own taste.

With beans acquired, clear off the stove. Pre-heat the Crackingbeans roaster until it reaches about 200 degrees C. A laser thermometer is the best way to gauge the temperature, but simply pre-heating for 2 minutes will suffice

 2. Add The Coffee Beans

 Once the roaster is at temperature, add the raw beans and begin turning the handle occasionally. The turning becomes more important after first crack.

As you turn the handle, the heat will bring the beans through the stages of roasting. You’ll watch as they go from the raw seeds that coffee begins life as to the beautiful, fragrant pellets of deliciousness you turn them into.

 3. Roast The Coffee Beans

As the beans roast, they’ll pass through several stages. You’ll get to see the transition they make from raw to grind-and-brewable, and decide exactly how roasted you want them to be. It’s important to pay attention to the process here- to control the flavour of your coffee, to learn how to master the process, and (most importantly) to keep the beans from burning.

There are ten stages in all, see if you can identify each as you roast, with the exception of the tenth. That stage is to be avoided, as it represents having over-roasted perfectly good beans.

 4. Remove and Cool

Once you’ve reached the roast of your choosing, dump the beans into a colander Shake the colander and allow the beans to cool in nature’s breeze, sending jealousy-inducing wafts of goodness into your home. Depending on how dark the roast is, you’ll soon be ready for storage.

 5. Store The Beans

Once the beans are nice and cool, store them in a quality airtight container. Mason jars are the best option, as they create a near-perfect seal. If the roast is Full City or darker, we recommend giving the beans a good 12 hours of cooling time to allow gasses to dissipate before storage.

 All that’s left to do after that is grind, brew, and savour the day’s roasting. In under 20 minutes from start to finish, you’ll have fantastic, home-roasted coffee.

 Roasting coffee at home is actually a relatively easy process and it allows you to create your own custom, unique tastes in your morning cup of coffee. While you are trying your hand at roasting, feel free to experiment using different methods and try roasting the beans for different lengths of time so you find a roast of coffee that fits with your taste preferences perfectly.

Enjoy!

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