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Coffee Roasting
Posted: Sun May 24, 2015 6:47 pm
by sosman
After a hijack attempt of a pizza thread
bags of green beans I was asked if I have made any coffee rubs and so far no but I wouldn't mind hearing some suggestions.
One thing that holds me back on the rubs (spiciness etc) is having a younger family - they are gradually tolerating a little more chilli but as far as rubs go, salt, garlic powder and onion powder is the staple at my household.
@food&fish I have an Expobar Minore
Re: Coffee Roasting
Posted: Sun May 24, 2015 9:24 pm
by peteru
Anyone tried roasting coffee beans in a Kamado style cooker? If it does work, what's the suggested process?
Re: Coffee Roasting
Posted: Sun May 24, 2015 10:38 pm
by sosman
peteru wrote:Anyone tried roasting coffee beans in a Kamado style cooker? If it does work, what's the suggested process?
I think it could work but you would have to keep opening the lid to check on progress.
I have pondered lightly smoking the green beans then roasting them - I reckon you would want to be very subtle with the smoke though.
Re: Coffee Roasting
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 4:27 am
by Narmnaleg
sosman wrote: I wouldn't mind hearing some suggestions.
Perhaps the best place to start is a simple salt/pepper/coffee rub like this:
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/coffee_rub.html
That way you could taste the difference the coffee makes without too many other flavours getting in the way.
Re: Coffee Roasting
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 11:05 am
by SilentBoB
I find the trusty popcorn roaster does a decent enough job at roasting the beans, and for $15 you can't really get a much cheaper roaster!
The only downside is you can only do small batches. Keep telling myself I'm gonna upgrade to something bigger soon... Probably a Behmor...
Not sure I'd fancy the results of roasting in a Kamado... Try it and let us know
My gf is a barista so we have pretty much every way of brewing coffee available... I have a Rancilio Silvia for espresso but we also have a syphon, pour over, chemex, aeropress, moka pot, cold brew system... I'm sure there's others but they are the main ones that spring to mind... there's a whole cupboard dedicated to coffee equipment in our place
Re: Coffee Roasting
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 11:21 am
by kenshinzero
Re: Coffee Roasting
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 1:59 pm
by Gumb
Is there anything better than the smell of roasting coffee beans ?
Re: Coffee Roasting
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 3:19 pm
by peteru
Gumb wrote:Is there anything better than the smell of roasting coffee beans ?
Meat BBQ.
Re: Coffee Roasting
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 3:24 pm
by peteru
I'm no stranger to roasting my own beans using a pop corn maker. I've also seen it done using a skillet over a gas flame burner. I was more interested in finding out if anyone has actually experimented in doing it in a Kamado and how it turned out.
Re: Coffee Roasting
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 3:28 pm
by Gumb
peteru wrote:Gumb wrote:Is there anything better than the smell of roasting coffee beans ?
Meat BBQ.
I knew someone would come back with that.
Re: Coffee Roasting
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 5:23 pm
by food&fish
sosman wrote:After a hijack attempt of a pizza thread
bags of green beans I was asked if I have made any coffee rubs and so far no but I wouldn't mind hearing some suggestions.
One thing that holds me back on the rubs (spiciness etc) is having a younger family - they are gradually tolerating a little more chilli but as far as rubs go, salt, garlic powder and onion powder is the staple at my household.
@food&fish I have an Expobar Minore
I would give my right knacker to have one of them on second thoughts at 75 you can have both[ not used for quite a while ]
Re: Coffee Roasting
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 6:25 pm
by sosman
peteru wrote:Gumb wrote:Is there anything better than the smell of roasting coffee beans ?
Meat BBQ.
I have to add, your nitro powered RC car running a bit rich smells pretty good in the morning.
Re: Coffee Roasting
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 6:28 pm
by sosman
The Behmor 1600 plus is the baby I have, so far pretty happy with although its fair to say I will spend the rest of my life perfecting the roast. Its a bit like BBQ that way.
Re: Coffee Roasting
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 12:01 am
by trentski
Can't imagine you would get an even roast in a Kamado, Every coffee roaster I have seen has a stirrer of some sort to agitate the beans, if you had them in a Kamado they would burn on one side.
I use a KKTO and do 5-600 grams at a time, then run them through my Kompak K3 WBC and Rocket Giotto.
Re: Coffee Roasting
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2020 5:19 am
by MaryLo1987
oh, I'm very careful about roasting coffee. I think it is better to entrust it to professionals. I do not like this burnt aftertaste, it requires clarity and knowledge, and I unfortunately do not have them