Coffee Roasting Basics: Using an Electric Popcorn Popper
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
- Electric popcorn poppers are the best way to get started roasting your own coffee. They are inexpensive, small and do an amazing job. Essentially, all you need to do is pour in some green coffee, watch it spin around until it turns dark brown and, bam!, you just roasted coffee...BUT, there are a few hints you should know that will give you better results right off the bat.
Your batch size is determined by the strength of your popper's fan. Turn on your popper. Pour green coffee into it and note when the fan is no longer able to move the coffee beans. Pour out all the coffee. Weigh it or measure it by volume and this will be your normal batch size.
In the beginning of your roast, shake the popper ever few seconds to agitate the beans so the ones on the bottom don't burn. After a minute or so of doing this, you'll notice the beans changing color and beginning to move on their own.
There should be a good amount of chaff flying around at this point. Use the included plastic hood/butter tray to divert the chaff into your kitchen sink or a pot with a little water on the bottom. Roast under your stove's hood vent or near a window to reduce smoke accumulation in your kitchen. Roasting outside on a warm day is good if you don't want to deal with smoke or chaff in your house.
Listen for 1st crack. It's hard to miss and sounds like twigs snapping. Yes, there is a 2nd crack that happens around a minute after 1st crack is done but we only recommend roasting this dark if you know for sure that super dark coffee is the only kind of coffee you will drink. Aside from a handful of coffees, we think coffee roasted into 2nd crack can taste a bit charcoal-ish.
After 1st crack is done, pour your roasted coffee into a metal colander, pie pan, cookie tray or anything that can help conduct heat away from your coffee. With a little experience, you should experiment with roasting lighter or darker but for now, stopping right after 1st crack will give you a nice light/medium roast.
After your coffee has cooled to about room temp, store it in a ball jar, tupperware, zipper bag or anything that will keep it away from light, moisture and oxygen. If roasting larger batches that you won't drink after about a week, consider a storage container made for coffee.
After about 12 hours of rest, your coffee will be ready to grind and drink. Yes, you can grind, brew and drink coffee straight out of the roaster and it will taste pretty good but waiting 12 hours will give your noticeable improvement in flavor.
Have fun and enjoy drinking delicious coffee!
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Time stamps
0:55 Why roast?
3:19 Roasting in a popcorn popper
6:34 Getting started - how much coffee beans?
7:54 Popcorn popper is on
11:04 First crack
13:00 Question about roast time
13:33 Cooling roasted coffee beans
16:14 Degassing
16:45 Storing coffee
19:17 Storing coffee in the freezer
20:29 Keeping area clean while roasting
22:23 Roasting time / temperature
25:10 Using a thermometer to measure roast progress
26:99 Green coffee shelf life
28:43 Expired coupon code 😂
Working on the Big Island on an orchard for half a year. Lots of green coffee to buy here and today just roasted my first beans in a pan. This vid has been epic, I'm getting a popper know and moving forward to this method. So much info, everything I need to get rolling. Thank you!
SUPER helpful. Not only a good introduction into home roasting, but into how to store and use coffee in general.
Thanks for an excellent introduction to coffee roasting!
Clear concise instructions. Thank you for sharing and I'll check out your selection of organic coffee.
Wow! Great instruction. Thanks for posting.
So much important knowledge! Best video I've seen. Thanks!
We've been traveling for a couple years but I'm excited to get back to roasting my own coffee. So glad you updated your video too. Love your coffee and the fact that it comes from small farmers and co-ops! I especially like the Kenyan. -Henry
Great tutorial on coffee roasting!!
Excellent video - answered all my questions by the end!
I just placed my order with you guys. Thank you amigos!
Excited to try this. I just bought my first batch of coffee beans from Sweet Maria's. Can't wait to try and pull espresso shots with beans I roasted by myself! I hear your Donkey Espresso Blend is amazing and that's one of the types that I ordered from you. Thanks for these great, informative videos! You guys are fabulous!
what a helpful video, thank you! Just roasted some coffee for the first time, was so easy=) Being outside is probably the most solid advice
Thank you very much, I got all the answers of my questions
Awesome tutorial!
Thank you very much for this video! So much good info!
I have 2 Poppery 2's I've been using for almost 15 years, and they still work great. I found them at a K-Mart on sale for about $12 each.
I roast outdoors and have a shop vac cooling system. I took a 5 gallon bucket, cut a hole in the side at the bottom to attach the hose, and cut a hole in the lid that just fits the bottom of a mesh colander. Sucking fresh air through the beans in the colander cools them off in less than a minute. I can make sure all the chaff is gone and remove clinkers while the coffee is cooling. At the same time, I put the used popper in front of the vac's exhaust to cool. I can alternate poppers that way and do as many roasts as I want.
What a great idea. Alternating poppers! Take care of those Poppery 2s. They are getting hard to find.
Who’d’ve thought! This is new news to me! I’ll definitely be getting myself on an air popper!
Colander for cooling, plus a light water spray if you're in an appropriate environment. Not yours. Gauging the voltage by the fan speed is a great idea. And remind people that the smoke is particularly sticky. You want to roast in a dedicated area and/or outside. I've done it in a snow storm, so.... And my WB Poppery (not II) melted its hood. But a large cardboard box is a fire hazard but works well so long as you're vigilant. Plus you can control the opening size for hot air re-circulation. Great advise for extending the roast via an extension cord. It's also an issue if you *must* use an extension cord. Too long (physically) and you're baking your coffee.
Overall: FANTASTIC! Thank you!
Well done! Thank you!
This is Awesome education for my home schooling
I did about 3 different batches using different methods before watching this. All of them turned out bad. Tried again using this technique and it was easier and looked great! Thanks!
I started using this method. Bought a behmore 1600 plus. Bought a fresh roast 340. Love it.
I actually use about 60 grams of green coffee, leave the curved chute on the popper, but take the small top off of the chute and stir the beans almost continually to start with the loop wire handle from a wire skimmer you might use for deep frying in a wok. Once the beans have roasted a small amount, they will lighten in weight enough to stir on their under the force of the air in the popper. But the continual stirring keeps the roast very even in the beginning stage which is key. And this way you don't have to handle the air popper per-se. Just hold it in place and stir. I roast outside so the chaff can go anywhere. I usually use a shelf on a gas grill with the air popper perched near the edge so the chaff doesn't collect and get sucked back into the popper. Lately I've had better roast than even in my Fresh Roast 500 which I stir in the same fashion on low for the first 2 minutes. I'm doing about 4 and half minute roast times in the air popper to get a fairly light roast. I'm using a West Bend Air Crazy that I bought at Goodwill for $7.50 almost in new condition. Though somewhere I have a red West Bend air popper I bought from you guys in a box too which I recall was the same popper design as the Air Crazy I'm using now.
Hi Kevin, thanks for all these wonderful details. As someone just getting started home roasting, should I go straight for a fresh roast machine or start with a popcorn maker?
Great info. Thanks....
I've got green Costa Rican beans I've had rat-holed for quite few years, keeping them in a freezer for times such as these. I'll be trying them out soon-enough, and will let you know how they held up. Living in a remote small Alaskan fishing village, the price we pay for pre-roasted beans would probably raise your eyebrows, but the same goes for the major canned and ground brands. I'm ordering a couple of your poppers, this video was great to watch. I did a batch with an old air popper years ago, but it was on its last legs, so I've been ready for this video and the new poppers. Thanks for the great tips.
Im so glad I bought my first popcorn popper and green coffee from you guys. You guys have a lot of info on roasting.
Also in terms of shelf life of roasted coffee. I always bought into the idea that you want the freshest roasted coffee (2 days from roast). What I realized is even though i've had coffee sitting for MONTHS the coffee still tasted good and I was actually surprised by how different the coffee tasted. It could just be my senses are so used to drinking the coffee for a week or two but who knows. Ill have a coffee that tastes like straight blueberry fire, then I leave 15-30g left over for a few months because I got a new coffee to try. I go back and drink those leftovers while im waiting for my new batch to come in. It'll taste extremely floral. I'll pick up nuances in it that I never tasted before. I was caught off guard by that.
Great video explaining how to roast in a popper, but also you cover a lot of the ancillary things that often wouldn't be covered in a tutorial like this. Means the video can be helpful to anyone wanting to start roasting whether they begin with a popper or something else.
Nice job
Popcorn popper came today so I'm going to roast our very first batch right meow! Seriously, helpful video and thanks for posting.
I keep my lid on and 95% of the chaff goes in the sink for easy clean up
I’ve been using a vintage 1986 West Bend Poppery II for about 10 years with decent results. This unit is rated 1200 Watts which is an
indication of the amount of heat it can generate. It is used with the chute and lid while roasting; both have become discolored from the accumulation of oily aerosol in the smoke. If you wear glasses, they may need a cleaning after your roasting session. I use about 2.7 ounces (76.5 grams) of green beans per batch which works out to about 6 batches / pound. A wooden paint stirrer is used to coax the
beans into a rotation during the first few minutes. After the first crack, a darkness sample is made from time-to-time with a long handled bean scoop. When done (and done = what you like), the beans are poured into a metal pie plate on a rack to cool. Ball/Mason wide mouth jars with Masontops one way valves are used for storage.
amazing...👍
Edit--Just bought the popcorn machine and was so excited that u offered a 4lb free sample option of green beans!cant wait to get it. TY !!!
Awesome! Thanks for buying from us.
@@SweetMariasCoffee I just bought mine too! Cant wait to get it, and the beans! I have roasted before in a Behmor, but stupidly sold it when I moved as we had limited room in the Uhaul. Want an inexpensive way to start roasting again.
Excellent tutorial. Answered all my questions and didn’t introduce any new ones. Thanks.
Thank you very much for the very detail video. Just hope you have show us the beans color after the roast.
I’m excited to roast my first batch of coffee beans 👌
Awesome! Let us know if you have any questions. We are here to help.
When we lived on Oahu, Hawaii from 2008 to 2011 I got particularly interested in cappuccino and roasting my own green beans (grown on Oahu) in a popcorn popper. At the time, I thought they tasted rather good, but then decided that coffee beans need a rather long roast (at least 13 min.) to develop the sugars in the beans that is not possible using an unmodified popcorn popper. I eventually began buying fresh-roasted beans at the Whole Foods on Oahu
I'm looking to do this myself. I wish you were in the UK
This was one of the best video about coffee chemistry that i've ever seen
Thanks for the comment about it not having much smell at first. I just roasted my first ever batch yesterday and made a cup of coffee today. The coffee tastes great but doesn’t smell a lot. I thought there was something wrong with my nose!
Very informative video!
I once bought coffee from a "speacialty coffee" store. Truns out, the beans where 4-8 weeks old after roasting! This isn't bad on itself, but coffee loses it's aroma's and taste after 3 weeks. (The unique charasteristics of the coffee). For a speacialty coffee shop/roaster i was expected better, so ima buy a popcorn popper. BTW, thanks for the amazing video!
It's really disappointing how many places will keep beans around too long. When I first got into roasting it was because I worked at a cofeeshop that got a small batch (1 pound, not small like home roasters) fluid air bed roaster (same idea as the popcorn roaster but it was gas powered and had a much stronger fan and the ability to program heat and fan level, as well as a chaff collector and fume vent). We never kept beans more than 3 weeks, and after 2 weeks we heavily discounted them. The only coffee we kept on hand was enough for our shop to use, which we would also bag and sell to customers, but most of our customer roasting was done to order. It took about an hour so usually we could get an order done in 1-3 hours depending on what the queue was like, and customers always got very fresh coffee. It ruined me for anywhere else, lol. I did a little bit of home roasting with a heat gun and bread machine, but recently I've upgraded to a Fresh Roast 800 (Sweet Maria's sells them) which is a slight upgrade from the popcorn popper. :)
I’ve been through 3 of the hand crank poppers. They work great but get worn out due to the heaviness of the beans. I’m going to try this type of machine next time
the original West Bend Poppery is, I believe, 1500 watts and just about all other poppers including the poppery ii are 1200 watts...and that's the key for a ballsier roast in less time...and that's why they (the original poppery) are the macdaddys of the fluid druids!
Byron what’s your favorite coffee to roast and brew? I like sweet and earthy like Ethiopian what coffees do you recommend? Awesome video thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I love all kinds of coffee and sometimes surprise myself when tasting something in a coffee that I didn't expect. If you like Ethiopias, stick with them but give our Rwandans, Kenyans and Central Americans a try!
The Proctor Silex Popcorn Pumper is great.
We totally agree. The Wear Ever Popcorn Pumper and West Bend Poppery 2 are great too... if you can find them online.
@@SweetMariasCoffee I find a lot of Pumpers in thrift stores for just a few dollars. I've got two but they seem to be very easy to find, at least up here in Montreal. I haven't been preheating mine by letting it run for a bit first like you did here but it's a great idea. Gonna do it tomorrow!
@@MattLeGroulx Awesome! Preheating does make a small difference and only takes a few seconds.
I've been roasting coffee in a 1250w Wear Ever Popcorn Pumper for nearly 20 years and it has worked without fail. Just cost me a $1 when some friends were moving, lucked out there apparently! I don't have to shake it and chaff goes right into a stock pot nearby without any mess at all, unlike that guy above. Personally, after roasting coffee for 20 those years at home....I find the directive in this video, "to put green beans in until movement stops and give it a shake" bad advice. Adding beans at a reasonable pace until movement slows and keeps moving, would be much better advice, so you don't have to pick up and shake a hot, 1000+ watt popcorn popper repeatedly while the coffee gets light enough to rotate. Use less coffee and there is no need to shake the machine, avoiding the risks of shocks or burns or spillage etc...not to mention the coffee will roast more evenly. The batch size will be a tiny bit smaller, just a few grams, but the batch will be easier to manage and much more evenly roasted. Recently, my other half thoughtfully gifted me a very similar popper in this video. It's not as good as the Wear Ever, which roasts more volume, has a better fan and chute along with higher higher wattage, it does the job, just not as well.
I'll throw in a suggestion, or more... The above machine can roast 3z, at MAX, 2.5 z if you're willing to shake it and 2.25z if you just want to roast coffee and forget about it for the minutes it takes. The cover will soften and the ventilation slots will sag (and allow chaff to fly). Put a lightly dampened, not wet, cloth, over the cover, to keep it from getting too hot and help with aiming the chaff into a container. I also place a thermometer through the ventilation slots, using a ThermoPro TP-17 to monitor the cook chamber temperature and ensure the roast I'm after. By now, I can hear the roast is done, right around 1st crack, but hey, knowing the exact temp can't hurt as coffees do vary endlessly. A quick toss in a colander, outside, is requisite, lest I set off alarms. Rest it for a day to offgas. Done.
Grinding hack: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007TCHKXW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Attached to a cordless screwdriver and used on a JavaPresse.
You can always wear oven mitts if you think the air popper will be too hot to touch as you shake it.
My wife would kill me if I did that inside the house. She might let me do this on the back porch. 😂
Love this idea!!!
Just great. I have been roasting with a popcorn popper for a few years. My tip is I do it outside and leave the popper on the ground, then stir the coffee with a long dowel. So I can stand up straight while it cracks.
My question is, after roasting to a light roast and letting the beans and popper cool, does it damage the flavor to put the bean back in the "roaster" and cook to a darker roast. Sometimes it is hard to tell how dark they are. And it seems a good idea to cool everything down before taking to the final roasting stage.
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Yes, continuing your roast after the beans have cooled will usually give you a bland or "baked" flavor. We have heard of folks obtaining good results by doing this but in our experience, it does damage the flavor. We agree that it can be hard to judge how dark your coffee is as it's roasting. Consider using a spoon or another tool to pull a few beans out at a time during the roast so you can get an idea of how dark they are.
I’ve been roasting with this for the past few months and typically get great results! I roasted for the first time outdoors instead of inside recently (in SF, so it’s not that cold) and noticed that it took much longer (~11 minutes) and that there were far fewer cracks during first crack than when I roast indoors (it cracked maybe 10 times, as opposed to a continuous collection of cracking sound). Is the lack of cracks an indicator that my machine isn’t quite hot enough? Or is it fine so long as I can hear any cracks at all?
Yes. Ambient air temperature has a significant influence on how popper roasters behave. Leaving the clear plastic hood on and not using a powerstrip or extension cord will help you raise your temps a bit. You can also increase your batch size a bit to retain more heat but be sure to agitate the beans a lot more early in the roast since the fan will have a harder time moving a heavier bean mass.
Did it. Great results. How long to put it into a container after roasted? Thanks for this video.
Awesome! Glad it worked out. You can store it as soon as it reaches room temperature, let it rest for about a day and it will store well for about a week until you notice the flavor start to diminish.
add a thermo probe, get more agitation :)
Hey Byron,
I have been roasting with a Hearthware Precision Roaster (air style roaster similar to a popcorn popper) for the last couple months. I have found that my coffee is pretty underdeveloped and tastes very vegetal, almost hay-like. It also has a dry finish similar to a dry red wine, not juicy and lively like some of my favorite coffees.
Do you have any suggestions on how to develop more flavor when air roasting?
80g Green, 1crack at roughly 5 minutes, total roast time at 6:30-7 minutes. This produces a medium (City) roast.
Hi Aaron. Your roast times sounds pretty normal but try experimenting with shorter roast times. If I recall correctly, the Precision doesn't have heat controls so try adding a little extra coffee. This will insulate more heat and help your roast to progress faster. Also, consider roasting a little darker. It's possible, your roast is "coasting" or stalling right after 1st crack.
The maker I bought turns off automatically. I didn't time it so it could be a timer but I suspect overheating. Great even roast though but I had to pour them out and put them in again after 10 seconds and keep roasting.
Sir, i saw another nostalgia RHP310, had u ever been review before u bough this one with u?
Does nostalgia RHP310 has a better capacity?
We haven't used the RHP310 but it looks like it would work because it has the vents on the side of the roast chamber.
Can I put the cooling container in the freezer?
When i get these popcorn poppers in tear it apart and disconnect the theromastat .
Thanks for the vid. I see this popper (on SM website) is lower wattage (1040W) compared to other models (like 1400W). Is lower wattage better ?
Higher wattage is usually better but in the case of the poppers we carry (made by Nostalgia), they work great due to the overall design and durability. To be honest, you will have to hack your roasting technique a bit if roasting in cold temps but under normal conditions, they do a great job.
Thanks!!!! What brand is the popcorn machine?
It's made by Nostalgia and we sell them on our website. www.sweetmarias.com/nostalgia-electric-popcorn-popper.html
Great video!! Any way to get another coupon code? Love ordering from you guys
Thanks Ryan! Yes, If you haven't signed up for our emailer, doing so will give you 15% off of your next order. www.sweetmarias.com/subscribe-to-our-emailer
Great video. Want to get into home roasting. I love espresso medium to dark roast. Will I achieve a good espresso roast with this?
Thanks! Yes, you can definitely roast to whatever level you want. Dark roasts will produce extra smoke so make sure you are roasting in a ventilated area.
I just recently started using a air popper for roasting and cant seem to get past a medium roast. What do you think about the Javva Star coffee roaster? I think it just has two setting, which is medium or dark roast. They run around 100 dollars.
Or should I just get a fresh roast SR540?
Not sure if it's the same machine but it looks very similar to a machine Nesco recalled a few years back. We would imagine all issues are resolved at this point. We would recommend getting the Fresh Roast just to be safe, and so we can support you with your purchase.
Hello, regarding roasting coffee in a hot air popcorn machine - can you still use the popcorn machine to make popcorn or will this alter the taste of popcorn based on the coffee roasting process
You can, but we have heard poppers that have logged in a lot coffee roasts will make your popcorn taste like coffee.
The best coffee I've had in my life is also the best coffee I've ever roasted in an air popper: Sweet Maria's most recent geisha from Hacienda Esmeralda.
After roasting a few pounds of this beauty from Panama, my best batch started at a 350 degree charge and finished at 4:20 with 22.5% development time and 12.5% mass loss. Ambient temp was 68 degrees with average humidity. Batch 1 of the day. I did some manual manipulation to smooth out the declining ROR curve.
Tom recommended to stay close to City roast, so that's what I did.
Ikawa reports that their pro model often roasts best around 6 minutes. I wonder if they would be better off roasting closer to 4 minutes (50 grams), but the machine just can't do it.
I guess my question for air popper experts is: all else being equal, do you prefer 4 minute roasts to 6 minutes? What mass loss would you aim for? Something like the typical 14-16%, or less with an air popper? City / City+ roasts.
Thanks for the thoughts.
Hacienda Esmeralda. Beautiful farm actually. Was there many years ago for my best friend's wedding. :)
Do you buy yours from algrano? If so, is there any way I'll be able to pick up a 10kg bag although not having a roasting license?
We purchase our coffee mostly from cooperatives, farmers and coffee importers. The closest bag size we sell is 20lbs and we will gladly ship it to you as our retail store is still closed due to Covid,
Will freezing extend the freshness and if so by about how much?
Freezing will extend the shelf life of your roasted coffee but not the freshness. This means that after defrosting it, you will still be able to brew a good cup but it won't be as good as it could have been if it were brewed within a few weeks of receiving it. Hopefully that makes sense. If you are freezing your roasted coffee, make sure to portion it into separate bags so your entire batch doesn't make multiple trips in and out of your freezer, causing condensation. In regards to green coffee, we have heard of folks successfully freezing it but in our opinion, it's better to take advantage of green coffee's durability and store it in a cool, dry, dark place and it will be good for months.
You know how you were saying your taste buds have developed because of the beer and coffee and stuff you have experienced? Yeah that's also true with audio and room mics. I love and hate this video at the same time because the audio is basically warm Coors Light. Still, great info so I stayed tuned, but get a lavalier mic or something bro. Cheers.
Roast in a carbon steel wok. Much better control.
During the 12h rest, is it better to just leave the beans outside or straight in a container? Thanks
Put them in a container. Doing so will allow it to degas properly.
What about running an incandescent light bulb in series with the outlet chord to add impedance? Safer than an extension chord.
We haven't thought about that. If you end up trying it, let us know how it goes.
@@SweetMariasCoffee You can do a UA-cam search for " How to Make a Current Limiter (120V)" . Or check for a similar video from one of my you tube heroes, "Uncle Doug". If you wish to slow down the pop corn popper, this might do the trick. I have seen hacks where somebody has a separate switch for the heater and for the air also. I also somewhere in my garage have a 26 amp router variable speed control. It has a potentiometer which allows you to adjust the current output along a circuit. BTW, after watching your videos, I just bought a new old stock Poppery II. I can't wait to start roasting coffee with it.
@@endoalley680 Thanks for the info. Congrats on buying the Poppery II. Those are getting harder to find these days.
@@SweetMariasCoffee I have, in the last year gone from conventional drip coffee , store ground and factory roasted, to grinding my own beans on a burr grinder. And then later making single serve in either an Aero Press or a flair manual extractor. Now, later still I have a couple pounds of unroasted Colombian Arabica beans that I wish to learn what I can about roasting. And a popcorn roaster to do it with. After I figure this out I will have to check your website for different bean varieties. I am turning little by little into kind of a coffee nerd. But each step I have taken has created a better cup of coffee than before.
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Does it matter if you roast back to back on the popper? For example, do you need to wait for the popper to cool down a little before starting the second roast?
We have done back to back roasts in poppers but it's probably safer and will benefit the lifespan of your popper if you let it cool off between batches. Luckily popcorn poppers cool down fast.
@@SweetMariasCoffee So do you just turn off the popper for 10 minutes to allow it to cool down? Or are we talking more like an hour?
@@ultrakwon Depending on the ambient temperature a few minutes will do the trick. 10 minutes should be more than enough.
@@SweetMariasCoffee Great, thanks a lot.
Can I use the same popper for my popcorn and my beans? Or does the beans change the taste of the popcorn?
Yes you can, but we think eventually, after a lot of use, the coffee oil build up could affect your popcorn's flavor. We have customers that claim to successfully dual-purpose their poppers but they must be doing a great job at keeping them clean.
Thanks for the great video! I'm just about to hit "confirm" on buying my popcorn popper, but before I do, I thought I'd ask a question: I'm new to coffee roasting - just got my first batch of green coffee beans in the mail and am figuring out which way to start my first roast...being someone who hates spending money at all (and waiting for things to come in the mail now that we are in quarantine lockdown), I'm wondering if I can keep the lid on a pot and just shake it continuously with green beans inside over the stovetop on high.....anyone try that method? (I saw a video of a guy whisking beans and it took him 45 minutes just to get to the first crack! I'm thinking this might be faster)
Good question. If you want to go the stovetop route, it should take only about 10 minutes. 45 minutes is way to long. The key is to keep the coffee moving with a spoon or wisk. You can try it with a lid but we don't think it's necessary. In our opinion, an electric popper will give you better results but with a little practice, stovetop methods work really well too.
@@SweetMariasCoffee Thank you so much for taking the time to answer! I went ahead and ordered the popcorn popper you recommended, but while I wait for it to be delivered, I'm going to try the stovetop method! I'll let you know how it turns out :-)
@@dancingviolinist Awesome! Thank you so much for ordering from us. Yes, let us know how your stovetop roast turns out.
oh man.. i found this video like a year late. lol... any new coupon code available for this popper for a newbie that is eager to get into home roasting?
Have you signed up for our emailer? Doing so will score you a 10% off your next green coffee order. You can sign up a the bottom of our home page. www.sweetmarias.com. Sorry, we don't have a code that applies to any merchandise at the moment but all poppers come with green coffee so it's quite a deal.
My Nostalgia that I just recieved roasts extremely hot. I've been roasting about 2oz batches (1/3 cup) and can't seem to slow down the roasting process. First crack is around 2:00 minute mark and I finish with a City/City+ roast around 3:00 or 3:30 mark. I've already tried using an extra long extension cord. Any suggestions?
Have you tried a power strip? Sometimes those work. How is your coffee tasting? It's not uncommon for some poppers to roast very quickly but if your coffee tastes good, no harm no foul. Another trick is to hold the popper by the chute and toss the bean mass once in a while. This gives more room for hot air to escape and can slow down your roast a bit.
@@SweetMariasCoffee I will have to try the power strip because a friend who also roasts suggested that! Thanks for the insight. I've been tossing the coffee / rotating it constantly with every batch -- in hopes of a really even roast (which I have gotten). In all honesty, pretty dang good, but I'd love to extend the roast time. The Costa Rican coffee you all sent with the popper was fantastic. I prefer fruity / citrusy notes which that had. Thanks for the help!
I've been seeing around 2:30 at first crack on my nostalgia on 60g of Ethiopian-kossa geshe natural. Some origins differ a little. I always thought it was a bit fast, but the coffee is still amazing. I compare it with the same stuff roasted by a local pro.
I live in CO where it is extremely dry (high plains desert @ ~7400 ft). I read one comment that mentioned misting with water… is this suggested?
What's the max of coffee you can roast at once in that machine you have there? And how long it takes? 5 to 9 minutes?
Yes, all poppers roast coffee differently but the one we used will take about 5 to 9 minutes. It roasts about 3 to 5 oz.
Can you do French roast this way?
Yes. Just let your coffee roast into second crack.
I recently bought the Nostalgia popper from Sweet Maria's. Unfortunately, I have failed to get to first crack each of the 4 times I have tried roasting. I've let the popper run for up to 13 minutes and it reaches a temperature of up to 410 degrees. Any suggestions?
If you haven't done so, try plugging directly into your outlet without an extension cord/power strip. Some folks will add extra coffee to insulate more heat in the bean mass. Here's a helpful video. ua-cam.com/video/dpVqE0FmOmM/v-deo.html
@@SweetMariasCoffee Through following the suggestions in the video you referenced, I was able to roast green coffee through the first crack for the first time! Thank you!
Link for “here’s the popper we recommend” in description is broken.
Thanks for the heads up! We've since retired the Nostalgia in place of our take on the popcorn popper - AKA "Poppo" - which you can find here: www.sweetmarias.com/poppo-air-popcorn-kit.html
How many roasts can I do back to back?
It's up to you but in our experience, about 3 or 4. At that point the plastic starts to get warm. Since these machine aren't made for the rigors of roasting, it's better not to push it and give it a rest between roasts.
What is 2.5oz by weight usually ?
It depends on how dense the coffee is. In this case we would have been measuring by weight so 2.5oz would have been the weight of our initial batch. Regardless, you initial batch size should be determined by how much coffee your popper can hold until the beans stop turning.
Seems like it would also dry the coffee because it's a constant stream of hot air
That's correct. Drying is a stage the roast process and steam actually comes from the beans early in the roast
How about using a small box fan to blow the chaff away
Good idea. Whatever works since the popper doesn't have a chaff collector
I tried this for the first time let’s see how it goes. A lot of beans popped out of the popper I threw them back in. Is there a way to avoid this from happening
Try a smaller batch size. Also, make sure you are using a popper with the air vents on the side of roast chamber, not on the bottom. The bottom vent ones are notorious for blowing beans out of the popper.
Sweet Maria's Coffee Thank you. I am using a Cuisinart. I thought because it was a good brand it would be a good choice
@@SweetMariasCoffee If you keep the lid on the popper during roasting, you can greatly increase the capture of those wandering beans.
If you keep the lid on the popper during roasting, you can greatly increase the capture of those wandering beans.
Why is this video 360p no matter what resolution you pick?
Sorry for the poor resolution. It was originally a Facebook live stream.
what kind of the popcorn maker?
We think these are the best. www.sweetmarias.com/nostalgia-electric-popcorn-popper.html
Sweet Maria's Coffee What is your second and third choice? I am having a tough time finding that one in Canada. I have been doing the fresh roasting for a while in my oven. Coffee is great but my wife gets pissed with the smoke and fire alarms every time. I need to do it like this, outside. Thanks for your help.
@@pierreterrior4354 Hey Pierre. As long as you can find a popper that has a roasting chamber with a flat bottom you should be ok.
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Can't find anything that isn't loaded with plastic or aluminum. I like anything near a heatsource to be steel. Guess I'm using the old fashioned method. Whisk and steel cookware.
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the easy way i do it out side, i do it by color not by time . i use a pan to water to cool the beans. Let dry and de= gas wheelchair larry
Nice but sound is not clear
seems like we are hearing an echoing far away voice
Best Wishes. Have liked the video
What would you think if you used the two metal collender method, but you put them in the freezer to cool down the beans even quicker? Or would this be a dumb idea. Let me know your thoughts. I appreciate it. Thanks!
Great question. Tried it and it works. The colanders still get hot very quickly once the beans have enough contact with the metal so it feels like it doesn't make a difference but if you time it, the roast gets down to room temp about 30 secs to a minute faster.
@@SweetMariasCoffee I appreciate your input! I will give it a try. I just followed your steps and roasted for the first time and I produced a nice light roast that I'm happy with. It is Ethiopian Sidamo from Happy Mug.
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hmm, home mini coffee roaster is cheaper than popcorn popper 🧐
don't kid yourself, it's a big deal to get right and a good %%% of people can't do it or start themselves on fire
let's get that right
I would NOT shake the popper. Harmful to electronics and the current one has really poor connections to the motor already, will just make it worse. Spoon it.
Too much talking to be popular on UA-cam. It could have been a very good show of 10 mins or less.
Don get me wrong, I have same problem and I realised the pain by examples like yours.
Shorten your speech