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    Roasting coffee beans in a cast iron pan.

    Inor has been telling me forever to roast our own beans so we took a stab at it.




    Did 2 batches kinda a light medium on the top took about 11 minutes and the dark into the second crack on the bottom took about 13 minutes.





    Just had a cup and it looks like we are hooked! Thanks inor for another damn job to add to my list Lol!
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    Oh ... these were green Ethiopian Yirgacheffa beans. Pretty tasty so far. They say the best flavor develops after 24 to 48 hours for the beans to develop full flavor.

    We ground this first batch after it cooled and it was real good so to wait 24 hours or more? I'll know better after tomorrow mornings brew if that's true and if its worth waiting for.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hawgrider View Post
    Oh ... these were green Ethiopian Yirgacheffa beans. Pretty tasty so far. They say the best flavor develops after 24 to 48 hours for the beans to develop full flavor.

    We ground this first batch after it cooled and it was real good so to wait 24 hours or more? I'll know better after tomorrow mornings brew if that's true and if its worth waiting for.
    Mostly what we have experienced is the beans are best 12-24 hours after roasting. They are still really damn good after that, but by about a week past roasting, they are not too different from store bought.

    I.E. We roast in about 1/2 pound increments. That seems to be about the best for our consumption and not having to do it every day.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Inor View Post
    Mostly what we have experienced is the beans are best 12-24 hours after roasting. They are still really damn good after that, but by about a week past roasting, they are not too different from store bought.

    I.E. We roast in about 1/2 pound increments. That seems to be about the best for our consumption and not having to do it every day.
    Can't remember... do you roast in a cast pan or do you do the oven method?
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    Not a big coffee drinker but I will try this. I bet the kitchen smells pretty dang good during the roast?

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    Holy smokes got a whooper of a caffeine buzz from the light colored batch.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Slippy View Post
    Not a big coffee drinker but I will try this. I bet the kitchen smells pretty dang good during the roast?
    It didn't get as smokey as I thought it would but yeah house smells good for a few hours.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hawgrider View Post
    Can't remember... do you roast in a cast pan or do you do the oven method?
    We use a cast iron pan and a baker's whisk, just like you did. The only other thing I have is two screen colanders that I pour the beans into for shaking off the chaff when we are done roasting.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hawgrider View Post
    It didn't get as smokey as I thought it would but yeah house smells good for a few hours.
    If you didn't set off the fire alarms, you did not roast a big enough batch.
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    Lord knows I love my coffee. I will have to give this a try, although, I don't see it as a regular part of my routine. I am to damn lazy to do it every week. We usually have a pot of coffee going all day.
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