I Roasted Coffee In A Frying Pan

Tracing the roots of things we enjoy back through history is one of the best ways to learn. Jon experiences the history of coffee in this video by roasting coffee in the most primitive way, over an open fire.

Instagram ➧ townsends_official

[convoliution]

This channel has been on a roll with these recent <10min vignettes of 18th century life. I've been sharing them with friends—the coffee person, the pizza person, the quarantine baker—more than ever before

[horatimetalero]

The editing, the film making, the music. Top notch content over here, great job everyone!!

[zzydny]

I've heard it said that our scent receptors have the strongest connection to mental recall. Today I was sitting outside to enjoy the sunshine when I smelled on the breeze just the faintest aroma of coffee brewing at a neighbors, and it immediately took me back to when I was a kid. I lived In New Orleans East near the plant where Folgers Coffee is roasted, and, oh, the whole neighborhood smelled heavenly every day so that it became part of the comforting sense of home. Oddly, I've never come to enjoy drinking coffee but the scent of it still amazes me.

[rickrussell]

"Wow, that's way better than I thought it would be" is pretty much the motto of this channel.

[Aramis]

The evolution of the filmmaking and cinematography of this channel, over the years, is really something you folks should pat yourselves on the back for. I'm just a cinephile and a bookworm, but it's been fantastic following along on this journey.

[TihetrisWeathersby]

Thanks for keeping this history alive guys, 18th century life is so fascinating

[ivy]

i’m a barista, and i love making drinks but sometimes i feel like i’m not doing enough in life. this reminded me how important coffee can be & helped me appreciate what i do :)

[AbstractPragmatism]

I sincerely hope you have tremendous success with your new business, Ryan!

[sunnycharacter]

Congrats on your coffee roasting business Ryan! I love roasting my own beans but what you’re doing is a huge undertaking!

[uncaringbear]

The production quality on these videos just keep getting better and better.

[markbrown]

As someone who's done home coffee roasting for years, I felt a little pain seeing how dark some of that roast got, but I appreciate you're working with pretty crude tools and recreating the 1700s coffee.
Awesome video, really loved it !

[jtrourke]

I've home roasted coffee for many years with nothing more than a dedicated enamel pot, a wire whisk, and a portable propane stove. Truely nothing better than freshly roasted coffee. I gotta admit, the boiling grounds and water together (cowboy coffee style) really gives you the best of the best in coffee flavor. Kudos to a great video.

[blackdressbess]

My grandmother always started the day with a fresh pot of coffee. I thought it was the most wonderful smell in the world. When I was little, I asked her if I could try a taste, she agreed, and gave me a small cup. I thought it was the most disgusting thing I had ever tasted, but I pretended to like it to not disappoint her. She could see my grimace, laughed, and got me some milk and honey. I thought it tasted much better then.

That was a long time ago, and I learned to love and appreciate the flavor and simplicity of plain black coffee. But everytime I brew a cup of coffee after waking up, I'm transported back to that time.

[darrellpidgeon]

The history of coffee is so fascinating. Can't wait to have that cup in the morning. And I don't drink coffee to wake up. I wake up to drink coffee.

[peterott]

I make myself some cowboy coffee every day before work and sometime after I wake up and shower in the mornings when I'm off. To see this episode and understand the preparation it took back when to enjoy coffee, before it was readily available duebto piece fluctuations, Makes me appreciate it even more! You all at Townsends just make my day with all of your superb By the way, those dark, near black, roasted beans looked

[debbiecurtis]

Ryan is a sweetheart. I bet he gives great bear hugs

[taylorhelm]

This has to be one of my favorite segments involving Ryan. He was very succinct and passionate about the subject, while being confident about his verbal delivery. Good form gentlemen!

[wendycarr]

I love seeing the tavern in action! Thank you.

[currymuttonpizza]

I was at an Ethiopian restaurant when they did a coffee ceremony and roasted the beans fresh like this. It was for another table but they offered us some. One of the best smells ever and some of the best coffee I’ve ever had. Seeing this brought back memories!

[RamblingReliks]

Been watching Townsends for years but the quality of these videos has just gone wild now. So professional looking. Glad to see they've done well they deserve it.