How To Roast Coffee At Home: A Beginner's Guide

Learn the basics of roasting coffee at home. We explain what green or raw coffee is and where to buy it. We will help you to pick a cheap home coffee roaster. Then, we will roast coffee using a popcorn popper. As a bonus, we share our favourite online resources and books useful for any aspiring home roaster!

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-- TIMESTAMPS --
0:00 Intro
0:58 Why to roast coffee at home?
2:21 What is green/raw coffee?
2:47 Where to buy green coffee beans?
4:20 Home Coffee Roaster Overview
5:39 Why we picked the Popcorn Popper
6:37 Roasting coffee w/ Popcorn Popper
10:46 BONUS: Online Resources & Books
11:32 BONUS: Dedicated Home Coffee Roasters

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[EuropeanCoffeeTrip]

So are you roasting coffee at home? Share your tips & tricks below!

[JG-mzhg]

You can have a lot of fun with that Severin popper.
I modified it a bit and now I have a complete control over heating power, fan speed, emergency shutdown in case of a detection of a fan failure and connection to Artisan software via WiFi. What is nice is when I turn off the heating and let the fan blow, it automatically cools down the batch after roasting.
Greetings from Brno to Brno.

[akquicksilver]

I've been roasting about 15 years with a Cafe Gene roaster and I love it. I like to let my beans off gas for 48 hours before placing them in an airtight container. AndI let them rest at least a week before brewing. Burman Coffee Traders is a great source of fresh green beans with several varities available.

[mattzechman]

I began my home roasting journey about a month ago. It all started with a popcorn popper, but then I upgraded to a Fresh Roast SR800. Sweet Maria's is where I get my beans, and I am working on mastering the craft to eventually begin nano/micro roasting on the side. There is so much to learn, and I think this video is a great intro to those wanting to start home roasting.

[cadizwilmo]

Great video for those starting to roast their own coffee. Thank you - Happy 2023!

[ShalinShahthebeast]

To roast perfect beans we can also use sand. Normal beach sand or any other sand you find in your surrounding works. Collect the sand and wash it thoroughly with water and let it dry. Once it's dried add it to a pan and let the sand heat, once it's hot (you'll be able to feel it) add beans and roast them evenly. In India, we use sand to roast popcorns and other such items which needs even roasting.

[hawkeyeted]

"It's cheaper."

🤣🤣🤣I told myself that too. 🤣🤣🤣

[abduljabbar.a]

This video is REALLY indeed not all people think of it. THANK YOU!🤤😃

[arunkumarprasad]

Thanks for this wonderful video! I have a popcorn popper at home & have used it for roasting peanuts & flattened rice apart from making popcorn. Now to find some green coffee beans in Kolkata!

[joepangean]

In USA we have several green coffee suppliers for small to large quantities. Better than Sweet Maria's (over-priced) there is Burman Coffee Trader in Middleton, Wisconsin or my favorite Coffee Bean Corral in Madison, Mississippi.

[Heavywall]

I’m starting my attempt this weekend
If it’s anywhere near as good as various videos made it sound I’m going to be thrilled

[boorayin]

What a pleasantly informative video to watch. Cheers! :)

[stridedeck]

I've been using the air-heated popcorn popper roasting raw, green coffee for the past three years! There are two types of popcorn poppers: the one you have that has the air circulating in a circle, and the other type has the air flowing straight up from the center of the bottom of the popper which blows the beans straight up and out of the popcorn popper..

[JishnuKktd]

I have three or four coffee trees in my house. Once they are ripe, they are usually eaten by birds and no one pays attention to them.The price of this will be known only after coming to Dubai. I Definitely try this on my next vacation.

[lasvegascrisis]

love the popcorn machine hack for coffee beans...im wanting to get my feet wet in the roasting world so this video is great!!!

[oscarescobar]

Thank you for your videos. You are the best🎉🎉

[robrobinson]

Here in the US available both through EBay and Amazon is a simple contraption marketed as a nut roaster originally labeled Vitorio relabeled also by other names. It allows roasting and stirring the beans evenly over a kitchen burner. I am able to roast two cups of beans to a “full city roast” in about five to ten minutes. There are YouTube videos out there albeit only a few of home roasters using it, It is my method of choice, very substantially made, very little to break or quit working. Inexpensive and much faster than an air popper if you want to roast more than a few grams. I roast about every ten days. perfect!

[Mike_Wazowskii]

What a perfect video for getting started and even better you recommended 2 German companies! Will make things so much easier as I live here :) awesome video man thank you tons. Super helpful. I'll watch it a few times I'm sure after I get a few things in

[viewsfrompedroeyes]

Hey Aleš,

I just bought an Iwaka Home, so I was wondering since the video is from 2020, do you have newer green coffee sellers updates?

Thank you so much for your guy's work, I love watching your videos!

[peredavi]

Excellent video. I’ve used a simple Korean ceramic roaster. It was ok but difficult to get consistent roast. I’ve just ordered a electric type with stirrer, about $120.