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Meeting Up With The Green Coffee Buying Club

December 31, 2018 by Michael Allen Smith

The Green Coffee Buying Club

While researching the economics of home coffee roasting, I wanted to learn more about a green coffee buying cooperative. Green bean coffee cooperatives are groups that pool their money together to buy sizes of unroasted coffee that are usually only available to commercial roasters. Fortunately, I knew that INeedCoffee contributor Chris Arnold was active with […]

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The Problem with Blonde Roasts

June 3, 2018 by Len Brault

The Problem with Blonde Roasts

Blonde roasts are one of the fashionable trends in coffee, and while it seems that many consumers do have an appetite for these, we see a lot of confusion in print and media about this “lighter than Light” roast level. We also have concerns about the high levels of acidity seen in extra-light roasts and […]

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Roasting Coffee at Home Has Never Been Easier

March 26, 2018 by Asher Yaron

Power Roaster - Home Roasting

Become a Master Coffee Roaster right in your own kitchen. Bali coffee guru Asher Yaron and business partner Raymond Lay have just launched a revolutionary new home coffee roaster. “We’re making home coffee roasting a simple and affordable practice,” said Yaron. “This roaster is designed to significantly change coffee making and drinking habits around the […]

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Home Roasting Coffee with a Heat Gun and Bread Machine

December 9, 2017 by Sam Hampton

Corretto Style Home Coffee Roasting

The various devices used to roast coffee beans provide heat to roast the beans in different ways. The three methods are convection, conduction, and radiation. Listed in the chart below are some of the differences in the effect of these devices. There are at least three ways to determine the differences in the heat transfer […]

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Espresso Blending Techniques

October 2, 2017 by Steve Leighton

Espresso Blending Techniques

Why just espresso blending? Why not talk about blending in general? Blending for the press pot or filter machine doesn’t need to be as precise. For one it’s a far weaker part of the cup compared to espresso and there are rules that can’t be broken in espresso blending that work really well in the […]

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Home Roasting Coffee with the Whirley-Pop Popcorn Popper

September 23, 2017 by Michael Allen Smith

home roast coffee with the Whirley-Pop Popcorn Popper

Other home roasting articles on INeedCoffee focus on roasting with electrical roasters, such as the West Bend Poppery or the iRoast 2. You can easily start roasting at home with one of these roasters. But there are other, older methods of home roasting. This article explores using a stovetop popcorn popper, which enables you to […]

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