Roasting Coffee

I was inspired to buy the West Bend Poppery 1 when I saw willbldrco’s video on YouTube entitled West Bend Poppery rewire for coffee roasting. What a masterful modification to simply solve the coffee roasting routine by changing one wire to another terminal. By changing the fan wire to the hot terminal, so it would bypass […]

Looking for information on coffee roasting machines, I felt exhausted trying to find the “perfect” popper on eBay which was out of my price range, or in the local thrift stores, which had not seen a West Bend popper in years. WB Poppery and Poppery II are by everyone’s estimation two great modifiable machines that […]

In my last article, I did a first impression on the Behmor 1600, formerly known as the Joe Roaster, the brainchild of Joe Behm. After spending a few more weeks with it, I have been able to learn more about it, and hope to help you get the most from your Behmor 1600 Coffee Roaster. […]

As an experienced Home Coffee Roaster, I was interested in an eBook for the iPad titled “Roast your own. A simple guide for making delicious coffee (snob-free)”  by Samuel Harvey and Benji Newell with videos by Sam Griffith. At this time, this title is only available for the iPad. Roast your own. A simple guide […]

I first learned to roast coffee with the FreshRoast Plus. There are a lot of advantages to small purpose-built roasting appliances. I still recommend them to beginners. A desire to improve the roasting process led me through various phases of experimentation. By adding a variac I was able to achieve an amazing level of control […]

To roast your own coffee beans at home is quite simple. It is so simple that I wish I had learned it many years ago. Basically, all you have to do is measure out some green beans, throw them into a popcorn popper, stir a little and wait. After a few minutes, you have the […]