Getting Started - Different Home Roasting Methods

To roast coffee you need to have green, unroasted coffee beans. We have a wide range of green beans from basic through to specialty. To start out, we recommend trying one of the cheaper origins to perfect your technique then moving onto some 400g packs of a wide range (perhaps select one from each geographical area) to identify your favourite bean and/or experiment with blending.

Air Roasting

Instructions on how to use an ordinary popcorn popper to air roast your coffee. Air roasting can also be done with an i-roast.
Oven Roasting

Instructions on how to roast your coffee in a fan forced oven. Think muesli and you are on the right track.
Corretto Roasting

This one is an interesting option. The idea started when using a heat gun and stirring the beans. An Australian woman came up with the idea of using a bread maker to keep the beans moving.
Pan Roasting

The simplest of all methods - very similar to how beans were first roasted and still are today in some areas of the world. Alternatives are to use a pot, with a lid on it and shake it over the element, or a Whirley Pop.
Behmor

The Behmor Plus is our most highly recommended roaster. It is significantly cheaper than other bench top roasters, roasts a higher quantity, is programmable OR manually controlled and includes an after burner.
Our Home Built Roaster

Grant built this roaster many years ago. We still use it now and again - especially when we're short and need some coffee to mature quickly.
Roast Levels

Descriptions of different levels of roasting.
Cooling and Storage

How to cool and store your coffee once it has been roasted.

To read one of our customer's journeys through at least three of the roasting techniques listed above, have a look at his blog. It makes great reading.

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Getting Started - Different Home Roasting Methods