![]() ![]() You can try roasting with any popcorn popper, but the old Popperys seem to work best. The most popular option is the West Bend Poppery II, plentiful on eBay. If you have one of these in your basement, you’re in luck. Green coffee beans are kind of heavy (beans lose about 20% of their weight in the roasting process), so shipping is about $9. An economical way to start is with one of their 4-pound sampler packs, but you can also just grab a single pound. I buy mine from a company in Oakland called Sweet Maria’s. “I like coffee,” you say, sipping your coffee. It just feels good to do things yourself. High-quality commercially-roasted coffee can cost over $20/pound, whereas roasting coffee at home costs around $7/pound. Most store-bought coffee is over a week old, which means it’s stale. We talked last time about why coffee drinkers should roast their own coffee beans, and we went over three reasons: I hope you find this article to be a refreshing change of pace, and the usual content will return soon. ![]() Occasionally, I’ll write about a topic that interests me but falls outside the normal scope of this blog. ![]()
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