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| Blending | Coffee Blending | Stefanie Mason |
| | Have you ever noticed that on the supermarket shelves most of what you can buy are coffee blends? If single origin estate coffees are so fabulous, why would you want a blend? | |
| Blending | Coffee Blending For the Home Roaster | Michael Allen Smith |
| | Blending can be broken down into two different camps: blending for espresso and blending for non-espresso (regular coffee). | |
| HotTop | Hottop KN-8828P Coffee Bean Roaster First Look | Chris Arnold |
| | Maybe you currently have a KN-8828P Hottop roaster, and would like to get more out of it. Maybe you are thinking of upgrading from one of your simpler models like the KN-8828, KN-8828D, or KN-8828B to the more advanced KN-8828P digital model. | |
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| Cold Weather | Cold Weather Coffee Roasting | Michael Allen Smith |
| | Roasting coffee can be done indoors or outdoors. With my current pad, roasting on the outdoor patio is the only option. My smoke detector is hyper sensitive and requires an acrobat to disable. As the months went by and the temperature dropped, my roast times were getting longer and longer. | |
| Wok | Rookie Roast - Confessions of a First-Time Home Roaster | Alex Scofield |
| | My coffee-drinking palate changed forever in early 2000. All in one mug I had my first taste of home-roasted coffee, as well as my first taste of French-pressed coffee. I won't soon forget it. So rich, so intense, a one-of-a-kind taste. | |
| Behmor 1600 | Behmor 1600 Coffee Roaster Tutorial | Chris Arnold |
| | 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 Behmor1600 Coffee Roaster. | |
| Behmor 1600 | Behmor 1600 Coffee Roaster - First Impression | Chris Arnold |
| | Maybe you've been hearing about the new roaster by Joe Behm. Maybe you heard it under other names, like the Joe Roaster. | |
| I-Roast2 | I-Roast 2 Coffee Roasting Guide | Chris Arnold |
| | So you bought an iRoast2 and your roasts are coming out too dark or too light, or feel the flavor could be better. | |
| iRoast2 | Testing the Hearthware i-Roast 2 | Robert Badgett |
| | This i-Roast 2 has taken the place of my Café Rosto. I like the way it operates and I like the roasted coffee it produces. | |
| Barbeque | Barbeque Coffee | Kevin Gilhooly |
| | I have been meaning to try roasting my own beans for quite a while, but the
one issue that frightened me the most was "smoke." | |
| Economics | Economic Benefits of Home Roasting | John Carrier |
| | The economics of coffee consumption are quite relevant to the home roasting industry. There is a direct relationship between the quality - perceived or real - of coffee and the amount consumed (people will drink more coffee if it tastes better). | |
| Roast Level | Dark Roast vs Light Roast | Denver Wilkinson |
| | Dark roast simply means that the coffee bean has been roasted to a higher temperature and typically for a longer period of time. This causes all of the flavor molecules stored within the coffee beans—both the good and bad flavors—to be burnt away. | |
| Frying Pan | Roasting Coffee in a Frying Pan | Heidi Tadesse |
| | Tutorial on home roasting coffee on a stove top using a frying pan. | |
| Modification | Poppery Hopper Modification | Rama R |
| | An alternate chimney solution for roasting coffee in the Westbend Poppery. | |
| Air Popper | Deconstructing the Poplite Air Popper: a Cheap and Easy Hot Air Roaster | Eugene Hanks |
| | Unless you have an industrial capacity exhaust fan in you kitchen do not attempt to use this in your house. Air roasting beans produces quite a bit of smoke, so do it on your porch or at least outside. | |
| Popularity | Home Coffee Roasting on the Rise | James Cameron |
| | The home roasting phenomenon is a mixture of a few things. First, people have tasted the nectar and know how good it can be. | |
| Interview | Making Sure the Seal Means the Real Deal | Paul Gallagher |
| | Edgar Munn discusses Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee. | |
| Chaff | Building a Chaff Collector | Catfish and Aardvark |
| | Using the Melitta coffee roaster chaff collector for other popper based coffee roasters. | |
| Overview | Roast Your Own Beans | James Cameron |
| | There are a growing number of enthusiasts who are roasting their own coffee beans and enjoying the benefits of truly fresh coffee at about one-third to one half the price of beans from your local coffee shop. | |
| Cooling | Cooling your Coffee Beans | James Cameron |
| | Some advice for home roasters on cooling their coffee beans. | |
| Stovetop | Building Your Own Coffee Roaster | Johnny Ma |
| | Build your own stovetop coffee roaster. | |
| Hottop | Hottop Coffee Roaster | Phil Jordan |
| | A comprehensive overview of the Hottop Coffee Roaster. | |
| Blending | Espresso Blending Techniques | Steve Leighton |
| | An overview on how a professional constructs an espresso blend. | |
| Popper | Roasting Coffee in a Popcorn Popper | Michael Allen Smith |
| | A tutorial on how to home roast coffee using the Westbend Poppery. | |
| Heat Gun | Roasting with a Heat Gun: A Top-Down Approach | Jim Liedeka |
| | Learn how to roast coffee using a heat gun. This is also known as the dog bowl method. | |
| Fresh Roast | Roasting with a Variac Controlled FreshRoast Plus | Jim Liedeka |
| | How to improve the roasting profile of the FreshRoast Plus using a variac. | |
| Popper | Stovetop Roasting with the Whirley-Pop | Michael Allen Smith |
| | Learn how to home roast coffee on your stovetop using the Whirley-Pop. | |
| Hearthware | Gourmet Coffee Roaster | Michael Allen Smith |
| | An overview of home roasting with Hearthware's Gourmet Coffee Roaster. | |
| Fire | Pan Roasting Coffee | CB Miller |
| | Learn the simple art of pan roasting coffee. | |
| Popper | Popper Roasting Tips | Michael Allen Smith |
| | A few helpful tips for beginner home roasters using a popcorn popper for roasting. Another name for this article might be Roast Your Own 2. | |
| Melitta | Melitta Mishap | Michael Allen Smith |
| | Home Roasting with the Melitta AromaRoast is a bit more difficult than other methods. In an effort to discover a perfect roasting environment, one of the basic lessons of roasting was forgotten. | |
| Popper | Winter Home Roasting | Ryan Jacobs |
| | Learn how to roast with a popcorn popper outdoors during cold weather via a simple modification. | |
| Overview | Why Home Roast? | Ryan Jacobs |
| | Why should you go through the trouble of home coffee roasting? INeedCoffee.com offers several reasons why. | |
| Fresh Roast | Home Roasting Coffee with the Fresh Roast | Michael Allen Smith |
| | Learn how to home roast coffee using the Fresh Roast coffee roaster. | |
| Oven | Home Roasting Coffee with a Gas Oven | Michael Allen Smith |
| | Learn how to roast coffee using a gas oven. | |
| Terminology | Coffee Roasts: Notes from a Non-Roaster | Java Goddess |
| | Java Goddess explains how the language to describe different roast levels can be confusing and misleading. In this article, she walks us through the different names given to different roasts. | |
| Color Chart | INeedCoffee Roast Color Chart | Michael Allen Smith |
| | A simple seven color roast chart for home coffee roasters to reference. Also can be used to articulate coffee color when roasting for others. | |
| Oven | Home Roasting Coffee in an Electric Oven | Michael Allen Smith |
| | Learn how to home roast coffee with your electric oven. | |
| Fire | Wok Roasting | Jim Gundlach |
| | Jim Gundlach shows us how to home roast coffee using a wok. | |
| Hearthware Precision | Home Roasting Indoors with the Hearthware | Michael Allen Smith |
| | A demonstration on how easy it is to home roast coffee with the Hearthware Precision Coffee Roaster. | |
| Cold Weather | Home (Alone) Roasting | Michael Allen Smith |
| | Michael Allen Smith learns a lesson on how NOT to home roast coffee in the wintertime. | |
| Popper | Roast Your Own Coffee | Ryan Jacobs |
| | Learn how to roast coffee at your house using a popcorn popper in this tutorial by Ryan Jacobs. | |
