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I've been wanting to try my own roasting, but I've heard that the roasting beans smell truly vile, and I don't live alone, so I haven't attempted it out of cour

• lostlogin 13y ago
  If possible, do it outside. A dark roast will be smokey. It doesn't smell bad, its more of a burnt toast type smell. The biggest problem is the chaff that comes off. I finish up by giving myself a quick dust. The beans each shed a thin layer of their shell as you roast them. If you are doing a dark roast this can also catch fire. If I was doing a light roast with a small volume of coffee (say 2 handfuls) I'd do it inside if my wife wasn't too close by.