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I tried roasting my own beans once and it was a ton of work and made a lot of smoke. I just buy 5 lbs at a time from a place on the internet which roasts when I

I tried roasting my own beans once and it was a ton of work and made a lot of smoke. I just buy 5 lbs at a time from a place on the internet which roasts when I order and ships the same day. It tastes great and I don't have to deal with roasting.

chewxy 13y ago
Do you finish said 5 pounds (2.5kg) in about a fortnight or so? Just curious
pinko 13y ago
Link?
2muchcoffeeman 13y ago
A unit like the Behmor comes with an after burner to burn the excess smoke. So you can home roast without the hassle these days. A project like this is fun if you also enjoy the tinkering, but given the markup on roasted beans, spending money on an appliance is very economical.
- ScottWhigham 13y ago
  From my comment in this thread: If you go through a pound of coffee a week (which is likely for two adult coffee lovers), that means you'd have to spend almost an hour per week to roast your own coffee using the Behmor. It just depends on what "economical" means to you, I suppose. One hour per week roasting/managing is significant to me. If I could find a place that would sell me just-roasted beans in 5lb or more bags, it might be worth it. I paid $300 for the Behmor and I pay about $8-$10 per pound shipped for green coffee. If you said, "Scott - here are some great tasting beans that we'll roast for you right before we ship them, and they are $12 per pound", I would sell my Behmor. At this point I've learned most of what I'll learn about roasting coffee - now it's just a matter of spending that hour a week. If I could pay a company $2 per week to reclaim that hour though...
  - cpenner461 13y ago
    You might want to check out Tonx (https://tonx.org https://tonx.org) or Counter Culture Coffee (http://counterculturecoffee.com http://counterculturecoffee.com), both of which do this. Haven't used either one myself, but see them mentioned a lot in these types of conversations.

chewxy 13y ago

Do you finish said 5 pounds (2.5kg) in about a fortnight or so? Just curious

pinko 13y ago

Link?

2muchcoffeeman 13y ago

A unit like the Behmor comes with an after burner to burn the excess smoke. So you can home roast without the hassle these days. A project like this is fun if you also enjoy the tinkering, but given the markup on roasted beans, spending money on an appliance is very economical.

ScottWhigham 13y ago
From my comment in this thread: If you go through a pound of coffee a week (which is likely for two adult coffee lovers), that means you'd have to spend almost an hour per week to roast your own coffee using the Behmor. It just depends on what "economical" means to you, I suppose. One hour per week roasting/managing is significant to me. If I could find a place that would sell me just-roasted beans in 5lb or more bags, it might be worth it. I paid $300 for the Behmor and I pay about $8-$10 per pound shipped for green coffee. If you said, "Scott - here are some great tasting beans that we'll roast for you right before we ship them, and they are $12 per pound", I would sell my Behmor. At this point I've learned most of what I'll learn about roasting coffee - now it's just a matter of spending that hour a week. If I could pay a company $2 per week to reclaim that hour though...
- cpenner461 13y ago
  You might want to check out Tonx (https://tonx.org https://tonx.org) or Counter Culture Coffee (http://counterculturecoffee.com http://counterculturecoffee.com), both of which do this. Haven't used either one myself, but see them mentioned a lot in these types of conversations.