Roasting coffee was Re: Detox Ideas (from concrete etc)

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> Oh man, this made me laugh. I spent hours a couple of years ago

trying to

> find a reasonably priced coffee roaster that didn't require me to

re-wire my

> house and get smoke generation permits. How do you roast your

beans?

>

> Ron

I use a Zach & Dani's roaster that I bought from Sweet s

(www.sweetmarias.com) which is where I get my green coffee beans

also. It's a pretty good roaster and works well on my electricity

although I would probably buy something more programable for my next

roaster. The Z & D has a built-in smoke filter which works so-so, if

you dark roast then forget it, the smoke alarms WILL go off. Most

roasters don't even have filters, so smoke is an issue. I roast

outside on the deck, some folks build little vents or put the unit

under their range hoods to suck out the smoke. If you want to go

cheapo then a hot air popcorn popper (preferably with a rheostat

added by you to control the heat) may work. You can roast in the oven

or in a pan also, but all of these will generate a lot of smoke. I

saw a picture of one roaster that was like a cylinder that someone

put on a rotisserie on their gas BBQ. Check out that site I mentioned

for some info...there's probably more around than there was a few

years ago.