roasting coffee

[rusty h]

Anyone here roast coffee and/or have suggestions on doing so? how long can a person store green (unroasted) coffee for?

peace

[james weatherford]

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Originally posted by rusty h

Anyone here roast coffee and/or have suggestions on doing so? how long can a person store green (unroasted) coffee for?

peace

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As 'parchment' coffee, storage in a dry, clean place can be for an entire year.

Taking the parchment off the green (unroasted) coffee bean is the challenge. Once that parchment is off, spoilage will increase rapidly.

We get our parchment coffee husked and roasted at Hilo Coffee Mill in Mountain View.

James Weatherford, Ph.D.
15-1888 Hialoa
Hawaiian Paradise Park

[hooligal]

We use a popcorn popper. If you want the full spectrum of options, definitely check out http://sweetmarias.com

* I'd rather fail at happiness than succeed at misery *

[macuu222]

Once the parchment is off and your looking at green...maybe a few weeks. Best to keep the parchment on until ready to roast (as stated above). There is a guy over in Kona who sells a manual and electric coffee bean huskers. (I prefer doing the whole coffee thing from start to finish myself). Bake at 400 degrees for exactly 30 minutes (turning occasionally) for Dark roast in a regular oven. Put immediately from oven into an ice water bath to stop the cooking process or your dark roast will be french roast. Then dry and finally rub between hands lightly to get final thin parchment off which leaves you with that nice looking oil coated bean.

[hrooster]

There is a guy over in Kona who sells a manual and electric coffee bean huskers.

I've been trying to find someone who has them. Do you have a name or phone number?

cheers, chele

http://the-hroost.com

[Devany]

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Originally posted by rusty h

Anyone here roast coffee and/or have suggestions on doing so? how long can a person store green (unroasted) coffee for?

peace

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Aloha au i Hawai`i,
devany

www.eastbaypotters.com
www.myhawaiianhome.blogspot.com

[julieb]

I have a "coffee fanatic" friend that swears by the air popcorn popper method. She says the air also blows off the husks.

[macuu222]

His name is Emmerich Grosch.

He can be contacted on 808 323 2411.

Here is the link to coffee equipment he sells and stocks on island (he imports from Australia)

http://www.capeau.com.au/coffee_equipment.html

(look for the small hand crank model and click on it for a larger picture)

[Hotzcatz]

If you can't dent the green bean when you bite it, then it is ready to roast. I put one layer of beans in a dry cast iron pan on the stove, medium high to high heat and stirring constantly. Have any smoke detectors turned off for coffee roasting. When the beans are just barely to the color I want them, they get spread out on a cold cookie sheet to cool off.

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[hrooster]

His name is Emmerich Grosch.

Fabulous! That's just what I've been looking for, thanks!
Cheers, chele

http://the-hroost.com