I'm thinking using this popper To roast green coffee bin. Anyone know if it would be suitable?
181046
It works fine to roast green coffee beans. Wish it held more, since I drink too much coffee, but that's my only complaint.
181047
I use this to roast coffee and it works really well. It roasts a little fast, but other than that it is great.
181048
Worked fine for me as well. I did seem to notice some variance in how quickly it would roast from batch to batch, but that may have been due to outside temp more than the popper.
181049
We use it for roasting coffee and it works well. The coffee is great! The machine can overheat, especially if you roast two batches, be sure to open windows and turn on a kitchen fan.
181050
Yes. This will work. Not perfectly but what does? I modified mine to control the fan speed and heating and it works really well, but it works without any modification. Similar to the Poppery II.
181051
We have been using ours to roast coffee for about a month. It seems to do the job and the coffee tastes great. We like a dark roast and it takes about 8 1/2 to 9 minutes. The husks come off the beans and blow around and after about 4 minutes the beans will start to jump out. We remove the clear plactic deflector and place a metal strainer over the opening to keep the beans inside the popper. It is an inexpensive way to see if you like to roast your own coffee. If not you can still use it for popcorn.
181052
Coffee roasts pretty well in this popper. I will occasionally roast espresso, but it doesn't roast as well as a drum roaster. If you want to roast espresso, it will roast to color desired, but you end up with a lighter, brighter (more floral) taste. If you want the more "chocolate" tones to your espresso, you're going to get a better roast with a drum. I leave the plastic deflector on, but put a colander with a wet paper towel in it under the deflector to catch the chafe.
118626
I just used it for the first time. It roasted coffee to second crack in just under 7 minutes. I can't vouch for it's longevity. I have my doubts. China pretty much makes crap. If I could find an American made popper with this design, I'd pay much more. I bet there is a market for a purpose built air bed coffee roaster.$60, safe, consistent, proper wattage, chaff catcher, lasts for a few years of frequent use. I'd buy it.
239336
I was going to ask the same question. Can this be used to make regular hot coffee as well? I don't have alot of counter space.
182650
Yes. Voids warrantee, the company won't tell you you should, but you can use it as a first coffee roasting experience. And, you can still pop corn in it, going back and forth won't change flavors.
1924327
This machine is designed for roasting half pound coffee. Anthing else will be your story to share. For my machine, I won't even consider it.
124574
I have only used it for my french press. That grind is course. I did gain some respect for the grinder though and I think it would do well for any grind. Good luck.
343243
Yes, this is absolutely one of the BEST low cost coffee bean roasters anywhere. Just don't use much more than 3/4 cup of green coffee beans at a time, roast on LOW heat, and stir regularly until the second "crack" (pop) of the beans-- about 6 to 9 minutes for gas/electric respectively (because electric on medium low keeps going on and off). Some folks use nut roasters for this, but they are open and the chaff gets everywhere. With this unit, you just take the hot roasted beans outside and rinse the chaff off, NO mess. Why spend $400 on a coffee roaster when this makes better roasts and is more hands on fun! PLUS it works in power outages too!!!! Get good fresh green Arabica beans, roast in this, grind medium fine, then brew in your Bialetti stovetop unit for perfect espresso!
1612439
The basic answer is 'no'. It didn't work when I ground my coffee at 'fine' on the Bunn Commercial coffee grinder. It overflowed the basket almost every time. The finer coffee will just make it worse. The problem is the bottom which is solid plastic with no holes and the coffee just plugs the screening. Sorry, that is my finding.
429245
This roaster is perfect for roasting coffee. It will get the coffee seeds to "second crack" for full city roast, but you will have to perform the thermostat modification. Easy to do. There are youtube videos on how to do this. For the record, with this roaster, i have done 6 back to back roasts in one roasting session without ever turning off the machine. Not a single problem. Roaster is still going strong, to even this day. :-)
1936590
It's solid with vents and will work well for roasting coffee. However, it gets pretty hot and cooks fast. I attempted to attach a 1000W dimmer switch to control the temp but messed up (I'm not a good electrician) and burned up the unit. I went back to using a Westbend Crazy Air because it's easier to hook up the dimmer switch. I think the Toastess would be better than the Crazy Air if you're smart enough to modify it with the dimmer. It looks like it's wired similar to the Westbend Poppery II.
1322755
This person says it works -- http://homebrewcoffeeology.com/product-reviews/roasting-equipment -- saying "This is an inexpensive popcorn popper that can be re-purposed as an affordable way to roast coffee at home. "
1584406
I haven't tried it, but it should work. Its a pretty big roasting pan, but keep in mind the spaces between the grates are large so you'd only want to use it with a roast that is pretty good size.
1104162
I don't have an air popper machine. We always do it on the stovetop :-)I don't see why you wouldn't be able to pop it that way, though.
876958
I think it might be ok. I used it to grind cardamom seeds and it was great. The grind wheel is adjustable so you should be ok. I don't think it would work for coffee beans or anything of that size
1927773
Definitely not a good idea. Powder will get into heating coils and motor and damage popper as well as possibly starting a fire. I keep mine in a big salt shaker and sprinkle over after adding a mix of melted butter & coconut oil.
115702
Yes it would do a fine job.. It would grind a coffee bean well. Buy and enjoy.
1607261
it can be used for any liquid you want to keep hot, just don't use the steep basket. You cannot put coffee grinds in the steep basket and hope to make coffee though (if that's what you're thinking); the holes in the basket would be too large.