| Thursday, June 21, 2007 |
| Home Roasting Green Coffee Beans |
When one thinks of coffee, the color green never really comes to mind. However green is actually the color that coffee starts out before it is ground, roasted, brewed and served up. Home coffee roasting is a lot easier than many of us may think. Roasting green coffee beans takes practice and if done in the correct manner, the results will be far better to anything you would buy at your local store. The biggest advantage to home coffee roasting is that it allows coffee lovers to experience the freshest cup of coffee possible by roasting Arabica green coffee beans at any time to suit any taste preference. With the vast selection of green coffee beans, the home coffee roaster also can create a coffee that best meets the taste and enables them to enjoy their own flavor preference.
Roasting is the gradual process of heating the green coffee bean to a desired roast. Different degrees of roast can be obtained by monitoring the coffee roasting process. The green coffee bean goes through a chemical change that causes the bean to change color during the coffee roasting process. Roasting green coffee beans can be done by several methods. The most economical method is roasting the beans in the oven or over the stove in a heavy frying pan. There are also several manufactures of home coffee roasting machines on the market today, which make the roasting process simpler for someone trying to roast green coffee from the comfort of their own home.
Coffee Roasting Hazards
No matter what method you decide to try keeping safety in mind and never leaving your coffee roaster unattended as it can be a definite hazard. Home coffee roasting requires supervision. Roasting at high temperatures require certain items to safeguard accidents. You will need to be prepared and organized; you should make completely sure that you have the items that are needed close by to prevent any unforeseen safety issues. Roasting coffee beans can emit smoke and chaff, which is a paper like skin that falls from the bean during the roasting process. Roasting green coffee to achieve a dark roast can produce oil called, caffinol, if left unsupervised it can be a highly flammable produce. In other words, it is never wise to walk away from the coffee roaster, it is just better to wait for the coffee roaster to do it’s job, or you may very well have your oven, stove or coffee roaster go up in flames and that would not be good situation. |
posted by Brownie @ 6:39 AM  |
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