Do You Need A Coffee Bean Roaster

By Bart Forcey

Are you aware that the bitter taste you experience from coffee, even when freshly brewed comes from the coffee bean having been roasted way back when and just sitting around on the shelf? Even when packaged and stored properly, grindly store-bought roasted whole coffee beans can still produce a bitter flavor, so why not take control of your favorite morning beverage and roast your own in an easy to use coffee bean roaster?

Within a day or two after being roasted, coffee beans start to lose their flavor and tantalizing smell. Storing your freshly roasted coffee beans in an air tight container helps somewhat, but won't prevent them from developing the bitterness or even rancid taste we've come to associate with the usual store-bought whole coffee beans. On the other hand, upscale coffee bars know that roasting green coffee beans in small batches as needed is what keeps bringing their customers back.

As a true coffee lover, you may be happy to learn that it's quite easy and quick to roast your own coffee beans in your own home. So much of our lives are spent drinking it-- to get ourselves up in the morning, to keep ourselves going through boring days at work-- that we tend to assume that we're resigned to whatever coffee we can get. But that's no excuse for bad tasting coffee!

If you've got a bit of time and patience, you can learn to roast your own coffee beans using a stovetop popcorn maker with a crank, lke the ones you used to see when you were a kid. While they work well enough, you need to know how to judge doneness by the sound of the beans cracking and their aroma. That's not always a sure bet, so using a coffee bean roaster is the better way to go. There are two types that are geared for the home market, fluid bed roasters and radiant drum roasters.

For the most part, fluid bed coffee bean roasters are a great choice for home use. The typical fluid bed roaster operate almost like a hot air popcorn machine. The air is first heated and then blown over and around the coffee beans, keeping them in constant motion to roast evenly and quickly. Most models come with a roasting chamber made from glass so you can actually watch the beans roasting and of course, stop the machine once you've reached your favorite level of darkness.

For those who enjoy a more hands-on professional coffee roasting experience, the radiant heat drum roaster may be a better choice. The quality of the freshly roasted bean using a drum coffee bean roaster parallels that of the professional roaster. Be aware though, that many machines of this type can emit a lot of smoke while roasting, so proper ventilation might be required.The typical coffee bean roaster comes in several sizes and ranges in price from around $90 to $800, depending on the amount of beans you want roasted at any given time. You can find coffee bean roasters online, in retail sites and shops all around the country. - 31875

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