With this in mind you must take care to select the proper units.
Hot air popcorn popper coffee roasting.
Types of popcorn poppers hot air poppers.
You can usually do 2 or 3 back to back roasts but this will shorten the popper s life.
A hot air popper is the most common kind of popcorn machine.
Be sure to inspect the bottom of a potential popper.
Help you to roast the coffee beans on hot air.
Air poppers use a fast spinning vortex of very hot air just under 500 degrees to agitate the popcorn kernels so that they heat evenly and don t burn conditions that in theory should make these gadgets ideal for quickly roasting green coffee beans.
The vents allow the coffee to move in a circular motion as it roasts.
When selected and used properly your hot air roaster will roast many batches of coffee.
Hot air popcorn popper green coffee beans 1 4 cup measuring cup medium strainer round bottom stainless steel bowl flat bottom stainless steel bowls i use 2 of them the popcorn popper is an air crazy by west bend i got mine at target for about 20.
Diffrent popcorn popper is available in the market but this popper has excellent performance.
These small simple devices are used to make popcorn at home in small quantities.
Hot air popcorn poppers.
In order to safely roast coffee the hot air chamber should look like this.
This popper manufactured in china.
This type of popper usually has a flat metal bottom and vents on its sides.
Most popcorn poppers on the market today roast about 75 85 grams of green coffee per batch or enough coffee for a 10 cup pot.
But since hot air poppers are made for popcorns which usually cook at a lower temperature roasting coffee with it can take some time.
There are many brands of hot air poppers on the market but unfortunately none are designed to roast coffee.
Basic guide to roasting coffee in a popcorn popper.
Roasting in a popcorn popper typically takes about 5 7 minutes for a light roast 7 8 minutes for a darker roast.
These beans are so tasty when prepared in butter.
Not every hot air popper is suitable for roasting coffee.
The best style of popper is indisputably the hot air popcorn popper.
It is mostly a pot with a hob into which corn grains can be put the hotplate is heated by electric current and the grains burst.
Green coffee can be purchased online or even from your local barista.
Here s my inventory for home roasting.