There are a thousand ways to roast coffee. It really isn’t that demanding, though some people apparently do become really obsessed with it, and doing it perfectly. One popular method is to modify an air-pop popcorn maker, and roast them with that. Another method, one which appeals to me very much, is using a heat-gun. Put yer beans in a bowl out in the driveway, and it blows away the smoke and chaff as you roast. I’ve seen pictures of people roasting coffee by stirring in a wok, and I used to shake it in a covered cast-iron pan, but that was work, and I quit when I started playing with oven methods.

Certainly there are niceties to technique, and everyone’s oven is going to be a little different. But it’s not too demanding, as I said. Just fiddle around with it, making small batches til you get the hang of it, and you’ll do fine.

I don’t know if the pizza cooker uses up more energy than an oven, I haven’t looked into that because I haven’t roasted my own coffee someday. But now that i know green coffee beans keep for a long time, I’m willing to try it!

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