Use this bl**dy thing properly????
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Use this bl**dy thing properly????
Hopefully that will have got your attention.
OK. OH fancies roasting his own coffee beans - "to get the perfect blend" blah, blah.....
So, for Christmas I bought him a variety of green coffee beans and an old French coffee roaster. It's an oblong "fire box" about 30cmlong x 20cm tall x 15cm deep, with a drum that sits on top which you rotate over the hot coals.
When we tried it with red hot coals out of the boiler, they cooled off really quickly and we didn't get a roast. The only way we've managed to use it is by sitting the box on the electric hob. And then it took 2 hours to roast the sodding things It would be quicker to roast them in a saucepan!
Any ideas, or is this one to consign to the "seemed like a good idea" file.
OK. OH fancies roasting his own coffee beans - "to get the perfect blend" blah, blah.....
So, for Christmas I bought him a variety of green coffee beans and an old French coffee roaster. It's an oblong "fire box" about 30cmlong x 20cm tall x 15cm deep, with a drum that sits on top which you rotate over the hot coals.
When we tried it with red hot coals out of the boiler, they cooled off really quickly and we didn't get a roast. The only way we've managed to use it is by sitting the box on the electric hob. And then it took 2 hours to roast the sodding things It would be quicker to roast them in a saucepan!
Any ideas, or is this one to consign to the "seemed like a good idea" file.
Maggie
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Re: Use this bl**dy thing properly????
That's where I got it fromSusieGee wrote:I'd whack it on fleabay if I was you and cut your losses!
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Re: Use this bl**dy thing properly????
Thanks Richie, it's not roasting coffee we're having problems with, it's roasting coffee in this stupid contraption
I'm sure it'll be great if we can work it out - I wonder if smokeless fuel needs bulk to keep its heat. Maybe the house coal we use to light the boiler might be better - burns hotter too. I may have just solved my problem.
Thanks richie
I'm sure it'll be great if we can work it out - I wonder if smokeless fuel needs bulk to keep its heat. Maybe the house coal we use to light the boiler might be better - burns hotter too. I may have just solved my problem.
Thanks richie
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Re: Use this bl**dy thing properly????
You take that back this instant, young lady.SusieGee wrote:Frankly it sounds on a par with stuffing mushrooms - life's toooooooo short to roast a coffee bean. Sorry not helpful - I'd whack it on fleabay if I was you and cut your losses!
Re: Use this bl**dy thing properly????
a) I know sod all about roasting coffee beans ...
b) ... but have you thought of using charcoal?
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b) ... but have you thought of using charcoal?
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Hey Mike - where've ya been?
I did think about charcoal but we haven't got any and there's not much at the petrol stations in January
I did think about charcoal but we haven't got any and there's not much at the petrol stations in January
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Re: Use this bl**dy thing properly????
Have you tried "Instant" Coffee, you just add a spoon of it to a mug, poor on hot water and Wolah! Coffee.
*ok so that wasn't that helpful was it.
I would imagine at some point it had an element in it to keep the fuel alight?
*ok so that wasn't that helpful was it.
I would imagine at some point it had an element in it to keep the fuel alight?
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Re: Use this bl**dy thing properly????
Don't know why I didn't think before. Here's a picture.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2737/429 ... 9fc9_m.jpg
The base is punctured all over to let air in, ash out presumably. No sign of ever having element or anything else.
I'm sure when we've sussed what to do it'll be really good.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2737/429 ... 9fc9_m.jpg
The base is punctured all over to let air in, ash out presumably. No sign of ever having element or anything else.
I'm sure when we've sussed what to do it'll be really good.
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Re: Use this bl**dy thing properly????
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Your coffee bean roaster looks identical to our chestnut roaster - sorry :)
I have only ever roasted coffee beans in a cast iron pan on the wood burner.
Your coffee bean roaster looks identical to our chestnut roaster - sorry :)
I have only ever roasted coffee beans in a cast iron pan on the wood burner.
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Re: Use this bl**dy thing properly????
That's fine - but how do you keep it hot enough to roast chestnuts - the principle must be similar.
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Re: Use this bl**dy thing properly????
Coals from the fire straight into the bottom, chestnuts don't take long to roast. Holes are for air flow over the coals to keep them hot. Also works with wood but something like oak that burns slow. I take them straight from the Rayburn burning bin with a shovel and put them in, I don't light the fire in it.
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Re: Use this bl**dy thing properly????
So, I think I'm back to the idea of burning house coal rather than smokeless, which burns hotter. The coffee shouldn't take so long to roast, we just couldn't get the temperature high enough.
You can roast coffee in a popcorn pan so it doesn't matter if it wasn't originally made for that purpose, as long as we can get it good and hot. Chestnuts will be good too
I'll give it a try.
You can roast coffee in a popcorn pan so it doesn't matter if it wasn't originally made for that purpose, as long as we can get it good and hot. Chestnuts will be good too
I'll give it a try.
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