Popcorn Popper Roasters

[craigbooker]

Today, I experimented with my grind setting and brew time in my AeroPress. Got some great flavor. I don't have it exactly as I want it, but should have it within the next few days.

[peter]

Tex and Susan want you to get some gloves too.            

[Cammie]

Tex and Susan want you to get some gloves too.            

Convinced me

[peter]

Tex and Susan want you to get some gloves too.            

Convinced me

Yeah, but you're a girl.  Us men don't need gloves. 

[ecc]

Because we have mittens!

[grinderz]

You don't need no stinking mittens if ya'll would drill a few holes and lightly secure your spacer with some screws. Or alternately, some 3M high temp flue tape.

[peter]

You don't need no stinking mittens if ya'll would drill a few holes and lightly secure your spacer with some screws. Or alternately, some 3M high temp flue tape.

Maybe they'll listen to you...   

[ecc]

Mine just hang there, in case emergency evacuation plan B goes into effect.

[craigbooker]

I don't know if gloves are in the budget. I got an outlet T splitter yesterday. I almost got a new colander, but Target had purple metal only. That wouldn't cut it. I'll have to check Wally World.

[peter]

Colanders work OK, but any unused holes up the sides will dramatically slow down the cooling.  You want something where the coffee is covering all the holes.

[SJM]

Like this.

Get two if you are going to cool by pouring back and forth.
Get one good sized one if you have a fan you can turn horizontally and put the colander on top.

[craigbooker]

I can use the colander I have until I decide to buy one like the photo.  I bet I will eventually do something like Peter's setup.

[dmankin]

Here's an old video I made a while back.  If you fast forward to about 4:40, you'll see my bean cooling technique - a box fan and a mesh box.  Both from Target, and both cheap!  SUPER efficient.  Notice I can go from roaster temp to hand held in about a minute.

http://snipurl.com/25h5jx4

My 2 cents,

David

[Tex]

My cooling rig is a mesh colander on a 5-gallon bucket with the end cut out, sitting atop a fan. It could be a bit wider so dumping the beans into it would be easier, but it cools 454°F beans to room temp in a minutes or so.

The main things is you want to stop the roasting process at a precise temp, then cool the beans as quickly as possible.

[Tex]

Like David's, setup my cooling rig blows chaff everywhere. I'd considered getting a s/s bowl of the right diameter and cutting a hole for the shop vac hose, but like a lot of my projects it never came to fruition (yet).