For Ryan's birthday (which was back in April) I gave him a coffee roaster of his very own, and a bag of beans to roast. I got the idea from an episode of
Counting On where Jinger and Jeremy Vuolo got a coffee roaster and had fun figuring out their very own coffee blend. It absolutely sounded like something Ryan would have fun doing!
Well, unfortunately, he was a bit busy planning all
my birthday festivities and didn't get around to using it until now! But this past Sunday he had a bit of free time (hello, rain) and thought it would be a good time to inaugurate the roaster!
He started by skipping the directions. LOL. (For the safety conscious, that's not entirely true. He read enough to know what he needed to do. We were just making a funny picture.)
I know from the Jinger/Jeremy episode that there are a variety of raw beans you can purchase, but I just got the one bag and will let him do his own researching/deciding from there. This was the trial bag. He measured them all out...
Ready to go!
Don't they look like peanuts in there?
Phoebe and I found the whole thing fascinating.
I captioned this one - a watched bean never roasts.
But they do!
It was fun to watch them transform from dull and tan into shiny and dark brown! We were a bit worried that we'd permanently stunk up the house. Kind of smelled burned. I remembered a friend of mine who refused to let her husband roast beans in the house because of the foul smell. But when Phoebe's people came to get her, they said the house smelled good like a coffee shop! YAY!!! We had to let the beans sit for a few hours before we could grind them.
I remembered Jeremy and Jinger hated their first batch of beans. It didn't taste good at all. And if I'm recalling correctly, I thought part of it was the kind of bean itself. They had several varieties to try, but I'd only purchased one for Ryan, so I was a little nervous.
I thought the brewed coffee tasted amazing. He thought it was a little weak, but I thought it was really wonderful.
He said it was really fun to roast his own beans, and I'm sure after he gets a bit of research under his belt of things to try, it'll be even more fun! :)
4 comments:
How fun is that! I don't think I'd ever seen unroasted beans before, so pale!
Can you share where you purchased the roaster and coffee?
I will keep this in mind as a possible Christmas present for Tom. Source and price range? Thanks!
Tamar - Aren't they? It's so strange to see them like that!
K and Karen - Absolutely! Amazon! LOL! I got the Fresh Roast SR500 - which was not the same one Jeremy and Jinger had. After I watched that episode, I rewatched it so I could pause it on the machine to get the name. Theirs was more the shape of a toaster oven, but after I read the reviews on it, I wasn't sure it was the best fit for us. I picked this one because it was in my price range and the reviews indicated it was a good starter roaster. I figured if he really liked doing this and wanted to get something fancier down the road, he could, but if not, we hadn't spent a ton on it. It also is fairly small - smaller than our Ninja, even - so it doesn't take up a lot of room. I got the coffee beans on Amazon, too! I didn't know what to get, so I just bought the bag that was recommended with the roaster. They came from Nicaragua I believe!
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