These air popcorn poppers are in nearly every thrift store into which I’ve ventured. Get one for $5 and roast your own coffee in small batches — enough for a week or two at at time, for example. (20 replies, last updated by BeaN August 9, 2009)

so i just got some raw almonds from my grandfather’s ranch today, peeled them, and i’m wondereing if anyone has a specific method or recipe to roast them, anything will help, thanks! (8 replies, last updated by striker7330 August 24, 2009)

A Whirly-Pop can also be used to roast your own coffee. (51 replies, last updated by chocabot July 14, 2008)

your food, but this is a special occasion and I’d like to bring my own roast beef for our table, okay?" Or first course. Whatever. Bringing dessert, be it birthday cake or not, creates a lot of problems. It’s diffcult... (57 replies, last updated by invinotheresverde July 13, 2009)

- and I’m sure our roaster has paid for itself a couple of times over. Roasting your own gets to be a lot of fun especially when you start blending your own coffees. Yeah, there can be a lot of smoke – especially if... (14 replies, last updated by Fanciesmom November 17, 2006)

Does anyone in Houston roast their own coffee beans? So that you could go and have the beans ground and take them home on the same day they were roasted? (13 replies, last updated by louisev November 9, 2009)

I am trying to find a brand of lightly roasted coffee. I remember reading in Cook’s Illustrated a few years ago that the darkest roast is Italian Roast, with the next darkest being French and at the lightest end it was... (7 replies, last updated by rfneid April 17, 2008)

blowing out of the air outlet so do it in a place where coffee chaff dust won’t present huge cleanup problems (like outside if possible). Watch the roasting coffee closely. When it gets to your desired roast level... (8 replies, last updated by StriperGuy October 22, 2003)

My husband has gradually become very serious about his morning coffee and would like to start roasting his own coffee beans. I have looked online a bit for home coffee roasters and was hoping I could get some advice and... (3 replies, last updated by scubadoo97 September 5, 2007)

It is easy to think that people who roast their own coffee are fussy/peculiar, a belief that I shared until a few months ago. My small family makes and drinks 4-6 espresso cups a day, and until recently bought beans from Peets or... (3 replies, last updated by ironmom September 28, 2001)

foodies, I just re-read your post- if you are going to get coffee pre-ground, it doesn’t matter how "freshly roasted" it is- it will be stale by the time you bring it home. Coffee should NEVER be pre-ground, under ANY... (30 replies, last updated by pengcast May 26, 2009)

Berkleybabe and I (and family) will be flying cross country soon on one of the airlines that provides no food to its passengers. We’d appreciate any suggestions for bring-your-own chow that is -easy to manage in an airline... (16 replies, last updated by AJ February 15, 2005)

Hello, enjoy your discussion. I worked at Peets several brutal years,met Alfred Peet (he’s long separated from the company) and they’ve become very corporate/stock-price mad, though their coffee buyers and roasters... (23 replies, last updated by Boltz2000 June 27, 2005)

Attention Chowhound heavy-weights (to borrow the notion from Eat_Nopal, Das Ubergeek, et al): Where do you get your coffee? Orange County locations a plus, but willing to go to LA if I have to. Mail order okay, but I am very... (21 replies, last updated by Adsvino January 14, 2009)

heard about a japanese coffee place that roasts it’s own beans, but haven’t been able to locate it. does this exist? beside colombe, any other notable coffee in philadelphia? thanks. (26 replies, last updated by silverbullet69 August 5, 2008)