On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 23:34:02 -0700, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Frank, you're a man after my own heart. This is right up my alley to try. > I've considered it but just haven't taken the time. I have made my own > wine... love to cook and grill, and am going to construct a solar-powered > observatory dome this summer. I definitely like the do-for-selfer aspect of > this. >
It's like so many things: the process becomes part of the fun. You don't need an expensive coffee roaster; a frying pan and an oven are all that's needed. Nothing to time, just listen for the beans cracking. After the second round of cracking, they're done. Easy-peasy! We get our green beans from some local place that claims they sell fair-trade environmentally friendly beans - not a great huge issue with me, but if they're on the up and up, all the better. Another source is in the Ethiopian enclave of Toronto - there may be such a place near where you live. Costs about the same or less than whole beans at the grocery store - like $8 a pound or something like that. If you need any pointers, lemme know! Hope you try it: it's fun, and the taste is worth it. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
