Roasting coffee can be done with an old bread machine. The stirring paddle in the bottom roatates the beans. Check out these couple of links:Originally Posted by FISHN50
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VlOOuJZQQ4
http://www.coffeecrone.com/roasting/faq.htm
If you already have a second machine, this might be right up your alley. I use to think buying whole beans at the grocery store was gourmet. Many of those whole beans have been around for multiple months and if you buy beans in a store that happen to have an expireation date on them, notice that the date is over a year out before they say it expires.
Most of the coffee nuts want to drink the coffee from beans that were roasted from 1 to 10 days ago and not longer. They want to grind the beans and brew within seconds. I use to grind at the store and then use the coffee within a couple of weeks, now if my wife grinds more than she should at 5 am and I get up at 7, I throw that ground coffee out and grind new for what I make. It's funny how things change.
Rick
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