Anyone tried "Upgraded Coffee" or Bulletproof coffee drink? I'm very curious ...

Roasted coffee has a lifespan of about 1 week and ground coffee 15 minutes before it runs stale. Want to make a positive change to your coffee drinking habits, find yourself a good roaster and buy fresh or better yet roast your own, it only takes 15 minutes. Once you taste freshly roasted coffee you don't go back.

And no Starbucks doesn't make good coffee!
 
So Dan, a new "how to roast your own beans" thread coming soon? I would welcome you sharing your knowledge.
 
I haven't gone so far as roasting, but used to grind whole coffee beans before brewing. Then tried the French press method, which tasted great, but so much hassle. Now, Keurig like so many others...:(
 
Bobvin said:
So Dan, a new "how to roast your own beans" thread coming soon? I would welcome you sharing your knowledge.
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Various way to roast coffee but here is the easiest. You will need a popcorn maker and green coffee (BTW green coffee has a shelf span of at least a year). DO IT OUTSIDE as it makes quite a bit of smoke by the end. Start the pocorn maker for a minutes to warm it up then put about 100 grams (1/4 pound) of green coffee in the popcorn maker, bean will go from green to beige and then to light brown, the beans will start popping thereafter. Basically the bean shells are exploding to release moisture, if you like your beans lite roasted you can stop there otherwise continue the roasting process. A little while later you will hear a second pop, this is when the beans cell structure change and beans become oily. You should not roast your beans longer than the end of the second pop otherwise the sugar within the beans will burn off. That level of roast is called the Starbucks roast ;) . That it, just roast your beans to the color you like and enjoy 24 hours later. The whole process takes about 10 minutes.
 
socfan12 said:
I haven't gone so far as roasting, but used to grind whole coffee beans before brewing. Then tried the French press method, which tasted great, but so much hassle. Now, Keurig like so many others...:(
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That's why you need a manual espresso maker : grind the coffee, put in the portafilter, brew, add hot milk or water if you wish and drink. Repeat as desired :-)
 
Well, popcorn makers are cheap, which is good 'cause I see myself killing one perfecting my roast! But fresh brew of a fresh grind of a fresh roast sounds like it should be experienced for sure.
 
I haven't tried the "upgraded coffee" but I will say the Kerrygold butter is absolutely superb.
 
RedSectorA said:
Various way to roast coffee but here is the easiest. You will need a popcorn maker and green coffee (BTW green coffee has a shelf span of at least a year). DO IT OUTSIDE as it makes quite a bit of smoke by the end. Start the pocorn maker for a minutes to warm it up then put about 100 grams (1/4 pound) of green coffee in the popcorn maker, bean will go from green to beige and then to light brown, the beans will start popping thereafter. Basically the bean shells are exploding to release moisture, if you like your beans lite roasted you can stop there otherwise continue the roasting process. A little while later you will hear a second pop, this is when the beans cell structure change and beans become oily. You should not roast your beans longer than the end of the second pop otherwise the sugar within the beans will burn off. That level of roast is called the Starbucks roast ;) . That it, just roast your beans to the color you like and enjoy 24 hours later. The whole process takes about 10 minutes.
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Thanks Dan. I've never tried that myself. I love coffee very much and have been ordering whole beans from Peets Coffee for years, I love their coffee but would be willing to try your method.
 
I have done roasting at home and you have to do it out on the patio or at least in your garage because ROASTING coffee smells like wood being sawed with a very dull circular saw blade. YUCK.

ROASTED coffee (YUMM) doesn't smell anything like ROASTING coffee (YUCK).
 
GaryProtein said:
I have done roasting at home and you have to do it out on the patio or at least in your garage because ROASTING coffee smells like wood being sawed with a very dull circular saw blade. YUCK.

ROASTED coffee (YUMM) doesn't smell anything like ROASTING coffee (YUCK).
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Love the smell of coffee roasting, so do my neighbors
 
Oh and I forgot, at the end of the roast take the beans out of the roaster and cool them down as fast as you can, otherwise they continue roasting
 
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