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[quote author=Direwolf link=topic=24192.msg113200#msg113200 date=1395248568]
Can someone point me to a good beginners roasting site and decently priced equipment?
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wolf, meet rabbit hole... 

The question becomes how much do you want to roast at once.  Most small (read not overly expensive) home roasters only do about 100g at a time.  Bigger ones, (more expensive) will get up to about 200g or so.  You rapidly get into a $500 roaster if you want to roast a full pound. 

Roasting makes smoke, do not try to do it under your range hood unless you think your smoke alarms are good music.  The aromas of roasting coffee are not the same as the aroma of ground coffee, some people find the aromas generated during roasting to be offensive.  The more you roast the more smoke you make. 

There is no substitute for fresh roasted, and you can roast it to a level other than charcoal and burnt oil that Starbucks and those that try to duplicate their flavor use. 

I've slipped Starbucks coffees into several cuppings, and the reaction is always the same... it is the lowest rated coffee on the table, basically YUCK. 

SweetMaria's used to be a good place for roasting equipment, I haven't looked in there in a while, they probably still are. 

[quote author=XTR link=topic=24192.msg113214#msg113214 date=1395258760]
wolf, meet rabbit hole... 

The question becomes how much do you want to roast at once.  Most small (read not overly expensive) home roasters only do about 100g at a time.  Bigger ones, (more expensive) will get up to about 200g or so.  You rapidly get into a $500 roaster if you want to roast a full pound. 

Roasting makes smoke, do not try to do it under your range hood unless you think your smoke alarms are good music.  The aromas of roasting coffee are not the same as the aroma of ground coffee, some people find the aromas generated during roasting to be offensive.  The more you roast the more smoke you make. 

There is no substitute for fresh roasted, and you can roast it to a level other than charcoal and burnt oil that Starbucks and those that try to duplicate their flavor use. 

I've slipped Starbucks coffees into several cuppings, and the reaction is always the same... it is the lowest rated coffee on the table, basically YUCK. 

SweetMaria's used to be a good place for roasting equipment, I haven't looked in there in a while, they probably still are. 
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Spot on, and don't forget the chaffe(sp) flying all around sucks too. Going to start roasting again soon hopefully. Wade how long do you think green beans will last if sealed in a ziplock bag?

I'm still interested if you will ship to Canada.  ;D

[quote author=Scott From NY link=topic=24192.msg113231#msg113231 date=1395273396]
Spot on, and don't forget the chaffe(sp) flying all around sucks too. Going to start roasting again soon hopefully. Wade how long do you think green beans will last if sealed in a ziplock bag?
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They are kind of like cigars.  Not too cold, not too hot, and humidity in the 60s to 70s and you can keep them for up to a yr. 

Gracias

[quote author=XTR link=topic=24192.msg113214#msg113214 date=1395258760]
   
I've slipped Starbucks coffees into several cuppings, and the reaction is always the same... it is the lowest rated coffee on the table, basically YUCK. 
 
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Hey Wade...Tom (who owns Sweet Marias) (or one of his employees) at a cupping class years ago slipped us a round of Folgers looking for comments. Guess they wanted to see how good our taste buds actually were. It was really quite a hoot.

Any update wade?? Thanks bruddah!!