So this has not been used since 2008, but this is a part of my coffee history. Although a little rough and dirty, there is a story here......
About 2008 when me and the better half were drinking a lot........ coffee that is, I started to read about other people that roasted there own coffee. This sounded interesting and I thought I would find a way to roast some coffee beans. What I found out is that a lot of people use this, the Whirley-Pop hand crank popcorn popper
Although it only roasts a small amount at a time, and you need to CRANK IT without stopping for about 20 minutes. This little roaster will produce a roast as good or better that the commercial roasters!
As you can see roasting really produces an oil, and I caution anyone that wants to try this to roast outside with plenty of ventilation, you will have lots of smoke.
I have progressed to computer controlled, gas fired fluid bed roasters but this was my humble beginning.
The good thing about this Whirley-pop popper ( coffee roaster ) is that it is guaranteed for 25 years, yes 25 years!
I actually wore out the nylon gears that turn the auger inside and I called Whirley -pop and they sent me a complete popper free!
Thats customer service!!!
So..... give it a try, they are not very expensive and it's a lot of fun!!! @silvertop