Is there any special technique or equipment to use for home roasting of green coffee beans?
Yes, but it ranges from the simplest (the Ethiopians, discoverers of the coffee bean more than 2000 years ago, roast coffee on an iron skillet on an open fire) to the most sophisticated, (computerized home coffee roasters like the I-Roast). In between are the air corn popper, the FreshRoast8 and the Zach & Dani’s home coffee roaster. The best source of knowledge for home coffee roasting is Kenneth Davids’ book “Home Coffee Roasting” available on eBay and Amazon (soon also through us) -Nelson [Back To Top] • Hello Invalsa, I am roasting coffee in cast iron pans over a fire (my son likes to cook things over the campfire) any suggestions for roasting will be helpful. We have done it before and it turned out well. Roasting coffee in cast iron pans over a camp fire (or a gas stove) has been the original way of coffee roasting for the Ethiopians (where coffee originated, and still grows wild), who still roast in this manner to this day. Couple of things to remember; 1) Get the cast iron pan
