[prairiebreeze]

Green beans keep well, and I do all my own roasting.

You roast them in your oven I presume? At what temp and for how long would you roast to obtain a "medium" roast? Do you put them on a cookie sheet? Do you have to stir them as they roast? Thanks in advance for your responses. (

It has to smell wonderful at your place when you roast coffee.

[JRandomFreeper]

I roast them in an air popcorn popper. I have roasted them in a cast iron skillet over an open flame. They have to be kept moving.

You can't use any air popcorn popper. Coffee releases oils as it roasts. If the popcorn popper supplies air from the bottom, the oil will drip down, and the popcorn popper WILL catch on fire. The ones with the slanted vents on the side work much better.

Yes, I store the coffee in the burlap bag except for a couple of pounds I keep in the kitchen for roasting as needed.

Never had any problem with bugs.

The aroma can get a little harsh in the winter when I roast inside, what with smoke hanging 3 feet down from the ceiling, but I'm single. Who's going to complain. ;)

I roast outside in good weather.

/johnny