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A fun way to be a little bit rustic on your next camping trip is by drinking coffee the way the cowboys did it; roasting green coffee beans over an open fire. Cowboys often roasted their own coffee beans because green coffee beans stay fresh much longer than roasted coffee beans, which is why roasted coffees come in air-tight containers now-a-days. Green coffee beans will actually stay fresh for more than a year. This method will take some practice to perfect and you will never get a completely even roast. But, it is one of the simplest and cheapest methods of roasting coffee. The first coffee beans were roasted this way and in many areas around the world people still commonly use this method of coffee roasting. To begin with, make sure you have a good fire going and then let it die down until you have a nice bed of hot coals. You can roast the beans in almost anything, preferably something with a lid and a long handle. A campfire popcorn popper makes a great open-fire coffee roaster. No matter what you use, allow the pan to get hot enough to cook something before adding the beans Once it is hot, add the green coffee beans. It is important to make only a thin layer of coffee beans as you will not be able to stir the coffee beans often. Stir the beans as often as you can stand. The more often you stir them, the more evenly they will roast. Coffee beans roast quickly and should only take about five minutes before you begin to hear the beans crackling. Around this time the beans will begin to smoke quite a bit. Don't worry, it's perfectly normal. Take the beans off the fire for a moment and check their color. At this point the coffee beans should be very lightly roasted. (See the Coffee Roasting Chart) Coffee beans go from being lightly roasted to being fully roasted in only a few minutes. So check the beans every minute or two until you get the desired roast. Coffee beans will continue to roast even after you remove them from the fire. So, it's usually a good idea to stop a bit short of the actual roasting color that you want. After you remove the beans from the fire, pour them into a metal container to cool. Stir the beans to speed the cooling process and break any excess chaff off from the coffee beans. A colander works well to separate the chaff from the beans or you could pour the coffee through a tea strainer after you have brewed it. Campfire coffee roasting is an inexpensive and fun way to pass some time on your next camping trip. Of course, it doesn't have to be a campfire, any open fire would do. | |
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