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Home Roasting Made Simple

Beginner home-roasting series

From green beans to your first great home roast.

Learn to roast coffee at home with simple gear, clear videos, and guided roast paths—designed to play right next to your roaster.

10-minute first roast walkthrough Methods: pan, popcorn popper, small roaster
Step 1
Learn the basics

Start with Pan Roasting 101 and our gear & safety checklist to understand stages, heat, and airflow.

Step 2
Follow a roast path

Follow the Popcorn Popper Roasting guide or another method that fits your kitchen and budget.

Step 3
Taste, log, improve

Use Taste, Log, Improve plus our printable log template to repeat the batches you love.

Choose your setup
Start with what you already own, upgrade when you’re ready.
Method · Entry level
Pan & Skillet Roasting

Roast on a basic pan or skillet with just a stovetop, a spoon, and a colander for cooling—no special gear required.

Cost: Very low Smoke: Medium Batch: 60–120 g
Read Pan Roasting 101 →
Method · Community favorite
Popcorn Popper

The classic home-roast hack. Fast, hands-on, and perfect for your first 20–30 batches of learning.

Cost: Low Smoke: Medium–High Batch: 60–90 g
Open Popcorn Popper guide →
Method · Dedicated gear
Small Electric Roaster

Step up to basic controls for time, temperature, and fan speed so you can build repeatable roast profiles.

Cost: Moderate Smoke: Managed Batch: 100–200 g
Small roaster tips →
Guided roast path
Popcorn Popper · From zero to first crack

Set up your popper, spot first crack, and safely cool beans—all in about ten minutes. Film this in your studio and embed it in the Popcorn Popper article so readers can roast along in real time.

Level: Beginner · Gear: Hot-air popcorn popper · Duration: ~10 minutes
Pan Path · see Pan Roasting 101 Tasting · see Taste, Log, Improve
Tools & resources
Printables, checklists, and recommended gear.
Safety Checklist

A one-page pre-roast checklist you can print, tape near your setup, and run through every time.

View safety checklist →
Roast Log Template

Track beans, method, time to first crack, development, and tasting notes in a simple layout.

Download log template →
Starter Gear Guide

From $0 pan setups to dedicated home roasters, see what to buy now and what can wait.

Open gear guide →


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