TW and E roasted coffee beans this morning in the "old fashioned popcorn popper" that E and Michelle got for Christmas a couple of years ago. This coffee bean roasting fun was my Valentine’s Day present! Weird and fun, typical of TW in its awesomeness.
E was not really sure this was a good idea. What if it hurt her popcorn popper? The beans are prettier green than brown! Are you sure this is how you are suppose to do this? hehehe. I don’t blame her for asking, the whole thing made me a little nervous too. But, oddly enough, it seems to work.
We’re going to have peaberry (a favorite of mine) and the beans smell pretty terrific. I’ll let you know how it tastes in a couple of days. Apparently after roasting, the beans have to sit. HMPH! Oh we’ve got some other kind, besides peaberry and those are prettier – or maybe they just roasted them longer so they are darker?
**Update** We’ve had three pots of the TW and Kids Popcorn Popper Roasted Coffee (TWKPPRC is how we’ll refer to it from now on, folks) and it’s awesome! The lighter roasted beans (the first batch) had a really smooth taste. The really really dark roasted beans was soooo strong, I loved it too! The medium roasted beans were not my favorite of the three but the 1/2 child raved about it on the way to work this morning. You can really TASTE the flavor or some such thing was said over and over again. The word FRESH was also used. I finally told him to shush up and let me drive in peace and save is rave reviews for TW after work. So there you have it – another marshmallowy TW present idea carried out to perfection. I’m a lucky woman!
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I don’t drink coffee, but I absolutely LOVE the smell of coffee! Maybe I should roast it. Can you smell it through the whole house.
The coffee roasting scent is different from the coffee brewing scent. It’s sort of a green coffee scent as opposed to ummm black-brown coffee scent. There’s a difference.
Probably you should just get a coffee scented candle, Em. 😉
No wonder you love TW! I can’t wait to hear how it all turns out. Have a great Valentine’s Day! 🙂
I don’t like the smell of brewing coffee as like my best smell. Although I don’t hate it either. I really like the smell of the coffee beans and the ground coffee before it’s brewed. I can stick my head in to hazelnut beans and live!!