Popper is a Coffee Roaster: Information and FAQ page
A review of a new home coffee roaster called Popper; moderately priced, manually controlled. We are excited to launch a
“Popper is a Coffee Roaster” is a new-ish addition to the home coffee roastingThe application of heat to green coffee seeds (beans) to create palatable material for brewing a great cup!: Coffee roasting is a chemical process induced by heat, by… …more lineup. It’s an air roaster based on, as the name states, the air popcorn poppers people have used to roast coffee for decades.
Popper uses the same type of roast chamber as the air popcorn poppers, and adds heat control and fan speed control, as well as a timer and cooling cycle.
Popper offers easy control of heat and air flow, for those who want to make manual adjustments during the coffee roasting process. This is a moderately-priced machine that roasts coffee evenly, and offers simple, intuitive user control. We suggest roasting 90 gram batches (3 oz) initially for best results. We find we can step up to 95-100 grams later provided the coffee passes the “spin test.”
By default, Popper starts with a default 7 minute roast cycle and a 3 minute cooling cycle, although these can be adjusted at any time when roasting. Popper has no pre-programmed roast settings, but you can manually profile roasts using the heat and air control knobs.
Popper can do a range of roasts, but is best for light and medium roasts. It can roast well for espressoA small coffee beverage, about 20 ml, prepared on an espresso machine where pressurized hot water extracted through compressed coffee.: In its most stripped-down, basic form, this is… …more too, but we don’t think it is good for those who only like dark roast beans. Like all roasters, you need to stay by the machine to monitor the roast when it’s in use!
Also, here’s a quick to Popper in the Sweet Maria’s web cart. We are selling the latest generation of Popper ( V1 had a black bodyAssociated with and sensed by mouthfeel, body is sense of weight and thickness of the brew, caused by the percentage of soluble solids in the cup, including all… …more, and V2 is gray), which features and improved fan motor, and 7 levels of heat focused on a tighter range, all useful in coffee roast profiles.
On this page you will find our collected support articles for Popper coffee roasterA machine for roasting coffee. Or the person operating it! The basic requirements for a coffee roaster are a heating element that gets suitably hot and a mechanism… …more. You may notice we put the extensive FAQ page under all sections because it has so much information!
A review of a new home coffee roaster called Popper; moderately priced, manually controlled. We are excited to launch a
To get even, quality roasts, you want to be sure the green coffee is rotating in the roast chamber! This
Our short 2 minute video probably gives you all the need-to-know-basics! And here is one thing you DO need to
A simple heat profile in Popper can yield some nice results, and a more balanced cup flavor. After you have
A review of a new home coffee roaster called Popper; moderately priced, manually controlled. We are excited to launch a
I wanted to show you a Popper coffee roaster I have completed 115 batches on, and how the machine ages
The Popper coffee roaster heat dial doesn’t have marks … here is a template you can print to add some!
To get even, quality roasts, you want to be sure the green coffee is rotating in the roast chamber! This
A chart of the Popper roast chamber temperature and heat coil power based on the setting of the heat knob,
The fix could be super simple: A connector may have come loose. In the last month we have seen a
A walkthrough of DIY motor replacement for the Popper Coffee Roaster With one screwdriver, a small pair of pliers, and
Even though we can’t recommend it, it is possible to adjust the Popper’s thermal switch position and reach higher roasting
If you hear the fan speed increase slightly somewhere between first and second crack, the Popper might have hit it’s
Roast too fast? Too slow? Something seems wrong with the roaster? Here’s some tips to solve Popper coffee roaster problems
Don’t crank on that fan knob too hard! If the fan knob starts to feel like it is not “clicking”
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