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"Clayton Smith" <claytonsmithNO@SPAMhouston.rr.com> wrote in 
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> "Danny Joe" <harry.flashmansquack@gmail.com> wrote in 
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>> "Chris Pando" <chris@pando.org> wrote in message 
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>>> On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:19:32 GMT, "Julia Dream"
>>> <pinkwind@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>>>>
>>>>One can use a hot air popcorn popper to roast coffee 
>>>>beans??  Will wonders
>>>>never cease!  I just received one for Christmas (but it 
>>>>has been used for a
>>>>LOT of popcorn since then), but I have been looking for 
>>>>another to give as a
>>>>gift.  If I can find two, I will buy them both to roast 
>>>>my own beans. Now,
>>>>to find raw coffee beans.  Lemme know where to find the 
>>>>buggers!  :-)
>>>>
>>>>Becky
>>>>
>>>
>>> www.cafecampesino.com can mail-order green beans. They 
>>> deal
>>> exclusively with fair trade coffee, and I've happily 
>>> been doing
>>> business with them for years.
>>>
>>> I had no idea you could roast beans with a hot air 
>>> popper.
>>> I may have to get one.
>>>
>>> Chris
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>> You can get green locally at Mitalina Coffee 
>> (http://www.mitalenacoffee.com/ ). They have a good 
>> selection of beans (Worth a trip out there just to see 
>> their facility. They are near the Beltway and the Katy). 
>> To learn more about roasting, visit Sweet Maria's 
>> (http://www.sweetmarias.com/ ) there is a ton information 
>> about homeroasting.
>>
>> There is a place downtown, (cafe Maison? I have never 
>> been there) and one is Midtown that roasts their own 
>> beans locally. There may be more.
>>
>> Once you start roasting, it is hard to go back. Sort of 
>> like eating homemade bread instead of store bought.
>>
>> Check out alt.coffee as well. http://www.coffeegeek.com/ 
>> has good dope as does http://www.home-barista.com/
>>
>> I have been home roasting for almost ten years.
>>
>> danny (espresso, please) joe
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> Good references, Danny Joe....those are the ones I would 
> have made myself. Some of the online sites I have used to 
> buy green coffee beans are www.sweetmarias.com (perhaps 
> the best in terms of coffee quality, and a great source of 
> information about homeroasting), www.coffeebeancorral.com, 
> and www.coffeewholesalers.com.
>
> As far as I know, Cafe Maison is out of business; their 
> website has certainly disappeared.  However, in the same 
> building in which they were housed, just north of Minute 
> Maid Park, is Lola Savannah Coffee (www.lolasavannah.com), 
> which has sold me a significant quantity of green beans in 
> the past, at very reasonable prices.
>
> Glad to hear there are other home roasters in the group. 
> I have thought about buying a dedicated coffee roaster, 
> but have so far ended up just using the hot air poppers, 
> finding them on sale or in thrift shops for replacements 
> as older ones burn out.
>
> Clayton
I get mine at http://www.coffeebeandirect.com/

They're dirt cheap, offer free shipping if you get 25 pounds 
or more, and have a good selection.  My favorite is the 
Tanzanian Peaberry.

Bruce R