Lavender Roasted Coffee
Lavender Roasted Coffee
Equipment List
- Green coffee beans
- 3lbs for $20-ish in Amazon
- Cast iron skillet
- Coleman Burner + propane fuel canister + lighter/matches
- $40 on Amazon
- Wooden or metal spatula, whisk or spoon (to stir but not melt)
- Cooling tray: Lasagna pan or cookie sheet with an edge
- Hotpads: grab a bunch, skillet gets hot (2 minimum)
- Hand fan if you have one (if not, carry on I have never used one, just seems handy)
Let's Get Roasting
- This is a smokey, smelly and messy process, so the backyard is best (not inside)
- Light the propane burner and get the skillet hot
- Pour in a single layer of green coffee beans
- Add 1 cup of dried lavender bits (the colorful parts)
- I cut these, dry them, roll them to get rid of stems and leaves, store in jar
- You need to stir constantly, go slow in the first 5 minutes, not much happens
- What will happen:
- Green beans will turn yellow
- Turn light brown
- Start to "crack" (popping sound)
- Turn brown, light roast and the outer skin will come off, fan these off or blow them (highest caffeine)
- Turn dark brown and "second crack" (medium roast)
- Become a dark French roast (lowest caffeine)
- Burn and turn into charcoal bit
- The beans will be a mix of colors, you are using the average color
- When they are roasted to your preference, dump them into your cooling pan
- Wait for them to cool, can fan here if you wish
- Grind the beans in a blender or grinder
- Put in airtight jar or other container
- We put ours in small plastic sealable bags and the small burlap sacks as gifts
- Enjoy!