Originally Posted by gokiburi
darkmo, do you roast your own beans? a buddy of mine introduced me to home roasting recently.. it's pretty fun and yields a great batch of beans. for small batches, we used a pan roaster over a gas stove. he's got a pretty big roaster for large batches but says a regular hot air popcorn maker does a great job too. your kitchen'll smell great afterwards too!
I've wanted to do that for a while, but haven't gotten around to it yet. Freshly roasted beans are the secret to good coffee. I'll have to troll the value villages for a hot air popper-sounds like that would be the easiest way.