So I am out of pre-ground coffee ready for the Gevalia machine I’ve had for ages. All I have is this unroasted, green coffee, purchased at Ethiopian Diamond.

I really, really want coffee so I looked up how to roast them beans, and found Ye Olde Skillet Method. Let’s   see how this shakes out yeah?

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So I got the skillet ready, heated it up, dropped the beans in and started! Yay right?

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Well, not so yay! the handle snapped off the skillet mid-roast 🙁

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But luck was with me! I had another skillet on hand. So I finished roasting, transferred the beans to a small pot to cool and get the chaff off:

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Tip: Also lightly blow on the beans to get chaff off and do it over the trash can so you don’t have it all over the floor or yourself.  So after cooling for 15 minutes */- they went into the grinder, fine grind, 12 cups. The final product was lighter than I expected but it’s my first attempt at this.

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So lessons learned: Roast longer until the beans are darker for a darker end product, let the coffee mature a day or two for more flavour and make sure the pan is in good shape! Overall the final cuppa is weaker than I like, but it’s not bad for a first attempt. (Note I put a lot of cream into an already light brew so it’s more cafe’ au lait than I usually take it)

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Tanya DePass is the founder and Director of I Need Diverse Games, a non-profit organization based in Chicago, which is dedicated to better diversification of all aspects of gaming. I Need Diverse Games serves the community by supporting marginalized developers attend the Game Developer Conference by participating in the GDC Scholarship program, helps assist attendance at other industry events, and is seeking partnership with organizations and initiatives. Tanya is a lifelong Chicagoan who loves everything about gaming, #INeedDiverseGames spawn point, and wants to make it better and more inclusive for everyone. She founded and was the EIC of Fresh Out of Tokens podcast where games culture was discussed and viewed through a lense of feminism, intersectionality and diversity. Now she’s a co-host on Spawn on Me Podcast. Along with all of that, she’s the Programming Coordinator for OrcaCon, she often speaks on issues of diversity, feminism, race, intersectionality & other topics at multiple conventions throughout the year. Her writing about games and games critique appears in Uncanny Magazine, Polygon, Wiscon Chronicles, Vice Gaming, Paste Games, Mic, and other publications.