{"id":15017,"date":"2016-07-05T12:30:47","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T11:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15017"},"modified":"2016-07-05T10:34:11","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T09:34:11","slug":"raspberry-pi-controlled-coffee-roaster-from-a-popcorn-popper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15017","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Pi controlled coffee roaster from a popcorn popper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raspberrypi.org\/magpi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/coffeemain.jpg?resize=560%2C420&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mark Sanders took a popcorn popping machine and converted it for use as a coffee bean roaster. However, he needed to slow the roasting cycle down a bit for the optimum taste sensation. So, he hooked up a Raspberry Pi to control the power and, voila, mucho tasty java. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/magpi\/raspberry-pi-coffee-roaster\/\" target=\"_blank\">The MagPi has covered it here<\/a> and you can <a href=\"http:\/\/coffeehacks.blogspot.co.uk\/2016\/02\/electric-lights-and-fire-elf-raspberry.html\" target=\"_blank\">read Mark&#8217;s own account with details of the build here<\/a>. Watch a video of the roaster in action below:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mafDSEWpHUM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Sanders took a popcorn popping machine and converted it for use as a coffee bean roaster. However, he needed to slow the roasting cycle down a bit for the optimum taste sensation. So, he hooked up a Raspberry Pi&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15017\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geeky-techiness","category-making"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Raspberry Pi controlled coffee roaster from a popcorn popper - Raspberry Pi Pod<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15017\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Raspberry Pi controlled coffee roaster from a popcorn popper - Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mark Sanders took a popcorn popping machine and converted it for use as a coffee bean roaster. 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