<ol>
<li>THEY APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN ROASTED - you are ready to go!</li>
<li>Roasted beans should be used within about day 2 to 10 post roast.</li>
<li>Same as answer 2</li>
</ol>

<p>3 questions ... a good site for green coffee info for beginners:  <a href="https://www.sweetmarias.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.sweetmarias.com/</a></p>

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2018-01-24T16:20:40.533Z
2018-05-08T09:21:14.780Z
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lbf
<p>A friend brought me home some coffee beans from his back garden in Sri Lanka (I live in Ireland :) ), and I am unsure on what to do next. He said that they dried them, but I will need to toast them on the pan. They look slightly toasted already.</p>

<p>What I would like to know is:</p>

<ul>
<li>How long do I need to toast them for and how to toast?  </li>
<li>How should I store them (someone mentioned freezer)?  </li>
<li>How long can I keep them stored as beans until I grind them?</li>
</ul>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Ds89h.jpg" alt="Sri Lankan Coffee beans "></p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/pMXP5.jpg" alt="Beans on spoon"></p>

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2018-01-11T07:00:55.547Z
Hi @Mike, this entry is actually contains a few separate questions. Here in stack exchange, for ease of answering, single questions are preferred. [See here](https://coffee.stackexchange.com/help/how-to-ask). Also, many of these questions are answered previously under [tag:roasting] and [tag:storage].
MTSan
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2018-01-11T13:56:56.620Z
Plus those beans are not green coffee beans. They have been roasted already for sure and probably in a pan or something like that, because the roast level is very inconsistent from bean to bean. Google green coffee beans to see how they should look like if they weren't roasted.
avocado1
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2018-01-12T00:03:00.593Z
Hi @avocado1, yes they do look slightly roasted already, what can I do now with them? Can I roast them again to make sure all are covered?
Mike
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2018-01-12T17:30:53.163Z
I'd just try them as they are. It might taste good. Roasting it again I wouldn't do. I'm not a roaster so I don't have much insight in the chemical processes involved there, but it's hard to imagine for me that that would do any good.
avocado1
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2018-04-18T03:39:02.023Z
A friend of mine was into roasting his own beans daily.  He would get green ones, then every morning roast them grind them and Brew them.  He said the best way he found for roasting was an old school air popcorn popper.  It would roast them but not toast or burn them and he could add flavors to them like you would add butter to popcorn.  I am not a roaster, but those are definitely roasted and if you have an old air popcorn popper around try that to ensure you the are roasted.  Though I am just noticing the date and those beans could be bad (not fresh) by now.
Keith E. Truesdell
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2018-04-18T17:21:07.210Z
Just found this, and that might help with the roasting process (in general).  Its a [KickStarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iacollaborative/kelvin-home-coffee-roaster?ref=466011&token=30925e4e&utm_campaign=TRS&utm_content=TRS_11&utm_medium=FB&utm_source=TRS_11&utm_term=d2846684-9e33-4259-9796-ee5c00afda65) but this might be nice in general.
Keith E. Truesdell
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How to prepare beans for grinding
Mike
# How to prepare beans for grinding

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-10)

A friend brought me home some coffee beans from his back garden in Sri Lanka (I live in Ireland :) ), and I am unsure on what to do next. He said that they dried them, but I will need to toast them on the pan. They look slightly toasted already.

What I would like to know is:

* How long do I need to toast them for and how to toast?
* How should I store them (someone mentioned freezer)?
* How long can I keep them stored as beans until I grind them?

![Sri Lankan Coffee beans ](https://i.sstatic.net/Ds89h.jpg)

![Beans on spoon](https://i.sstatic.net/pMXP5.jpg)

**Tags:** beans, ground-coffee, storage, grinder

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Hi @username_0, this entry is actually contains a few separate questions. Here in stack exchange, for ease of answering, single questions are preferred. [See here](https://coffee.stackexchange.com/help/how-to-ask). Also, many of these questions are answered previously under [tag:roasting] and [tag:storage].  
> **username_2**: Plus those beans are not green coffee beans. They have been roasted already for sure and probably in a pan or something like that, because the roast level is very inconsistent from bean to bean. Google green coffee beans to see how they should look like if they weren't roasted.  
> **username_0**: Hi @username_2, yes they do look slightly roasted already, what can I do now with them? Can I roast them again to make sure all are covered?  
> **username_2**: I'd just try them as they are. It might taste good. Roasting it again I wouldn't do. I'm not a roaster so I don't have much insight in the chemical processes involved there, but it's hard to imagine for me that that would do any good.  
> **username_3**: A friend of mine was into roasting his own beans daily.  He would get green ones, then every morning roast them grind them and Brew them.  He said the best way he found for roasting was an old school air popcorn popper.  It would roast them but not toast or burn them and he could add flavors to them like you would add butter to popcorn.  I am not a roaster, but those are definitely roasted and if you have an old air popcorn popper around try that to ensure you the are roasted.  Though I am just noticing the date and those beans could be bad (not fresh) by now.  
> **username_3**: Just found this, and that might help with the roasting process (in general).  Its a [KickStarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iacollaborative/kelvin-home-coffee-roaster?ref=466011&token=30925e4e&utm_campaign=TRS&utm_content=TRS_11&utm_medium=FB&utm_source=TRS_11&utm_term=d2846684-9e33-4259-9796-ee5c00afda65) but this might be nice in general.  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2018-01-24. Score: 2

1. THEY APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN ROASTED - you are ready to go!
2. Roasted beans should be used within about day 2 to 10 post roast.
3. Same as answer 2

3 questions ... a good site for green coffee info for beginners: <https://www.sweetmarias.com/>


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