Too Much Coffee

Ok, so I have some cast-iron pots, a portable ovenplate and a heatgun. And the prospect of my father going apeshit when I start roasting in his workroom.
But the beans are a problem. Believe it or not, the germans from my forum order in austria (www.tasteit.at) or holland (www.ongebrand.nl).
Has someone other adresses?
I cant find any article like "roasting for beginners", but then I am a lousy googler.
What does "washed/unwashed" mean and "grade 1-.."?
You asked for it , you got me hooked , now deliver

There's a lot of coverage of roasting at http://www.sweetmarias.com/articles.shtml - look for General Home Roasting FAQs and Tip Sheets 1/5 of the way down the page. There is a roasting basics link and one for stovetop/wok roasting.
In another thread I mentioned searching for "dog bowl" (or dogbowl?) on the forums at http://www.coffeegeek.com/forums to find info on heatgun roasting. If not enough info there, try http://groups.google.com/ and use the same search but only in the alt.coffee newsgroup.

Cheers,

Hugh

As Hugh says, Sweet Marias will tell you just about everything you need to know about coffee & roasting so there's little point in duplicating it here.

As far as popcorn machines go, Prima is the brand name in Europe, don't get the one that looks like a duck ! the right one looks like the American Westbend Poppery II. It's all you need to start roasting this way, though to get roasts longer than 3 or 4 minutes you'll have to turn it on and off, stirring the beans by hand when it's off, or do a simple wiring modification I can help you with (if you need it !) ... are you on 240V mains ? A digital thermometer (K type thermocouple) and a decent set of scales helps too.

Chris.

Chris.

Definatly Sweet Maria's has the best info, I'd recommend Oliver in Berlin at http://www.preusslers.de/ and Ivo from www.ongebrand.nl is also a good source.

What does "washed/unwashed" mean and "grade 1-.."?

Washed / unwashed is the processing and Grade X is a quality assurance which doesn't always mean anything. Again check Sweet Marias, I'm sure they'll mention it.

Thanks for the links. got lots of info, cant wait tonget started. But be warned, you may receive samples one day in future.