A Swiss buddy of mine is in the coffee import business and offered some raw coffee beans to me if I could figure out how to roast them. After some research and a short buying spree, the following was the result.
I used coconut shell briquettes to keep the taste of fuel to a minimum. It worked wonderfully and the temp controller kept us right at 400F.
We did this cook at my place near Montreux Switzerland. Montreux is mentioned in a song by the band Deep Purple - fittingly we have named this first batch "Smoke On The Water"
Cheers, Winz