For those of you OK with instant coffee, or who feel like the morning cup of coffee is kind of a take it or leave it proposition--this post is not for you.
But for those of you of who thank God every morning for that steaming cup of courage with which you begin your day; for those who believe and live on the principle that life is too short to drink bad coffee, well this post is for you.
Because you see, where there's a will there's a way, and we love and need good coffee THAT MUCH.
However, we quickly realized after moving here that we seem to live in the land of instant coffee. Every single "coffee house" (and I use that term very, very loosely because we are NOT talking Starbucks or anything like that for sure) only serves Nescafe. The aisles of the grocery stores are lined with it too; and then sometimes there are a few, real coffee selections, but very expensive and/or sketchy ones at that.
Enter, the internet, my trusty cast iron skillet, my love of beating the odds, and the local souk or market (which does sell unprocessed or green coffee beans--because maybe everybody else here roasts their own beans too?) The ones who really enjoy coffee do--I've asked. =)
Step One: Pour the green coffee beans into your hot skillet.
As you stir you'll see the color start to change from green, to yellow, to brown, to dark chocolate brown (my fave) 
Getting there
At last, can you see the smoke coming off of this? You do need good ventilation to try this, or just really enjoy the lingering smell of roasting coffee.
And then you grind and brew and SMILE, because it is definitely worth it!
But for those of you of who thank God every morning for that steaming cup of courage with which you begin your day; for those who believe and live on the principle that life is too short to drink bad coffee, well this post is for you.
Because you see, where there's a will there's a way, and we love and need good coffee THAT MUCH.
However, we quickly realized after moving here that we seem to live in the land of instant coffee. Every single "coffee house" (and I use that term very, very loosely because we are NOT talking Starbucks or anything like that for sure) only serves Nescafe. The aisles of the grocery stores are lined with it too; and then sometimes there are a few, real coffee selections, but very expensive and/or sketchy ones at that.
Enter, the internet, my trusty cast iron skillet, my love of beating the odds, and the local souk or market (which does sell unprocessed or green coffee beans--because maybe everybody else here roasts their own beans too?) The ones who really enjoy coffee do--I've asked. =)
Step One: Pour the green coffee beans into your hot skillet.
As you stir you'll see the color start to change from green, to yellow, to brown, to dark chocolate brown (my fave) 
Getting there
At last, can you see the smoke coming off of this? You do need good ventilation to try this, or just really enjoy the lingering smell of roasting coffee.
