Originally this was part of a longer post from a couple years ago. I came across that old post today about growing your own
Arabica Coffee Bean Plant
and though; "Wow, I really rambled!" It was long. So I cut the bottom half off and am putting it here in it's own post. :)

While doing research for that old post I saw this book listed; "The Little Coffee Know-It-All". I have no idea if he really knows it all or not... but I thought I'd include it here.
A roaster available for affordable home use (meaning... not hundreds and thousands of dollars) is this one;
roaster
Just for fun I'm going to include this little kit... it got bad reviews because people planted the little beans and for the most part they didn't grow quickly... but I also saw in the reviews that some people were thinking they would have coffee beans ready for picking and roasting within a month or two. When they read the instructions included, saw it would take upwards of 3 years before the plants would produce. Of course, you and I know that because I mentioned above that it's a process taking 3-8 years... but for those wanting a little science project producing results as quick as say, a bean plant for instance, they are going to be disappointed.
science project