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Stretchin' Out the Roast pt. 3:
Part 3 in a series. looking at the impact on the cup of stretching out the drying stage of the roast
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The Perfect Roast?:
There's no perfect roast for any particular coffee. The development of the roast and roast level go hand in hand.
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Stretchin' Out the Roast pt. 2:
How adjusting the length of 1st crack will affect sweetness, body, and acidity in the roast.
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Stretchin' Out the Roast: Part 1:
The taste of four roast experiments gives us feedback on what is the ideal roast on a specific coffee.
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Use All Five Senses To Determine Degree of Roast:
This is the most important aspect of home roasting to master. The roasted coffee you buy from the store or your local coffee shop has been...
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Roast Profiling:
When we talk about roast profiles , we can be talking about a few different things. Firstly, we can be talking about the flavor profile of a coffee...
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Using Sight to Determine Degree of Roast:
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Visual Guide to The Roast Process:
Color is just one of the ways to determine degree of roast. By itself, it is of limited use.
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Coffee Roasting Basics - Color Changes (Video):
Through close up images of coffee beans, Tom narrates the color changes in the roast process.
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Blending Basics (with Espresso Blend section):
Blending is done for several reasons. Presumably, the goal is to make a coffee that is higher in cup quality...
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General Roast Observations:
Roasting is fun and easy as you want to make it, or as exacting and technical as you care to be.
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Home Roaster Comparison Chart:
There are many ways to roast coffee, from home appliances made specifically for this purpose, to simple pan roasting.
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How to Choose a Home Roaster FAQ:
Over the years I have responded to countless emails from folks who want to start home roasting and are not sure how.
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Roasted Coffee Storage:
Freshly roasted coffee should be treated like fresh bakery goods or produce.
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Cooling the Roast:
A lot of the control you need to produce consistent roasts depends upon your cooling method.
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Cocoa Roasting:
Some similarities and differences in cocoa and coffee roasting and production.
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Using Smell to Determine Degree of Roast:
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Using Sound to Determine Degree of Roast:
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Using Taste to Determine Degree of Roast:
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Using Touch to Determine Degree of Roast:
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Explaining Differences in Roasted Coffee Color: Another Attempt:
Here is a comparison between roasted coffee surface color, surface texture and ground coffee samples.
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Home Roasting; Why Bother? by Ed Needham:
You don't know what you're missing when you dismiss home roasting out of hand. I will contend it saves me TIME and MONEY as side benefits...
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Costa Rica RIP Red Honey Roast Images:
This year's batch of R.I.P. coffee is in. Overall, we think the cup quality is improved over last year:
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Panama Esmeralda Gesha Roast Color Pictures Page:
These are images of my preferred roast for each lot. Please note that these are taken under strong light with a macro lens.
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Degree of Roast Page (older version of roasted color guide):
I have tried and failed many times to get images that adequately represent the roast process. It's not easy!
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Roasting Article by Carl Staub from SCAA Roast Kit Literature:
Sourced from the SCAA Roast Color Classification System developed by Agtron - SCAA in 1995
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First Ever Homeroaster's Dream Camp!:
A recap of our first Homeroasters' Dream Camp held June 2009.
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Taste Terminology and Roast Names:
I hate to promote Epicureanism, but sometimes you need to communicate something to others.
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Roast Temperature Curve Page (unfinished):
I am working on a project to produce super-imposed roast curve charts using a datalogging thermometer.
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Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Cupping: Cupping Different Bean Sizes Separately:
Today I am motivated by the most un-scientific curiousity to screen a roasted Ethiopia Yirgacheffe and cup the different bean sizes
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