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Smoke and Roasting

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Smoke and Roasting

The smoke when roasting coffee sometimes surprises new coffee roasters. However, the smoke can be a very useful tool when roasting! As one gains more experience with the process, the smell and color can help them differentiate where the beans are in the roasting journey.  Coffee roasting is essentially the art of turning a seed into one of the most beloved beverages throughout the world. Many roasters are familiar with the paper-like outer skin they find after roasting, called the chaff. The chaff is one of the byproducts of coffee roasting and can vary dramatically in volume by the bean...

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Like Comedy, The Secret To Coffee Is…Timing

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Like Comedy, The Secret To Coffee Is…Timing
Is there a problem using coffee just after roasting? … Why wait between roasting and brewing? …if coffee gets better with age, why doesn’t it KEEP getting better with age?

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Interested in Roasting Professionally?

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Interested in Roasting Professionally?
Q. I am interested in roasting coffee as a small business. My budget is going to be pretty tight, I would say I have about $5,000 to spend on equipment. Do you have any advice on which would be the best way to start out?

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5 Free Tools to Create Mind-Blowing Home Roasted Coffee

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5 Free Tools to Create Mind-Blowing Home Roasted Coffee
These are not tools of control,  they are tools of reaction.   Just use these five easy free tools when home coffee roasting and great coffee will come to you.

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Resting, Or Degassing Roasted Coffee

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Resting, Or Degassing Roasted Coffee
There are two reasons to not just going straight from the roaster into the grinder.  First is about degassing, the second is more about taste.

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