Questions tagged [home-roasting]
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What are the reasons to roast coffee yourself?
Based on some common sense and on (not very numerous) articles online, I could think of the following advantages of roasting at home:
you get the freshest possible coffee as you need it
green beans are significantly cheaper than roasted ones, and…
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In home roasting, does the time spent roasting matter, or only the final temperature?
I have a Fresh Roast SR500 home roaster and have had some success roasting mostly drinkable coffee. My first attempts, following the instructions enclosed with the roaster turned out horribly, tasting both charred and grassy at the same time. …
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