Questions having to do with the roasting of coffee beans starting from green coffee beans to roasted beans ready to grind. This tag may also have to do with the heat profiles of roasting beans or the chemical changes taking place during this process.
Questions tagged [roasting]
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Why is it not recommended to drink coffee immediately after it's roasted?
The rule of thumb is that you first drink coffee approximately 3 days after it is roasted, but what is the exact reason for this?
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How do I get started in roasting my own beans at home?
I'd like to experiment with roasting my own beans at home.
I'd like to keep the equipment requirements as basic as possible. No fancy gizmos or machines. I have a gas stove.
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Is it necessary to sort beans after roasting?
After roasting, the beans colour is usually uneven. Most of the beans have the desired roast, but some are burnt, and some have visibly lighter colours.
Some people sort every single bean after every roast. It is impressive work and result, but also…
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What is white coffee?
What is white coffee?
Does "white coffee" refer to the roast level of the beans, or additives to the beverage, or is it some other type of coffee bean, or a different beverage completely?
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What was the cause for the current overwhelming popularity in the brighter, more acidic coffees?
Almost every coffee shop I go to serves up quite acidic and bright coffees. It seems that this is where modern coffee is and is not necessarily a bizarre phenomenon in itself but in particular the world of espresso it has veered quite far away from…
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Whats the purpose of preheating a coffee roaster?
I own a Gene Cafe and was wondering why many across the internet recommend that the roaster is preheated before the roasting takes place, in comparison to the manufacture which claims that one should just add the beans and start the roasting…
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Nutrition information of roasting coffee in butter oil
I understand that some Asian coffees, like those from Vietnam and Cambodia, are roasted in butter oil. Does anybody know how much of the saturated fat and cholesterol in the butter is absorbed by the coffee and finds its way into the cup?
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How much weight reduction occurs after roasting coffee beans?
Does the roasting process lead to weight reduction? If so, what are determining factors? type of coffee? type of roast(dark, medium etc) ?
If you have X lbs of unroasted coffee beans, how much (average) roasted coffee beans you get after roasting?
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How to judge time between cracks when roasting
I just roasted beans at home for the first time and have a question about the expected timing between cracks. I roasted 1 cup of beans in a Crate and Barrel stovetop popcorn popper on the side burner of my outdoor grill with the heat on high.
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Is it possible to roast coffee in an industrial glass kiln?
Could you roast coffee in an industrial glass kiln and it be drinkable?
A strange question and purely hypothetical. This came about with a discussion with one of my friends who is a glass maker at university.
My first thoughts was that you could not…
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Roasting my coffee beans
I just read online that some people roast their coffee bean before they grind the bean, to adjust the flavor. This sounds really interesting, and I would like to try. I would like to do this properly, and I am wondering about couple of things:
What…
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"Speed Roasting" from Coffee Tonya: Is it just as good?
If any of you are familiar with the local coffee chain in Yokohama Japan, called Coffee Tonya, they have this speed roaster that roasts the beans you choose from their great selection of beans from around the world. I'd never seen one before, and…
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Coffee Roasting Yields
I am trying to understand yield control in coffee roasting. In other areas of the food industry I work in, controlling yield is crucial to commercial success eg input less moisture loss + finished product measured as a percentage.
Are recovery…
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What is the best laptop to buy to run latest version of Cropster?
I’m about to purchase a new laptop for my roasting business and I would like to purchase the one on which Cropster runs best.
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