We are in the beginning stages of starting up a specialty coffee roastery and are looking for someone who is interested in joining in this venture and jump start a coffee roasting business alongside us. The opportunity of growth is boundless and is d
Read more…We've all had the moment when we taste a coffee and something just clicks. It's the sip that takes coffee from just tasting like "coffee" to something more. I distinctly remember when I had this experience: in the cupping room at the roasting compa
Read more…Hey B|X! We (the American Barista & Coffee School) are getting ready to host our first three day Coffee Roasting Workshop in Portland, Oregon next week: December 3-5. It's going to be led by Rob Hoos (independent coffee roasting consultant who wrot
Read more…We're getting really close to the first Golden Bean North America! This coffee roaster competition and conference has been happening in Australia for ten years, and the first North American version will be in Portland, Oregon on September 16-19. It
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I roast on a Giesen 1 K and as I lve in the UK the most part we have an average of 70 - 80 % humidity and cool temperatures.
As spring arrives and the humidity drops I am trying to work out if I should drop my charge temperatures 5c or how I can
Read more…I know what everyone is thinking..... great, another barista kid who "wants to be a roaster" but seriously, what advice can you guys give me on how to start down this path and try to make a career in specialty coffee. I'm a barista by trade and an ab
Read more…Hello, guys! Anyone knows some hints and specifications ob Probat L12? Not vintage, made of steel.
What I'm interested in is the heat exchange.
Seems like we found an approach to some Ethiopian and Kenyan coffees. But it's really hard to deal with Co
Read more…Can anyone recommend a back-up generator or other source of quick power to pull from in the case of a power outage while roasting? We are currently roasting on a Diedrich IR-12 and experienced a couple of scary moments this past winter where we had
Read more…Denver-based Coda Coffee joins an elite list of the finest roasters in the world. Today, Roast Magazine announced that it has selected Coda Coffee as its Macro Roaster Roaster of the Year, an honor only nine other coffee roasters have ever received.
Read more…Life's Too Short to Drink Bad Coffee. Do you believe and live that? Coffee has always been about being a Culinary experience since the first time I smelled fresh roasted, fresh ground coffee brewing at the age of 30. And was hooked for life. Prior to
Read more…hi to you all.
I would like to first thank you all for the great info and idea on this site.
I work at 3 different cafe's at the moment with 3 very different set-ups and 3 different coffees from different roasters.
recently I found my self troubled b
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I am running into some problems with my roast profile on my Diedrich IR-12. Below are two15# profile roasts that I have completed and am getting a coffee taste with a flat flavor. Any help from you all would be greatly appreciated.
15# Costa
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Hey all!
So I have recently been having trouble with my Italian Roast oiling up extremely quickly after roasting. It doesn't oil when it comes out of the roaster at 450 F (2 minutes past 2nd Crack), but within a day or so all of a sudden it has oile
Read more…Specifically what experience are you looking for when interviewing potential roasters? I have been a barista for 3 years and want to leave retail beverages and go into roasting for a few years. Where should I begin? Thanks.
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Can anyone recommend a food safe solvent for cleaning a coffee roaster?
The parts I want to clean are the drop shoot and the ventilation chamber and fan, basically a layer of oils and chaff particles. My initial thought is to use Fantastic, but I
Read more…Hey BX friends:
A friend and I are working on combining our business models to mesh together a hip, kid-friendly coffee shop (think Chick-Fil-A or McDonald's enclosed play structure), with a high-end, espresso-centric specialty coffee shop with in-
Read more…We have a Diedrich IR-7 with an afterburner. It is a really beautiful machine, but I think that we haven't been cleaning it as well as we should be. We've stayed of maintenance as far as checking that all the components are working and do some vacuum
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I've been toying with the idea of roasting my own beans at home for a while... I've decided to give it a try and before I started up I was hoping I could get some advice/tips. Especially regarding equipment, any good online resources and gener
Read more…Does anyone know where I can purchase White (under-roasted) Coffee? Not green coffee, but like barely roasted. Not for my shop, but my own personal use.
I live in Kansas City, MO, but ordering off the internet is what I was expecting to do. So i
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