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Episode 453 - Learning to Roast, Home Coffee Business Part 1

The more I learn about it, the less I know about coffee.

Coffee cherries, processing beans, getting green beans
What happens when you roast
Can you reroast?
Light, medium, dark, etc roasts
Mallaird reaction, sugars, flavors, slow vs fast roast
Chaff
First crack, second crack, FIRE!
Cooling
“The trace” and software in coffee
The role of beans in roasting
Drum vs air roasting
Ways to roast without specialized equipment
Home roasters: Behmore, Gene Cafe, Nesco, Hottop
Home roasters, small roasters, commercial roasters
Volume matters
Low acid/stomach issues

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Episode 454 - Learning to Roast, Home Coffee Business Part 1