Kaya Caretta is roaster at the bean importer Nordic Approach in Norway. This is only sample roasting: each batch is 100 grams and the roaster is a small Probat gas-roaster. It’s very different from roasting 120 kilos as Kaya did in her former roaster job. Daily she roasts more than 40-60 new coffees … apart … Continue reading "#7 Sample roasting at bean importer"

Here in August we had the Danish Roasting Championship. I made interviews with some of the roasters. In last episode we heard from one competitor. This episode is with four other roasters: Theo Maitre from Sigfreds Kaffefabrik Jonas Gehl from Prolog Coffee Bar Francesco Impallomeni from Nordhavn Coffee Roasters Kenneth Kastberg from MokkaHouse Again I … Continue reading "#6 Four roasters at a competition"

Back in history before you had a temperature probe in the roaster you could listen to the crack and look at the color of the beans. This episode is about listening: counting seconds from the start of crack. It is a mix of my own background in coffee roasting and roaster Mikkel Selmer from La … Continue reading "#5 Listening to the beans cracking"

Do you go for more acidity or more body in your roast ? How do you roast a Kenya for a light espresso ? And how do you present your beloved coffee for the ignorant customers ? Tony Jacobsen own a coffee shop and roastery in Trondheim, Norway, Jacobsen og Svart. As in episode 2 … Continue reading "#4 Drop by temperature"

This episode is about stopping the roast at a certain color. We are at a roasting course with Morten Münchow from CoffeeMind. But Morten don’t just focuse on the bean color to make a good roast. See photos at http://coffeenavigated.net/roast-by-color/ Made by: Therese Brøndsted, CoffeeNavigated.net

How do you decide when to stop the roast ? Once, I asked roaster Morten Riiskjær this question. He said by smell. The smell of onion has to be over before stopping. He has been roasting coffee for 7 years. I visited him in the roastery to try to pick up what he could smell … Continue reading "#2 Roasting by smell"

The coffee roasting process is very complex. It’s affected by so many things. Small changes makes a difference to the taste. This podcast is about all the different approaches in coffee roasting. There are many ways to control the process during the roast: the time, the color, the smell, the bean temperature – and the … Continue reading "Introduction"