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Coffee Tasting At Sweet Maria's - Feb. 28th
Sign up and taste the difference between coffees roasted in different machines
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New Postcards. Quakers: Resistant to Roast
Our new postcards. Look for one in your next order.
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Bullet R1 Roaster Meet Up
Join us for a meet-up where we will discuss the very popular Aillio Bullet R1 coffee roaster.
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Video: A Cooler Way to Cool Your Behmor Roast
Cool your coffee faster by removing the drum.
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Intro to Home Roasting Class
Sign up for this roasting basics class. It's going to be a lot of fun.
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Sweet Maria's Featured on The Coffee Podcast
Listen in and share with a friend that needs a little motivation getting started with roasting on their own.
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Hot Rod Home Coffee Roasters: The Spirit of Invention
For some people who roast their own coffee, off-the-shelf home coffee roasting appliances don't cut it.
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Coffee Roasting Basics - Color Changes
Tom has been talking about this for a while ... that we don't have enough basic information about color changes in roasting. Understanding the stages of the roast is fundamental to successful roasting; it is hard to emphasize it enough. He shot a macro-image video under very strong light to show color changes during the roast process. He emphasizes the development of each stage (in both air and drum roasts) and what you can expect to see and hear. The end of the roast is crucial; in the 15 to 30 seconds from first crack moving toward second crack, your roast very quickly goes from City+ to Full City+ (and beyond!). Make sure to pull up a stool and pay attention to the end of the roast not matter what method you use.
I've added this video to our Visual Guide to Roast page as a permanent fixture. Hope you find it useful. - Maria