Stop Blaming Your Roaster — It's the Beans

Four sample roasters go head-to-head on the same coffee, and only a blind cupping decides the winner. Ingo lines up the Ikawa, the Roest L200 Ultra, the Kaffelogic Nano7 and the Nucleus LINK, roasts one washed Colombia on each machine using nothing but its out-of-the-box profile, ...  Show more

Colombia might be the most rewarding second origin any coffee lover can explore. It combines a centuries-old washed-coffee tradition that's forgiving to roast with a fast-growing wave of experimental processing that keeps surprising even seasoned roasters. Ingo breaks down both s ...  Show more

Roasting coffee can be maddening. Just 4° Celsius is enough to make the same green beans taste distinctly different! And there are so many things roasters can play around with: temperature, time, fan speed, drum speed, types of probes…the list goes on and on. So, if you want to s ...  Show more

Scott Conary leader of Carborro Coffee Roasters considers the pursuit of quality as the ultimate answer to all business questions. This episode is chock full of coffee cherries pun intended. Learn how to roast coffee and what makes some roasters elite. In this episode: The World ...  Show more

Episode 20: What's the process for perfecting a roast, and how do you know when you've done it? We answer these questions in response to a future roaster and listener to the show!

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Episode 69: Have you ever wondered if the chaff makes a difference? Typically, larger specialty roasteries will tumble to "polish" their roasted coffee, removing the majority of the chaff in the process, but is this necessary for the home roaster? Does it really affect flavor ...