How to Roast Green Coffee Coffee Roasting Learning Resources (Books, Discussions, Apps, etc.)

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Learning resources for coffee roasting

Are you trying to improve your baking skills? Or solve the problem? Or do you want to know more about those magical raw coffee beans?

A real baking master relies on practice, experience and a real understanding of the characteristics of his own bean baking machine. But that doesn't mean you have to walk alone. There are many resources on the road to baking that can help you accelerate your improvement and give you a hand when you are in trouble.

YouTube channel

No matter what you learn, YouTube is a great way to learn, and coffee roasting is no exception. Of course, no one will review or verify videos on YouTube, so you have to be very careful about the wrong advice in amateur videos. But if you can take the essence and discard the dregs, you can still find a lot of nutritious and free knowledge on YouTube.

Beginners can try the following channels:

The manufacturer of bean dryer & the channel of coffee bean supplier

Find out if there is an official YouTube channel for your bean dryer, raw bean merchant, etc. Take the Behmor 1600 Plus home bean dryer: their company has a complete and detailed instructional video series on YouTube and is available in both English and Spanish. Their channels also collect useful videos from others and make them into specials. In addition, raw bean merchant Sweet Maria's Coffee has a great channel, with a lot of videos about baked beans, products and raw beans.

Mill City Roasters

This channel belongs to a commercial baking manufacturer in Minnesota and is a great learning resource. Joe Marrocco and Dave, two well-respected bakers in the baking industry, publishes videos aimed at professional bakers every month. The content of the video is detailed, easy to understand and professional.

Books

The authors of the following books not only take baked beans to a higher level, but also share their knowledge with readers unreservedly. These are good choices for beginners:

Home Coffee Roasting, Revised, Updated Edition: Romance and Revival ~ Kenneth Davids

Although this book has been around for some years, it is still very instructive for baking boutique coffee at home. Joe Behm of Behmor once told me that he recommended this book because it is an original and novel guide to baking beans. Its content covers baking bean setting, coffee bean storage, blending and so on.

The Coffee Roaste's Companion ~ Scott Rao

Scott Rao is one of the most famous names in the coffee industry, and this book is also the Bible of coffee roasting for many people. At the time of writing this book, Rao has been baking beans for more than 20 years and has used more than 250 bean dryers. Because Rao goes deep into the chemistry of coffee bean roasting, some of the content in this book is practical, and some are highly technical-it's helpful anyway.

Modulating the Flavor Profile of Coffee: One Roaster's Manifesto ~ Rob Hoos

If you want to control the flavor curve of your coffee, whether you want to highlight the acidity or increase the alcohol thickness. Rob Hoos

This book is a must-read.

Of course, you can also read other books, The Book of Roast: The Craft of Coffee Roasting from Bean to Business is an option, although the price is as high as $125, which is very expensive. Then there are comprehensive coffee books, such as James Hoffmann's 's Coffee Map of the World.

APP applications and softwar

There is no denying that technology is making the bean baker's products more stable. Whether you bake beans amateur at home or professionally, the following APP and software can help you track your baking.

Roast Buddy

This free tool is made by Ben McMahen, who is an amateur bean baker, programmer and designer for his own use. It is very suitable for amateur bean bakers. It can record your baked bean history and generate data. It is very convenient to browse the previous data.

Roastmaster

If you want something more powerful than Roast Buddy, you can try Roastmaster, which is not free, but it is a cheap alternative and provides detailed data analysis and tracking-provided you use Apple products. Through it, you can record the data of baked beans, raw beans, blending and cup testing, and even connect it to a thermocouple.

Typica

This is a project done by Neal Wilson, a bean baker and mentor of SCA baking and extraction, which can help you track baking / production and inventory data, calibrate different roasters, set baking curves for new coffee beans, and even print labels. After open source, programmers can customize according to their own specific needs. It is free and continues to upgrade.

Cropster

One of the best-known baking software, this intelligent baking curve software is the best choice for commercial use, allowing you to track and visualize temperature, heating rate, gas, speed, speed, pressure, and so on. Matt Swenson, head of coffee at Chameleon Cold-Brew, told me that "we use it from samples to contract management, from databases of physical and sensory scores, and even inventory tracking from multiple warehouses in the country."

Forums and groups

Never forget that you are not a lonely bean baker. Rely on the baked beans community to help you learn and solve the problems you encounter.

Home Barista

Don't be fooled by the name of this site, the baked beans section of this forum is very active, where you can share your problems, experiences and ideas.

Roasters Guild

Roasters Guild is a part of the boutique Coffee Association, including forums, exhibitions, training and so on. Its target users are professional bean bakers, while members will spend $200 a year.

Facebook group

You haven't searched the group on Facebook, have you? And that's what you should do! Many groups of bean bakers will welcome you to join, share knowledge, and solve problems.

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