Roasting Advice That Actually Changes Your Coffee | COFFEE BREAK!

What actually helps you become a better coffee roaster? We asked experienced people across the coffee world for the one skill, tool or habit that made the biggest difference.

Rohan and Ben unpack their answers: tracking time through a roast, measuring bean colour, matching the roast to the way a coffee will be brewed, and trusting what’s in the cup over a perfect looking curve. They add a few tips of their own on sensory calibration, roaster maintenance and sharing knowledge with other roasters. Plus, Condesa Co.Lab brings us the weekly green coffee market report.

COFFEE BREAK! is your weekly inside scoop into the coffee community. Everything from barista tips and honest café conversations to the coffee knowledge people don’t always share.

CHAPTERS!
00:00 What Makes a Better Coffee Roaster?
00:58 Track Time Through the Roast
04:18 Why Roasters Measure Coffee Colour
09:12 Match Your Roast to the Brew
13:15 Condesa Co.Lab Market Report
15:25 Taste the Coffee, Not the Curve
18:28 Calibrate Your Cupping
20:10 Keep Your Roaster Clean
21:31 Share What You Know
23:11 Colin Harmon’s Coffee Business Books

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