How to Use Cropster To (Almost Always) Know Exactly When First Crack Began

One challenge to precision roasting is knowing when first crack began. Some roasting machines make hearing the cracks nearly impossible, but even when hearing the cracks is easy, knowing exactly when to mark the beginning of first crack can be debatable or subjective.

Coffee RoastingScott RaoDecember 6, 2018cropster, first crack, coffee roasting, ROR, gas settings, ROR curve

Let's Play A Game

Coffee RoastingScott RaoSeptember 26, 2018coffee roasting, roast curve, Cropster

Common roasting machine problems

Coffee RoastingScott RaoSeptember 16, 2018drum rpm, coffee, coffee roasting, roasting machine, Mill City Roasters

Roast Defect Kit #2

Coffee RoastingScott RaoJune 3, 2018Scott rao, coffee, coffee roasting, roasted coffee, roast defect, the Regalia Company, kenya, baked coffee, underdeveloped coffee, good coffee, tips for better roasting

It's Time to Create a Scoring System For Roast Quality

It’s clear that roast quality interferes with green evaluation to some degree, so isn’t it time we created a separate scoring system for roast quality? This would help us avoid allowing roast quality to interfere with green evaluation and help us all to improve our roasting.

What is Baked Coffee? (MOST PROS DON'T KNOW!)

Coffee RoastingScott RaoFebruary 25, 2018coffee roasting, coffee, baked coffee, ROR curve, ROR, roast batch, roast curve, probe, roasting machine, roaster, coffee roaster, cupping

Seeing Through Roasts, Revisited...

Coffee RoastingScott RaoJune 11, 2017green coffee, coffee roasting, baked coffee, vegetal

“Seeing Through” Roasts

Coffee RoastingScott RaoMay 22, 2017Seattle, cupping, Panama, baked coffee, extraction, roast quality, green quality, third wave coffee, green coffee buying, underdeveloped roast, roast defect

The Most Important Thing Few Roasters Bother to Do

Coffee RoastingScott RaoApril 9, 2017coffee roasting, drum, roaster fires, chaff, roasting machine, maintenance, cyclone, water lines, roasting software

The Soak

Coffee RoastingScott RaoMarch 21, 2017Coffee Roaster's Companion, coffee roasting, soak, evaporative front, gas settings

Roasting for Espresso vs. Filter

Coffee RoastingScott RaoFebruary 25, 2017coffee, coffee roasting, coffee roaster, espresso, temperature, underextraction, milk steaming, filter coffee, batch brew, ratio, cappuccino, latte, omniroasting

Anatomy of a Consulting Job

Coffee RoastingScott RaoNovember 27, 2016coffee consulting, roasting software, roastery, extraction, Probat

There Are No Points for Difficulty in Coffee

Coffee Roasting, Coffee BrewingScott RaoNovember 7, 2016coffee, coffee roasting, green coffee storage, coffee roaster, barista, preinfusion, grinder burrs, cafe, water-treatment system

Your Bean Probe Has Been Lying to You

Coffee RoastingScott RaoSeptember 7, 2016roasting machine, bean probe, the turn, roast curve, cropster, bean-temperature, ROR curve, ColorTrack

Development Time Ratio

I occasionally see discussions online of Development Time Ratio (DTR) and a recent discussion on the Barista Hustle Facebook Group motivated me to write about this at length.