Eight pits to avoid when roasting coffee beans

For coffee lovers, it is something to be proud of to have a cup of fresh and delicious coffee at home, and the coffee beans are roasted by yourself

Mistake #1: Not Preheating Your Device

Depending on the location and the season at that time, the temperature of the baking equipment will fluctuate.

Mistake #2: Not taking notes

Roasting coffee involves many repetitive actions and routines, and you can imagine most of the energy being put into it when roasting at home

When roasting coffee, if you are using a software program like Artisan or Cropster, the system automatically records temperature changes during the roasting process

Mistake 3: Not raising beans

After the coffee beans are roasted, many people may be eager to taste this batch of products immediately.

Mistake #4: Underbaking and Overbaking

Under-baking and over-baking are among the hardest common home baking mistakes to fix

Mistake 5: Not understanding green coffee beans

When buying new coffee beans for home roasting, it may be difficult to obtain a roasting curve that exactly matches it.

Mistake #6: Not using the flavor development stage

If the heat is stopped at the wrong time, the temperature of the coffee beans will stagnate and it will not change as it should.

Mistake 7: Edge scorch occurs

Edge scorch can occur if the coffee is heated too fast when first roasting, where the beans are burnt on the outside while still raw on the inside

Mistake #8: Not keeping your equipment clean

There are many potential risks of operating a roaster that is not in good condition.

Although everyone has different roasting techniques, improving roasting skills takes time to hone.

(Yu Le)

"China Food News" (April 04, 2022 Edition 05)