Cooling your coffee beans is a crucial step of the roasting process The aim of cooling down your coffee beans is to get them down to an ambient or room temperature within 2 to 5 minutes. This time frame will help you maintain that perfect roast and avoid them from becoming overcooked or potentially burnt. … Read more
Pop it in a resealable bag, even better if it has a one-way valve to aid in degassing. Otherwise, keep it in an airtight food container, or, even better, a dedicated coffee storage container You can think of your freshly roasted coffee beans as being nocturnal, they love the dark. What do you do with … Read more
How do you use the fresh roast sr800? Weigh out 6-8 ounces of green coffee beans Plug the machine into a standard polarized 120-volt outlet Pour beans into the roast chamber, then set the roast chamber into the machine, then set the chaff collector on top of the roast chamber Set Fan speed to “9” … Read more
Should cold brew coffee Be Diluted? Concentrate not diluted When ready to drink, dilute the liquid with water ( add something creamy or alt-milk to reduce its intensity). What do you do with Califia cold brew? Smooth Cold Brew plus our velvety almond drink makes your favourite iced coffee ready when you are. We added … Read more
Timing: We recommend a sample roast be 8-10 minutes (SCAA recommends 9-12 but we think 12 results in baked coffees when sample roasting). Go longer than that and you risk destroying the fruit or other notes in the coffee (enzymatics). What is sample roasting? What is a sample roast ? Anything from 50-300 grams of … Read more