About Roasting
General Roasting Information
Quality is determined in the cup
Best roast maximizes all origin character (where grown)
Origin (where) character usually happens between Light City and Full City Roast
Only roast character eclipses origin character, roast character = the style of roasting
Light City Roast = completion 1st crack water & carbon dioxide go their separate ways it is generally at this point that origin character of coffee is highest = only 50% of sugars are caramelized
Full City Roast= just after 2nd crack
Non caramelized coffee taste sweeter
Vienna Roast (continental) is generally where origin character stops and roast character begins
French Roast (southern Italian-scura)
Spanish Roast = 3rd crack
It is between the French & Spanish that origin character ceases to be an issue
Espresso is not a roast
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