How To Prepare Coffee Beans
For Roasting . . .
Will it be worth the extra time and trouble to roast your own coffee?
As far as the benefits of roasting coffee at home are concerned, that varies from person to person. If freshness and flavor are important to you. Roasting your own beans will give you the best tasting coffee and allows you to control the brewing process, making it much more personal and consistent resulting in great flavor. Additionally, you have the benefit of enjoying the taste of coffee in the proper manner
Another major benefit is that you can easily control the flavor of your coffee when you select the roast level. light and medium and smoky, as well as sweet and complex (dark roast).
The roast also affects the caffeine level In light-roasted beans, the caffeine content is slightly higher. Also, if you want a great coffee flavor, choose a light roast, but if taste isn't a major, then dark roasts is the alternative.
If you want to roast your own beans, how long does it take? Once the green coffee beans are acquired, you will need to take the steps of the roasting process approximately between 20 and 30 minutes to roast between one or two pounds of fresh roasted coffee beans.
The roasting process darkens the coffee beans as they absorb heat. Heating the beans above a certain level of steam causes their fat to emulsify and rise to the top. When the beans reach their boiling point, around 433°F they expand. Put your freshly ground coffee in the warmer so it can percolate.
Using a cast iron pan on any electric or gas stove is fine. The roasting process produces smoke, well-ventilated while doing it is important. Bring the pot to a boil and increase the heat to a rolling boil, stirring the beans.
Making sure your beans are roasting evenly is essential for an even extraction. Continue to stir until your beans have reached your desired level of doneness. You don't want a mix of dark, medium, and light roasts to accumulate over time and cause flavors to become muddy and murky.
Once the desired temperature has been reached, you'll have to wait for the popping or the cracking similar to popcorn.
It takes approximately 24 hours for coffee beans to reach their peak of flavor. Preferably grind your coffee as soon as you remove it from the pot and store it in an opaque, airtight container. You'll be amazed at the unique flavor and fragrance.
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OCM (OnCoffeeMakers.com) was started in 2007 with the first webpage about coffee machines. And for a number of years, we focused on helping people find their desired coffee machine (we still are helping folks with that! So, if you are looking for coffee machines for office or restaurants - check out the link).
In 2010, we started getting enquiries on restaurant marketing and we start to help food and beverage brands with their marketing. Below are campaigns and events that we have done over the years:
OCM's campaigns: F&B Marketing Ideas by OCM
OCM's Events: F&B Industry events by or with OCM
Check out this restaurant marketing guide to learn more about the many campaigns and companies we have worked with.
Since then, we have also created many marketing workshops and classes for the F&B industry. Many of these modules are still running in tertiary institutions such as Temasek Polytechnic Skillsfuture Academy and also ITE College East COC classes, below are some snippets of our lectures and workshops:
OCM’s F&B workshops: Food and Beverage Marketing Lectures | Workshops - click to watch classes on customer journey map, JTBD and more.
So, if you are looking for industry practitioners to help you scale your coffee or F&B businesses, do drop us a message or book an appointment. Do also check out our various social media platforms on regular F&B and coffee market updates:
For regular coffee (F&B) related videos: OCM Youtube
For Daily Coffee Inspiration (fun coffee content): OCM IG
For insights into the coffee (F&B) industry: OCM LinkedIN
PS: For the coffee lovers, we continue to share coffee articles (and videos) and have also started a free coffee class section (with free online coffee training supported by coffee partners).
