RoastBook Notebook, Spreadsheet, or App? Making Your Roasts Actually Repeatable
For many who enjoy the craft of coffee roasting at home, the greatest frustration is not a "bad" batch, but a "perfect" ...
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RoastBook Beyond the Bag Label: Recording What You Actually Bought
In the world of home coffee roasting, success begins long before the heat is applied. It starts with the green bean. How...
RoastBook 1st Crack, 2nd Crack, and Everything Between
For many home roasters, the "first crack" and "second crack" are the most vital landmarks in any session. Recording the ...
RoastBook Turning “It Tasted Great” Into Something You Can Compare
In the pursuit of the perfect home roast, the ultimate goal is often found in the cup. However, for many roasters, the e...
RoastBook You Can’t Write and Roast at the Same Time
One of the most significant challenges in home coffee roasting is the tension between the process and the record. During...
RoastBook Don’t Lose Years of Roast Notes: Backing Up Your Data
A fundamental principle of record-keeping is that any collection of data—whether it is a physical stack of notebooks or ...
RoastBook Repeating a Good Roast Shouldn’t Mean Retyping It
In the pursuit of the perfect cup of coffee, the ultimate goal is reproducibility. Once a roaster discovers a specific c...
RoastBook The Photo That Says More Than “Medium Brown”
In the pursuit of coffee roasting consistency, color is one of the most immediate indicators of a roast's progress. Howe...
RoastBook Are You Roasting More Than You Think? Or Less?
In the daily practice of home coffee roasting, it is common to focus entirely on the batch currently in the cooling tray...
RoastBook Same Bean, Five Roasts: Are You Actually Getting Better?
For the home roaster, two practical challenges often arise that have less to do with the heat of the drum and more to do...