A coffee tree might never grow in Brooklyn, but coffee beans can be
roasted there, and the power of a label or a sign reading "
roasted in your own neighborhood" gives consumers a connection to their coffee that even certification and responsible sourcing can't offer.
Research has shown that the darker
roasted coffee has a lower content of chlorogenic acid than a comparatively lighter
roasted coffee.
For in-line color and moisture measurement, a small conveying belt is installed downstream the roaster, on which the
roasted beans pass through two measurement units.
The Neuhaus Neotec profile-roasting and copy-roasting programs are control instruments for an improved and constant quality of the
roasted coffee.
As one can see in the picture below, besides the inclusion of a fan, the roaster manufactured at that time also presented an external cooling tray with paddies (still used by some manufacturers) to cool down the
roasted beans.
With the RFB-350 up to 4.000 kg coffee per hour can be
roasted.
In fact it might be fair to say, that until a coffee is
roasted into a mid range roast level into at least the beginning phase of the second crack, we may remain quite unaware of what potential body a coffee may possess.
What the Japanese are looking for are brighter, light- to medium-bodied, lighter
roasted coffees; La Minita, La Torcaza would be good choices for a Japanese specialty roaster, they're also looking at COE; ultra-premium Central American coffees.
Baking coffee occurs when it is
roasted too long causing inadequate structural expansion and resulting in flavor that is flat and lacks intensity.
Would coffee
roasted in this manner still possess the attributes roasters and cuppers are trying to find and deliver?
Vegetarians can enjoy a whole
roasted butternut squash with garlic and tomatoes.