This is not a definitive guide, this is meant to provide beginners and people that are interested in coffee roasting with a framework and a starting point from which they can begin to experiment and figure out how to improve their roasts. With a little understanding of what’s happening to the beans and what professional roasters do and what they look for, you can have delicious roasted coffee at a fraction of the cost. Roasting coffee only needs to be as complicated as you want it to be.  A Quick Primer on Roasting Once you hit 'run' on the roaster, your coffee will go through 5 distinct ..read more

Table of Contents Handling the Roaster: Some Tips A Quick Primer on Roasting: How to roast using the Fresh Roast SR540 Before you start roasting Setting up your machine How to Roast Insights and Extra Features Handling the Roaster: Some Tips Although the Fresh roast SR540 has some new and improved features intended to prevent tipping and breaking, the limited warranty does not cover accidents. It's worth warning you about common mistakes people make. If you are moving the roaster, please disassemble it and move the pieces separately. There is a significant risk of tipping if you c ..read more

There is a myth in the industry that roasting can only be done by professional roasters. Some people insist that roasting is somehow different from espresso and brewing, special, and therefore requiring of a level of expertise that is just not possible to attain unless one becomes a professional roaster. That is just not true. Professional roasters are indeed experts at roasting coffee to exacting standards and producing at scale. Of course, you can learn how to approximate the process of the commercial-scale roaster, but it's not mandatory. That level of expertise is not necessary to have del ..read more