Oil on beans and degradation
Understand why oils appear on roasted coffee beans and how this relates to bean degradation and roast quality.
Roast levels
Energy efficiency strategies
Optimize roasting operations to reduce energy consumption, lower costs, and minimize environmental impact.
Cooling trays: speed and uniformity
Understand how cooling trays rapidly stop the roast, preserve flavor, and ensure uniform cooling of coffee beans.
Blend component alignment
This topic covers how to align individual roast profiles of different coffee components to create a balanced and harmonious blend.
Sensory-led profile iteration
This topic covers how to use sensory evaluation to refine and optimize roast profiles, linking taste outcomes directly to roasting parameters.
Agtron color and calibration
This topic covers the use of Agtron meters for measuring roast color and how to properly calibrate devices to ensure consistency across batches.