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The Art and Science of Coffee Roasting

Roasting is the source of coffee flavor. The process of applying fire to raw beans is called roasting. Raw beans cannot be consumed without roasting. After roasting, coffee beans determine about 80% of the coffee's taste. The roasting process is tricky: if the fire is too strong, the outside will be cooked while the inside remains raw; if the fire is too weak, the inside will be overcooked. The key to achieving consistent roasting inside and out is precise fire control.

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Green Beans: Colombia Santa Rita Caturra Coffee Beans

These beans have the characteristics of Colombian hard beans: large, uniform, full, and dense in texture. Few defective beans, with a greenish color and high moisture content.

Roasting Amount: 550g

Roasting Review:

1. Room temperature: 30°C

2. Initial heat: 50°C, bean entry temperature: 185°C

3. 1 minute 10 seconds, temperature return point: 102°C, full heat at 150, valve closed to 3

4. 4 minutes 25 seconds, beans show pale yellow color, roasted grain aroma appears

5. 5 minutes 20 seconds, roasting temperature 152°C, heat adjusted to 100

6. 8 minutes, beans fully covered with wrinkles

7. 9 minutes 45 seconds, roasting temperature 183°C, first crack begins, heat adjusted to 80

8. 10 minutes 50 seconds, roasting temperature 186°C

9. Around 12 minutes 10 seconds, first crack nears end, heat unchanged

10. 13 minutes 20 seconds, beans discharged at 203°C, removed from roaster, roasting stops

Weight Loss Rate: 16%

Roast Level: Full City (Dark Roast)

Cupping Notes:

Used Fujiroyal Fuji electric grinder R-220 with ghost burrs, grind setting 2.5 (machine scale: 10 is coarsest)

Dose: 12g

Extraction water temperature: 94°C

Extraction amount: 220cc

Dry aroma is prominent with pleasant sweet fragrance. Coffee aroma is less obvious than dry aroma but relatively fresh, with faint floral notes detectable. Sugarcane flavor is quite prominent in taste, with not much bitterness and relatively clean flavor. However, it lacks richness, with moderate overall body. Good aftertaste with noticeable sweetness and relatively long finish.

Overall, Caturra coffee beans show bright acidity but slightly lack flavor complexity. This might be due to fresh roasting, as the beans are still in the degassing stage.

Bean Parameters: Colombia Santa Rita Special Reserve

Country: Colombia

Region: Antioquia

Altitude: 1600-2100 meters

Processing: Washed

Varieties: Catuai, Caturra

Estate: Santa Rita

Flavor: Sugarcane, clean, medium body

Roaster Parameters: Taiwan Feima Coffee Bean Roaster 801N/1kg Semi-hot Air/Semi-direct Fire Coffee Roaster

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Caturra Coffee Bean Brand Recommendations

The Colombia Cauca Caturra coffee beans roasted by FrontStreet Coffee have guaranteed quality in both brand and product. More importantly, they offer extremely high value - a half-pound (227g) package costs only about 95 RMB. Calculating based on 15g per single-origin coffee, one package can make 15 cups, costing only about 6 RMB per cup. Compared to café prices that often reach dozens of RMB per cup, this represents exceptional value.

About FrontStreet Coffee

FrontStreet Coffee: A roastery in Guangzhou with a small shop but diverse bean varieties, where you can find both famous and lesser-known beans. They also provide online shop services: https://shop104210103.taobao.com

Important Notice :

前街咖啡 FrontStreet Coffee has moved to new addredd:

FrontStreet Coffee Address: 315,Donghua East Road,GuangZhou

Tel:020 38364473