Coffee Roasting

In spite of that fact, we can teach you the fundamentals of coffee roasting, safety procedures, simple maintenance, and basics about coffee on a weekend. Anything beyond that is not realistic in a weekend course. This course is a hands-on experience of coffee cupping, tasting, roasting, and barista fundamentals to insure your roasting business success.

Some Topics covered during Day 1:

• Canadian Market Share

• Differences between Artisan and Commodity coffee

• Principles of Roasting

• Biology of tasting and the coffee tasting wheel

• Cupping, Tasting Espresso, Calibration and Discussion

• What is the #1 seller of coffee shops? 

• What are the Roasting differences for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Wave

• Myths and Stereotype Roasting for Espresso, Batch Brew drip coffee, Pour Over filter coffee and all the rest

• Thermocycling

Roasting is about developing flavors.. not colors. If you cannot taste your mistakes you will never make the appropriate corrections to your roast. Tasting is fundamental to all culinary arts, and roasting is a culinary art.

Some Topics covered during Day 2:

• Espresso variations 

• How to track a roast

• Philosophies of Roasting

• How to Choose a Roaster

• Main machine types of Roasting

• Different ways to develop a Roast

• Freshness standards

Some Topics covered during Day 3:

• Profile Roasting

• Decaf

• Terroir & Processing

• Green Coffee Defects

Throughout the 3 days, the Roasting Instructor will provide you with an overview of operating a coffee roaster, temperature time profile, breakdown in a roast and how to adjust for every outcome, fundamental roasting concepts followed by a demonstration of a complete coffee roast, from start to finish. Each student will be guided and given an opportunity to run many roasts on their own and with their classmates. During and after each roast there will be time for a Question and Answer period to continue deepening your understanding.

Some Handouts and Resources included with your registration:

• Daily Cleaning and Maintenance

• Weekly Cleaning and Maintenance

• Monthly Cleaning and Maintenance

• Fire and Safety Plan Templates for both Canadian and USA jurisdictions

• Roaster Fire Protocol - Discovery

• Pollution Control information

You will be given samples of your roasted coffee to take home with you.