Cafe Femenino – Great coffee – Great cause

Café Femenino. It’s a great story. The foundation works through well-established in-country farming cooperatives to foster positive change not only in the quality of coffee grown but also to reduce poverty and abuse. Micro loans and grants are provided to women in the poorest and least accessible areas of coffee growing countries. Typically these women perform…

ADVANCED DEFINITION ROASTING

How to Use Advanced Definition Roasting (ADR) to Improve Your Roasted Coffee

Development of unique aromas and flavors in different coffees is closely related to the time-temperature profile used during roasting. In general low-temperature-long-time roast profiles result in sour, grassy, woody, and underdeveloped flavors, whereas high-temperature-short-time profiles create wonderful aromas and pleasing tastes. The complex changes taking place in green coffee beans during roasting depend more on…

Why Vent Your Coffee Roaster?

A properly designed and installed venting system is necessary to conduct flue gases produced by the combustion of fuels in appliances and the byproducts of coffee roasting to the outdoors. Understanding how to properly vent the Sonofresco coffee roaster will ensure safe and proper operation of your coffee roaster. In addition to ventilation options offered…