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Exploring Roast Development Time

Practical applications of RoastLog’s Roast Development Timer There are a lot of folks out there espousing various ‘Truths’ when it comes to coffee roasting, roast profiling and ‘the right way to roast’.  As a mere part-time roaster, I’m not only unqualified to weigh in on this debate, but like most things coffee… I say, whatever floats your boat. That said, I have enjoyed and benefited from Scott Rao’s* perspectives on roasting.  Awhile back I stumbled on his comments in an article over at dailycoffeenews.com Read more…

By linsey, ago

Roast Profiling Has Never Been Easier

The first wireless Bluetooth data logger dedicated to coffee roasting Manually recording time/temperature on graph paper was rendered obsolete when RoastLog was introduced a few years back.  Now, in that same vein, tracking the progress of a roast has gotten a lot easier and doesn’t require being tethered to a laptop or computer.   As any large-scale roaster will tell you, attending to a laptop isn’t always practical in a production environment – yet we know that keeping you connected with your roasting is always Read more…

By linsey, ago

What are You Drinking?

If you’ve been considering RoastLog for awhile and needed a little nudge, here’s your chance.

In recognition of all the efforts to bring amazing sustainable coffee to the masses, and to celebrate International Coffee Day, we’re offering two free months of RoastLog** to all new subscribers.  Tweet us a photo of what coffee you are enjoying today #NationalCoffeeDay and mention us (@RoastLog) on Twitter. It’s that easy.

Here’s what I’m drinking!

Honduras Finca Zulema, Norma Zulema Azucena from Sightglass

Honduras Finca Zulema, Norma Zulema Azucena from Sightglass, San Francisco

Thanks for all the support.

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By linsey, ago

We Love Coffee

Today is International Coffee Day.  We’ll take every excuse, ahem, opportunity to celebrate the beverage we love.  You can bet there is going to be a lot of free or discounted cups of coffee served today, but beyond taking a moment to enjoy this beloved drink, please join us in raising awareness around the social and environmental issues related to coffee. Check out a few of our favorites: Cafe Feminino – helping deliver health and education services to the women & their families Read more…

By linsey, ago

Upgrading Your Roaster

We hear a lot from our users about optimizing the performance of their coffee roasters, so I thought I’d share this from the good folks over at Boot Coffee.  If you missed this video, check out these recommendations for roasting equipment modifications. Video highlights: Burners:  Optimizing flame control with variable gas flow control Fan motors: Upgrade with potentiometer for better control of fan speed and addition of air pressure gauge Cyclone: Add for secondary chaff collection Roast Profiling:  Replacing analogue temp gauges with thermocouples and Read more…

By linsey, ago

Vote us People’s Choice for Best New Product at #SCAA2014

Text “OPEN2” from any mobile phone to 411427 We’re back at the Speciality Coffee Association of America’s conference – in none other than Seattle, Washington.  This is the one time every year that we get to meet and spend quality time with many of our users.  SCAA is hands down one of our favorite events of the year.  Come by and see us in booth #16083! If you’ve visited our booth in the past, you know we always bring something new with us to SCAA… Read more…

By linsey, ago

RoastLoggin’ on your iPad

Where in the hell has the RoastLog team been? It’s a good question. As can be seen in the dates of our blog posts, we’ve been fairly quiet (at least publicly) for almost a year. Why? There are a couple of big reasons: Our inventory system has undergone a massive update and finally went live about two weeks ago. We have been building, and will be launching, a Bluetooth/wireless Data Bridge and accompanying iPad application so you can trace your Read more…

By brianz, ago

RoastLog News

If there’s one thing I hate, it’s a stale blog.  We haven’t updated this blog in a while and it’s time to change that! As always, we had a fantastic time at the SCAA conference and returned home with a very clear direction of what this year will look like in terms of innovation and updates for RoastLog.  The conference is always a big recharge for us as the feedback we receive is always very very positive.  Since coming back, Read more…

By brianz, ago

RoastLogger updates

I’m excited to be writing about some very cool new features in our latest version of RoastLogger, our client application which roasters use to log hundreds of roasts each day all over the world. Roast Profile Translation / Zoom at Temperature If you’ve followed @RoastLog on Twitter, you may have seen me mention “Roast Profile Translation” more than a few times.  We learned about this idea from @N3Roaster on his YouTube channel, where he explicitly mentioned that he hoped other profiling software would Read more…

By brianz, ago

Cupping, part deux

When RoastLog launched at the SCAA show in Anaheim in April 2010, we had a cupping module.  No doubt, recording data and keeping detailed records on how you roast is important for several reasons. One of the most important is that you can produce better tasting coffee. At the time, we thought we had a design which was pretty slick.  Go to a page for a particular roast and see all of the cupping notes for that individual roast, define Read more…

By brianz, ago