on behalf of expertvillage.com, my name isdean forrest with sedona coffee roasters. i am here to tell you about roasting coffee.okay we are in the middle of our roasting process here. they have been roasting a littleover 10 minutes at this point. what is getting ready to happen is we are going to start hearingwhat we call the first pop or first crack. it is a time when the beans although theystart out really dry and hard, there is a
how do you roast coffee beans at home, lot of moisture and a lot of chemicals, whatis happening now as you hear the cracking begin. what is happening is they are lettingoff that moisture and the popping you hear is steam escaping. it's at this point thati keep a real close eye on the temperature,
i note the time, i keep track of all thesethings but as you hear this cracking, that
is how you know it is time to start watchingactually. it is part of a listening process, this first pop. in 4 or 5 more minutes, wewill hear the second pop and i'll be talking with you when that happens.
