Welcome to The Art of Roasting Coffee.
Welcome to all coffee roasters, whether you're just starting out or have years of experience! We invite you to share your knowledge, tips, and journey in the art of coffee roasting. If you're working with Kenyan coffee, we'd love to hear your insights on these unique beans—how they roast, their flavor profiles, and what you've learned along the way. Together, we can create a community that fosters learning and appreciation for the craft of roasting coffee.
Contributions should focus on sharing knowledge and experiences related to roasting techniques and the intricacies of working with different beans. We invite all Solai Coffee Farm-Direct Partners to share their experience to continue bringing out the best out of Kenyan Coffee.
Topics:
- Roasting Techniques: Share insights on roasting methods like light, medium, and dark roast, or specific profiles for various beans.
- Equipment & Tools: Discuss different roasters, grinders, and other equipment used in the roasting process, including maintenance tips and troubleshooting.
- Roasting with Kenyan Coffee: Contribute knowledge on roasting Kenyan beans—flavor development, best practices, and challenges.
- Flavor Profiles: Ask or share how different roast levels affect the taste of specific beans, including those from different regions or farms.
- Troubleshooting: Seek advice or offer solutions for common roasting issues like uneven roasting, burnt flavors, or stalled roasts.
- Sourcing Beans: Discuss where and how to source the best beans, particularly direct trade or sustainable options like those from Solai Coffee.
- Roast Testing & Experimentation: Share experiences from experimental roasts and taste tests, inviting others to explore new approaches.
Misinformation or Unverified Claims: Avoid sharing inaccurate or unverified information about roasting methods, equipment, or coffee beans.
Overly Technical Jargon: Don’t overwhelm beginners with overly technical terms without explaining them, as it may alienate less experienced members.
Brand Bashing or Negative Reviews: Avoid unnecessarily criticizing specific roasting equipment, coffee brands, or beans. Constructive feedback is fine, but harsh criticism with no solution adds little value.
Off-topic Content: Keep discussions focused on coffee roasting and avoid unrelated subjects like other beverages, personal promotions, or non-coffee-related business discussions.
Promotion of Unsafe or Unethical Practices: Avoid sharing methods that could be harmful, dangerous, or violate ethical standards in the coffee industry (e.g., shortcuts that compromise safety or sustainability).
Personal Attacks or Condescending Tone: Responses should never belittle or insult others, regardless of experience level.
Guessing or Providing Unreliable Information: Avoid answering questions if you're unsure or don't have accurate information to back your claims.
One-Word or Vague Answers: Steer clear of overly brief or vague responses that don't add value or depth to the conversation.
Overcomplicating Responses: Avoid using technical jargon without explanations, as this can confuse beginners or less experienced members.
Being Dismissive or Condescending: Never belittle the question or the person asking, no matter how basic or advanced the question is.
Self-Promotion or Off-Topic Responses: Avoid turning answers into self-promotion or veering off-topic by discussing unrelated subjects.
Speculating on Health or Legal Advice: Stay away from offering medical or legal advice, especially if related to health effects of coffee roasting or consumption.
When a question or answer is upvoted, the user who posted them will gain some points, which are called "karma points". These points serve as a rough measure of the community trust to him/her. Various moderation tasks are gradually assigned to the users based on those points.
For example, if you ask an interesting question or give a helpful answer, your input will be upvoted. On the other hand if the answer is misleading - it will be downvoted. Each vote in favor will generate 10 points, each vote against will subtract 2 points. There is a limit of 200 points that can be accumulated for a question or answer per day. The table given at the end explains reputation point requirements for each type of moderation task.
The goal of this site is create a relevant knowledge base that would answer questions related to coffee roasting.
Therefore questions and answers can be edited like wiki pages by experienced users of this site in order to improve the overall quality of the knowledge base content. Such privileges are granted based on user karma level: you will be able to do the same once your karma gets high enough.
If this approach is not for you, please respect the community.
Here a table with the privileges and the karma level