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Roasting Coffee: A Story of Realization, Creation, and Destruction
In Roasting Coffee: A Story of Realization, Creation, and Destruction, Chris Kornman explores the relationship between roasting and flavor development. From the characteristics inherited through origin, variety, and processing to the flavors created and diminished through heat, this eBook examines the roaster's role in shaping the final cup.
3 Key Takeaways
1. Realization: Reveal What's Already There
Learn how roasting highlights the flavors inherent to green coffee, shaped by origin, variety, and processing.
2. Creation: Develop Flavor Through Roasting
Explore how heat, time, and roast development influence sweetness, acidity, body, and flavors like caramel, chocolate, and nuts.
3. Destruction: Understand the Trade-Offs
Discover how darker roasting transforms flavor, diminishing delicate origin characteristics while introducing bolder, roast-driven notes.
Chris Kornman
Chris is a seasoned coffee quality specialist, writer and researcher, and the Director of Education at The Crown: Royal Coffee Lab & Tasting Room. He is the author of Green Coffee: A Guide for Roasters and Buyers. Formerly a QC manager, cupper, educator, green coffee buyer, and roaster at Intelligentsia under the guidance of Geoff Watts, Chris logged thousands of miles across the coffee lands in East Africa and Brazil. His published work can be found in Roast Magazine, Daily Coffee News, Perfect Daily Grind, Coffee T&I, Tea and Coffee Trade Journal, and the Royal Blog, and his research and lectures are a regular fixture at events such as SCA Expo, the Roasters Guild Retreat & Sensory Summit, the Academic Agenda for the Café de Colombia Expo in Bogotá, and Hotelex Shanghai. However, his favorite teaching environments are next to humming roasters and slurping coffee tasters worldwide. On weekends, Chris can be found helping at his partner's Improv Theater in Oakland. He rides a 1986 Schwinn Prelude, loves chilling outdoors with his cat and dog, and plays classical guitar, banjo, and trumpet. In addition to coffee, he can be found sipping Saisons and Oolongs, and fermenting hot sauces.