Roasting

Roasting at Coffee Lab is all about what I like to call the "Journey to the Perfect Cup". We roast for excellence. Average is not the plan for us.

As the head roaster/blender and coffee buyer, coffee roasting to me is a combination of huge passion; exploring the science of coffee by careful, calculated & recorded experimentation combined with the culinary art of taking coffee beans that have been expertly grown at origin and unlocking the unique flavors inside the bean with the roasting method. Also I might add a love for delivering a quality product.

We love to have a hands on" approach & we continually carefully inspect the beans, both green & roasted and hand sort out any defects that slip through the processing at origin. Over the years of roasting and now on our third roasting machine we would confidently declare that the green beans, the quality of the roaster itself and then the careful technique of when & how much heat to apply & for how long the heat is applied is paramount in cup quality. Also it appears that you do get what you pay for.  No expense has been spared with the temperature probes (bean & air), air flow valve, variable drum speed controller and of course the fantastic and much sort after Probat UG22. This is the Mercedes Benz for specialty coffee roasters and really does deliver the goods when it is expertly driven.