Roasting is the process of turning coffee into the fragrant, mostly dark brown beans, that are loved consuming all around the world. Roasting takes out the flavor and aroma, locked inside the green coffee beans. The beans are basically stored green, it is actually a state in which we keep them without loss of taste or quality.
Roasting is the practice, causing chemical changes in the coffee as the beans are instantly roasted to very high temperatures. Once they are perfectly roasted, they go through the process of cooling and smell like coffee. It weighs less because the moisture in the beans is roasted out. They are ready to be ground and crunchy to eat. They must be consumed as soon as possible once they are roasted because their flavor starts changing after the process of roasting.
Roasting Coffee
As you know that we roast coffee beans to turn it into coffee but the practice of roasting is a little tricky and unique. It is an art to roast coffee beans perfectly to bring out its natural roasted bean taste.
The Pop
There are many different ways of roasting but all of them are dependant on heat and time. Coffee beans also start popping like popcorns once they are heated to a certain degree of temperature.
The Heat Is On
Roasting the beans takes 370° degrees to a sultry 580° degrees of temperature and start changing its color from its natural green to medium browns or all the way to dark or chocolate brown color with bordering on black.
The Roasters
In the market, you can find two types of coffee roasters which may vary in sizes and capacities. The drum roaster is one of the oldest type of roaster which roast coffee beans once they are loaded in its drum or its cylinder-shaped lain. The drum either needs gas or electricity to start. The other type of roaster is the air roaster, which helps consume a rapid flow of super-heated air for roasting. The time for roasting depends on each roasters recipe.
The Finish
Once the coffee beans are roasted, they are cooled with either using a water mist process (quenching) or a vacuum system. Cooled beans are also available in the market, often in foil bags which let them “de-gas”. A fresh cup of roasted coffee can change all your mood with its unique taste.
The Stages of Roasting
Roasting is an art that only an expert can do. There are many different stages of roasting coffee beans. They are as under:
- Cinnamon Roast
- Light Roast
- City Roast
- Full City Roast
- Vienna Roast
- French Roast
- Italian Roast
- Spanish Roast
Health Benefits of Coffee
Coffee is one of the beverages that are loved to consume all over the world. It is full of antioxidants and many nutrients. The health benefits of roasted coffee have been made apparent for the last few decades based on science. Let’s take a look at them below:
- Boosts Energy Levels
Coffee can improve the potential of a human body and recharges him like a battery. Coffee drinkers seem to be less tired than non-drinkers.
- Burns Fat
Another health benefit of coffee is burning fat. Coffee is rich in Caffeine which is the best source to burn fat.
- Protects From Type 2 Diabetes
Research study shows that the people who drink coffee on a regular basis, appear to have a reduced risk of Type 2 diabetes that is a major health issue.
- Protects From Alzheimer and Dementia Diseases
Alzheimer’s disease considered as one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases which causes. If you drink coffee on a daily basis moderately, you can protect yourself from dementia.
- Lowered Risk Of Parkinson’s
Scientists proved that the coffee drinkers appeared to have a lowered risk of Parkinson’s disease which is considered as the second most common neurodegenerative severe disease, after Alzheimer’s.
