Roasting Guide

	Oven Roasting
	Behmor Roaster

 

4 hr grind for liquor

16 hour grind for sugar addition 

What’s a baseline roast?

Roaster: Behmor (drum roaster) 

Temperature: Pre-determined Profile 1

Duration: 17mins 30s

Bean mass: 1100g fermented & dried beans

What’s meant by low and high roasts? Do they mean the same thing to everyone?

References to “low” and “high” do not necessarily mean the same thing to everyone in the industry. It depends…..

For us at Meridian, this is what the deal is for us in-house:

LOW ROAST

Roaster: Behmor (drum roaster) 

Temperature:Profile 1

Time: 8-12 mins

HIGH ROAST

Roaster: Behmor (drum roaster) 

Temperature: Profile 1

Time: 24 mins

For a counter-top convection oven tray roast (e.g. Hamilton Beach)

LOW ROAST

Temperature: 115-120C / 239-248F

Time: 8-12 mins

HIGH ROAST

Temperature: 130-140C / 266-284F

Temperature: Profile 1

Time: 24 mins

For those wishing to do home oven roasts, this is what we’ve done for both convection and non-convection ovens: