Roast

Pour yourself a cup for this one: Roasting coffee is less about precision and more about intuition—until you realize it’s actually both. The first time you fire up a skillet, the chaos of color shifts and crackling sounds can feel like a science experiment gone rogue. But here’s the thing: you’re not failing. You’re learning. The beans in question—Honduras Highland beans from Rohe Bohnen—showed no green after five minutes, which is a good sign. The first crack hit around six minutes, then lingered like a stubborn whisper until seven thirty to eight. You pulled them at nine minutes and forty-five…