Midnight Bloom Coffee
Roasting
A Darker Roast, On Purpose
Almost everything on our roster is roasted light to medium, because that’s what keeps origin character in the cup. So this is the exception, and it’s worth writing up because it shows what the roast alone can …
Understanding Coffee Roast Phases
A walk through the roasting process using actual logged curves, phase by phase, from drying to development.
Roasting on Vashon Island
What running a roastery on an island near Seattle changes about the work, from ferry logistics to how long we spend on a profile.
What a Roasting Day Actually Looks Like
Roasting looks like a craft from the outside and mostly feels like process control from the inside. Before anything is hot The first decision is which lots to run and in what order. This isn’t arbitrary. The drum …