The rapid proliferation of roasters who, through self-identification or external attribution, may be categorized as ultralight, in conjunction with an ostensible change in taste preferences and tolerances amongst consumers of speciality coffee, I think, merits a rigorous treatment of what “ultralight” could mean on the basis of conceptual necessity. Let’s proceed! The ubiquity of coffee gear has played no small part in the fetishization of the physicotechnical aspects of coffee, e.g., equipment inputs within a brew recipe, devices for the quantitative measurement of roast and brew outcomes, etc. These are...
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Hi there! This storefront was started to supplement my goal of producing rigorously dialed roasts. First and foremost, I am a coffee enthusiast. Everything that I say or do here should be measured in accordance with my love for coffee (which I'd like to consider as a specific manifestation for my love of the world writ large). My current approach to roasting is as follows: the roaster ought to intervene as little as possible in bringing out as much of the desirable qualities of the coffee. My roasts are and...
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