Alchemy in
the Roasting
Lab
Mention the word “alchemy” and most people
will automatically think of long-bearded Medieval men
mixing magical potions in their never-ending quest to
convert lead to gold. Although the fruits of the early
alchemists were never actually realized, the quest to
instill greater value into something as common as lead
continues to fascinates us.
Roasters are no different. Who else, on a daily basis,
converts ordinary green beans into something consisting
of more than one thousand complex compounds and an
aroma “as sweet as honey?”
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