1. Aligning roast approach with coffee processing methods
- Roasting techniques & strategies with different processed coffees
- Understand how processing methods (washed, natural, honey) affect roast profiles
2. Achieving roasting precision and consistency
- Batch-to-batch protocol to improve temperature instability
- Maintain consistency in bean temp, charge rhythm, and timing with Inlet Air Temp
3. Optimizing quality and batch efficiency
- Roast maximum batches without quality loss, achieve consistent quality
- Improve roast precision with consistent turning point temperature
- Separately adjust inside and/or outside bean development
4. Developing and refining roast profiles
- Create precise roast templates to introduce new coffees seamlessly and effectively
- Through cupping, understand firsthand the impact on taste of roasting
-- with the same development time but different ROR, and
--with same ROR and different development times
- Maintain sensory balance for filter and espresso with Scandinavian-style light roasts
5. Troubleshooting and collaborative problem-solving
- Consulting session to solve roast challenges (profiles, machine issues, or styles)
- Share anonymous questions sent in advance by the students for collaborative problem-solving
This course is primarily designed for the needs of professional roasting practitioners with specific practical concerns to elevate their craft.
Michael is also happy to welcome advanced home roasters and roastery decision-makers with advanced roasting skills who have the final responsibility of guiding a signature style that will make their coffee offering stand out.
Michael de Renouard is a Loring Certified Roastmaster, one of only three in the world. He is a coach to champion roasters and a taste consultant for leading coffee brands. He began as a professional roaster in 2006 and has been roasting with a Loring since 2011.
His roasting workshops had been exclusively held in Europe until the first time he came to the UAE to conduct his signature Masterclass in collaboration with Loring and The Coffee Roasting Company at Archers Academy in March 2023, set for a re-run in January 2024.
