Different roasts for different folks!

I called in two coffee experts to break it down for me.

so you can understand the distinction in the processes, lets quickly lay out the basics of bean roasting.

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In this process, there are two key moments called cracks.

The first crack indicates a light roast, the second indicates a dark roast.