A day in the April Coffee Roastery with Patrik Rolf - 1 day

"A day in the April roastery with Patrik Rolf"

1. Green Coffee Foundation

2. Sample Roasting & Green Coffee evaluation

3. Production Roasting

4. Quality Control

Price: 3500 dkk per person (at cancellation we will hold 50%)

Location: Solrød Byvej 15, 2680 Solrød Strand (30 minutes south of Copenhagen)

*each session offers a total of 20 available tickets and requires a minimum of 4 participants. If the session doesn't fill up we will refund the ticket value before the date. 

*the price does not include lunch

The session Includes:

08:00 - 12:00 Session 1

13:00 - 17:00 Session 2

Green Coffee Foundation

Purchasing green coffee is one of the most challenging, interesting and important processes when running a coffee roastery. In this section I will break down how and why I buy the way I do.

1. What to think about when you first start up

2. How to ensure quality over time

3. Logistics

4. Direct Trade - what does it mean and how should you do it

5. Purchasing plans for optimal cashflow

Sample Roasting & Green Coffee evaluation

Your roasts are never better than the Green Coffee you are working with. It's absolute key to understand it. 

1. How to sample roast - what machine to choose and what profiles to use

2. How do you identify a "red flag" in your Green Coffee?

3. Cupping protocols

Production Roasting

Get an insight into how I roast.

1. Roasting Curves & Profiling work

2. Roasting Together

Quality Control Process

In this session I will share the full QC process that we go through at April.

1. How to evaluate roasted coffee - taste, & colour

2. 2. When and how to cup

Brewing

Roasting and brewing is connected. The best brewers are the best roaster and the best roasters are the best brewers.

1. How and why I brew coffee the way I do