Roasting Milestones
The year that Starbucks started roasting its own coffee.
What is 1972?
These beans are noticeably lighter in color and will have greater acidity with a lighter body.
What are Starbucks Blonde Roast beans?
The person who oversees our roasting facilities.
Who is a Master Roaster?
The process by which caffeine is removed from the green coffee bean.
What is decaffeination?
She will be a DM in April.
Who is Lucia Davila?
CONGRATULATIONS, LUCIA!!!
The year that Pike Place Roast was launched.
What is 2008?
These beans have an increased body and offer a more balanced aroma and taste.
What are medium-roasted beans?
He helped to develop Espresso Roast in the 1970s.
Who is Dave Olsen?
This gas is introduced to silos to keep roasted coffee fresh.
What is Nitrogen?
He will be traveling to Sierra Leone in April.
Who is David McEvan?
What is 1975?
These beans have a noticeably shiny, oily surface and typically have a more roasted, rich flavor with full body and less acidity.
What are dark-roast beans?
This team is responsible for creating our coffee blends.
Who is the Global Coffee Development Team?
This stage in coffee roasting occurs between 6 and 9 minutes when the beans double in size and make a crackling sound as they expand.
What is First Pop (or First Crack)?
He is our Community Champion.
Who is Tim Waites?
The year that Blonde Roast was introduced.
What is 2011?
Coffee beans that are store for three to five years are known as this.
What are aged coffee beans?
He joined Starbucks in 1982 as the marketing manager.
Who is Howard Schultz?
This decaffeination process begins by soaking the green beans in water to create "flavor-charged water".
What is SWISS WATER process?
DMs who have sons named Zachary.
Who are Alison and Phil?
The year that FlavorLock bags were introduced to extend coffee shelf life.
What is 1985?
Green beans are roasted for this amount of time.
What is 12 to 15 minutes?
The three founders of Starbucks.
Who are Jerry Baldwin, Gordon Bowker, and Zev Siegl?
This machine filters out physical debris that may have gotten into arriving bags of green coffee beans.
What is a Green Coffee Processor?
He believes that "with great power comes great responsibility".
Who is John McCusker?