Guides on coffee roasting software, analytics, and workflow.
Baked coffee comes from a stalled roast where rate of rise flatlines near zero. What baking is, how it differs from a crash, and how to fix a stalled development.
A complete comparison of Artisan, Cropster, and First Crack for Mac users — covering real-time logging, cloud sync, bean inventory, analytics, and pricing.
Development time ratio (DTR) is the fraction of a roast spent from first crack to drop. What DTR is, how to calculate it, target ranges, and why it matters.
On an electric roaster, rate of rise can hold an elevated, gently declining curve instead of bleeding to single digits. Why airflow, not heat cuts, shapes it.
Guided Roast is First Crack's browser-based live roast logger. Type probe readings, tap events, get full phase analysis, no hardware required. How it works.
Coffee roasting software for the Kaleido M-series. First Crack Bridge reads and controls the M1 and M10 over USB or Bluetooth, with cloud sync and free analytics.
Bridge is First Crack's native macOS and Windows app. It connects supported roasters and streams live BT, ET, and RoR into the web app. What it does and how to join.
Import your Artisan roast library into First Crack: .alog file import, what data transfers, and how to set up bean inventory from your existing roasts.
Rate of rise (RoR) measures how fast bean temperature climbs during a roast. How it's calculated, what a healthy curve looks like, common problems, and the fixes.
Every coffee roast moves through three phases: drying, Maillard, and development. What happens to the bean in each, the boundaries between them, and what to watch.
First crack is the audible signal marking the turn from drying to development in a coffee roast. What causes it, when it happens, and why it matters.
Learn how to read a roast curve. This guide explains the axes, bean vs environmental temperature, rate of rise, healthy curve shapes, warning signs, and key markers.
How to roast coffee consistently: what makes two roasts comparable, the axes that drift batch-to-batch, and how to measure and tighten roast consistency over time.
A RoR crash is a sharp dive in rate of rise after first crack that bakes the cup. Learn what causes a rate of rise crash, the flick, and how to fix it.
Underdeveloped roast tastes grassy and hollow; overdeveloped coffee tastes flat and dull. Diagnose each from the cup and the curve, and fix them.