Gentle coffee trend: Coffee should be roasted and stomach-friendly in the world of coffee there are always trends that are to be welcomed. One of them: artisan roasted coffees from small roasters, which spread across the globe and offer genuine coffee specialities. Actually an old hat, but now rediscover the coffee customers. Regional coffee roasters are the trend thanks to the third wave of the coffee. Customers want more gently roasted coffee from sustainable cultivation. Not only because a well roasted coffee is considered to be gentle to the stomach, but also because customers attach importance to sustainability and social responsibility. Specialists refer to this as the third wave of the coffee.

Also preparation and the time which take customers to enjoy their coffee in addition to the already mentioned features are characteristic for this coffee trend. The claim: Coffee should taste tip and should be accompanied by enjoying a good feeling. If customers know where the coffee is grown and harvested, they have a good feeling, then in the aroma of a Highest quality coffees culminates. The coffee roasters are responsible gently roasted coffee for the taste: the aroma of a roasting decides here. Regional and small roasters rely entirely on gentle process, which may last longer, but also a better result.

‘Gently roasted’ means first of all, that the temperature curve of roasting slowly rise – is so progressive. The final temperature is also not as high and it is roasted in small quantities. In the industry that things are different: tons of coffee are associated with extreme heat up to the so-called second crack. This is the point at which the beans crack easily. Water escapes as enlarged during the first crack, the volume of the beans themselves and it is formed by the so-called Maillard-reaction between 800 and 1200 different flavors. The chemical operations are the same in a gentle roasting process. The difference in temperature. Good thing wants to have time, you could say. The result of such a roasting is under including a much more stomach-friendly coffee as an industrial roasting. Plus: The balance of flavors is mostly balanced.