FOR UNPARALLELED ACCURACY AND REPEATIBILITY IN ROAST DEGREE DETERMINATION
ROAST DEGREE AND COLOR
Roast degree is the term used to describe the overall level of, "doneness"
of a batch of roasted coffee.
However, because the physical and chemical properties of green coffee beans vary, as well as the time and temperature parameters employed in roasting specific profiles, the color of the roasted beans only represents ,"doneness" relative to the specific roast profile, as it is defined.
Two identical green coffee bean samples can be roasted to the same color, but have different physical characteristics, most notably in bean size, pore size and pore volume, by simply changing the temperature and time parameters.
Color is simply the most practical gauge of how complete the specific roast is.
HERE'S THE DIFFERENCE
Colortrack is part of a new wave of laser technology breakthroughs, made possible by pc based data acquisition hardware and software. The ColorTrack Laser Module transmits and receives some 10,000 individual readings in a one second scan. Since the recomended scan time is 20 seconds, that leaves about 200,000 readings to be analyzed per test.
The unique signal generated by the laser module, operates specifically in the 785 nanometer range of the color spectrum, which is the optimum range for detection of shade differences, and never before available on a color analyzer.
The combination of the type of signal, and the dramatically increased sample size, have provided an instrument capable of analyzing roasted coffee color, in ways never before imagined. It may be possible in time to eliminate the grinding and other sample preparation procedures altogether.
SCANS DRAMATICALLY LARGER SAMPLE AREA
MOST PRECISE COLOR BY SHADE SENSING TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE
VIRTUALLY ELIMINATES SAMPLE PREPARATION
CORRELATES EASILY TO ANY SCALE OR TECHNOLOGY
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MOISTURE, PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION, COLOR, AND SAMPLING
“I spend endless hours seeking the perfect roast. It requires passion, but it also requires the right color analysis tools. ColorTrack provides the technologies and tools I need and rely on. They are simply unmatched in the industry. Seek perfection. Get ColorTrack.”
Alexandru Niculae
World Coffee Roasting Champion 2016
“I know coffee, but perfection requires tools. ColorTrack and Cropster provide those and are unmatched by anything else in the coffee industry. They allow me to plan perfection, not hope for it.”
George Howell
SCAA Lifetime Achievement Award
SCAE Better Coffee World Award
Founder, Coffee Connection
President & CEO, George Howell Coffee
“I know coffee and constantly seek the perfect roast and cup but perfection requires effective tools and accuracy. ColorTrack provides those highly advanced coffee-centric technologies that help us in pursuing those goals. ColorTrack is clearly the new gold standard for coffee color analysis”
Willem Boot
Coffee Expert
World Renowned Coffee Roaster
Owner, boot Coffee Consulting
“Our mission is to be the best among coffee roasters in the world. ColorTrack and Cropster are the best tools I have come across they are instrumental in helping me understand roasting better and keeps our roast quality as consistent as possible.”
