Coffee Alberta Damascus

Coffee roasting was prevalent in Turkey in 1540's. One book had coffee introduced in Turkey around 1480. Another book had coffee in Turkey in the times of the Crusades. Roasting began around Damascus because Damascus iron easily handled the thermal characteristics which were required for roasting. Well, iron pan style roasters any way. The first iron made roasters were more like big frying pans with lids. In many countries, the common frying pan is still in use and working great today. Pan Roasting a coffee bean tends to sear the bean and doesn't give an even penetrating roast. Searing the coffee bean helps retains much of the moisture and oils content, in contrast roasting dries the coffee bean out. Although consistency isn't one characteristic of pan roasting, searing the coffee bean has some real definite advantages for preserving the essential volatile oils.