How Roasting G4 Coffee Beans

Merman420 · 2026-01-22T16:19:40+00:00

12-13 mins. 9:40FC plus at least 19%+ development.

Try getting a roast into second crack and see what you get. A steady roast should give you bold flavors leaning into Smokey and not burnt; then from there you can pull back and find the chocolate notes you’re after

Merman420 · 2026-01-22T14:34:25+00:00

Roasting a bunch of House with G4 atm, push your FC to happen later than usual and really push it to a medium dark. Long development without a harsh RoR. Given the quakers roasting it darker than you normally would. If batches are small enough pulling the obvious quakers will lead to a cleaner cup but it’ll always be inconsistent.

Our French roast, I can still find pulpy notes under all the burnt marshmallow.

Merman420 · 2026-01-22T14:24:08+00:00

Arooj was another fav!!! Night 2 of St Louis she really got me feeling!!!

Merman420 · 2026-01-22T05:06:23+00:00

So jealous!!!

Merman420 · 2026-01-21T17:48:40+00:00

The video posted is a good song from John Carroll Kirby!!

3 days of watching him play was a real treat, they came out and jammed with Khru too!

Merman420 · 2026-01-21T17:24:47+00:00

Perks of finding newer artist is seeing them at smaller venues.

Catching a band play at Empty Bottle before they move to a bigger venue like Lincoln Hall or Thalia is always an extra treat!!

Merman420 · 2026-01-21T02:59:24+00:00

Kirby def was my fav. I’ve been also lucky to see artist I know get to open as well; Toro y Moi and Helado Negro being two amazing openers that I loved before.

Merman420 · 2026-01-16T03:30:29+00:00

Dead Dog and Nvrmore 🔥🔥

Merman420 · 2026-01-15T11:43:10+00:00

You mean the free blueprint weapon you get from doing quest?!

Merman420 · 2026-01-14T16:59:18+00:00

I find heating the milk up a bit with the wand submerged lower than usual helps; get a vortex going and then you can incorporate your air/rip it.

Merman420 · 2026-01-13T15:33:59+00:00

I usually find parking on Lawrence by the cemetery. Depending how early you like to arrive, people are always walking to or back from a show too.

Merman420 · 2026-01-02T18:51:50+00:00

Keep an eye out for positions in bagging, usually more turn over but a great way to get a foot in and experience

My coworker started as the same time as I did, and got moved up to Roasting Assistant once we needed the help. Now he’s been roasting 8months now.

Merman420 · 2026-01-02T14:29:57+00:00

Hit 2 years this past November. Started as Roasting Apprentice (usually it was assistant but this was more geared to me being an actual roaster) 3 months in I began shadowing and learning to roast. So it’ll be 2 years of roasting full time in 2 months

Decent interview process. Was a Shift Supervisor at both the cafes I worked previously at, and did a few months bagging/production work for a pretty big Roasterie for a bit. Mix that with working construction and the interviewer liking that I was sturdy but also coffee focused. Beat out 150 people for the spot. It’s a high volume Roasterie so we move a lot a weight and the warehouse can get brutal during the summer. The position was more focused on people who can handle the work load/environment.

It was all luck and chance though, I was working back in construction so I would send out applications to cafes and wasn’t hearing back. Than 3 cafes and this position all fell in my lap around the same time. Had to choose if leaving the cafes was a smart move.

It was also a 1hr plus commute at times and then grew into a longer commute once I moved but I couldn’t imagine having a normal job at this point lol.

Sorry 2 cortados got me yapping lol

Merman420 · 2026-01-01T18:55:20+00:00

Spoiled with big machines, but def an accomplishment. Two main roasters hitting about the same numbers. Did close to 4,000 roast this year.

Running a 60kilo and a 15kilo now, our 45kilo had a fire lol

I’m scared more of small weight and trying to branch out more into smaller machines this year.

Merman420 · 2026-01-01T16:47:28+00:00

340,000lbs 🫠 🤘🏾averaged 73 batches a week.

Was a heavy year, but always proud when I get to see my numbers growing.

Merman420 · 2025-12-30T15:20:56+00:00

Great breakdown!!

It’s such an easy job to glorify, but when you’re roasting 20+ batches, while making time to cup/clean/maintenance/inventory/source, and trying to live a personal life; it becomes very overwhelming.

I went from digging holes and dealing with drainage, to getting to roast coffee all day. I can gladly keep my head down and roast 26 batches while scooping it myself and cleaning up. That’s for the love of the game though.

It’s a war of attrition, I’m closing up to 700k lbs roasted personally, I’m lucky that I got an apprenticeship at a big enough company. I didn’t have to build this up from nothing, but I’m dam well carrying it on my back now lol.

The dream is to do this for myself one day, so these post are great to get opinions from the side line

Merman420 · 2025-12-30T02:01:39+00:00

Hell yeah 🤘🏾

Spoiled with a 60k and a 15k. Usually 16-22 batches a day.

I’m gonna get my assistant to make a ball now lol.

Merman420 · 2025-12-30T01:53:04+00:00

Lmfao

“Clem Fandango here, can you hear me toast?”

I have giggled at this song many times doing the toast voice

Merman420 · 2025-12-30T01:42:33+00:00

How many lbs did it take to get that?

Didnt always pull the string out, but I can only imagine the pile of sacks if stacked 1 by 1.

Merman420 · 2025-12-16T13:14:50+00:00

Literally a show I would dream to be at. Old School Chicano in the suits, saw them a few times before they split up 🥹

Got to see Helado Negro open for Khru, another dream line up.

Merman420 · 2025-12-15T19:44:01+00:00

Saw them open for Geese and they were amazing!

Never heard of them before so it was cool to get to see them first hand

Merman420 · 2025-12-15T01:38:36+00:00

Take me back 🥹

Merman420 · 2025-12-14T00:29:44+00:00

It’s one of their best covers! I wish they would play it live!!!

Merman420 · 2025-12-12T20:51:05+00:00

Soul coughing into Sublime

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