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We at Roast Rebels have dedicated ourselves to a single theme: Simply roasting your own coffee. On the one hand, we offer the most proven small coffee roasting machines as well as high-quality green coffees, on the other hand, we want to support people who roast their own…
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Stop Blaming Your Roaster — It's the Beans (opens the original)
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Ever brewed a coffee that looked perfect and still tasted disappointing? Roast Rebels founder Ingo walks through the real reason: the green coffee bean itself, not the roasting machine, is the single biggest factor behind how your cup tastes. This episode is a deep dive into the six pillars that shape coffee flavor before roasting even starts: species and variety, processing method, origin, altitude, quality grading, and freshness/storage. Ingo explains the difference between Arabica and Canepho
Comparison Sample Roasters Ikawa, Roest, Kaffelogic, Nucleus (opens the original)
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Four sample roasters go head-to-head on the same coffee, and only a blind cupping decides the winner. Ingo lines up the Ikawa, the Roest L200 Ultra, the Kaffelogic Nano7 and the Nucleus LINK, roasts one washed Colombia on each machine using nothing but its out-of-the-box profile, then hands the cups to two people whose palates you can trust: Sierra Yeo, reigning Swiss Brewers Cup Champion and Q Grader, and her guest Catherine Queiroz, Vice Champion of the World Cup Tasters Championship, Q Grader
Colombia: The Perfect Second Origin to Explore (opens the original)
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Colombia might be the most rewarding second origin any coffee lover can explore. It combines a centuries-old washed-coffee tradition that's forgiving to roast with a fast-growing wave of experimental processing that keeps surprising even seasoned roasters. Ingo breaks down both sides in this episode. Coffee reached Colombia in the early 18th century, brought over by Jesuits from Venezuela. The first documented plantings date to around 1730-1740, exports began around 1830, and by the early 1900s
What It Actually Costs to Start Your Own Coffee Roastery (opens the original)
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What does it actually cost to open your own coffee roastery? Ingo from Roast Rebels walks through every real expense involved in building a roastery from scratch — and lays out a much cheaper way to get started before you commit six figures. Building a full setup around a 10–15 kg roasting machine lands most people somewhere between €80,000 and €100,000. The roasting machine itself, plus its add-ons, typically accounts for €60,000 to €70,000 of that — with the machine alone running around €30,00
World Brewers Cup 2026: Breaking Down Sierra's Routine (opens the original)
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Fresh back from Brussels: Sierra just competed at the World Brewers Cup 2026, and in this episode she sits down with Ingo to watch her own routine together — pausing along the way to unpack the details behind every pour. From a brand-new vacuum degassing tool to a strict 10-minute clock that punishes every second over the limit, this is a behind-the-scenes look at what it actually takes to compete on coffee's biggest stage.In this conversation:🔥 Sierra's full World Brewers Cup performance, rewat
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