Degree of Roast Pictorial
Green unroasted coffee 0:00 - 75 f
Starting to pale 4:00 - 270 f
Early yellow stage 6:00 - 327 f
Yellow-Tan stage 6:30 - 345 f
Light Brown stage 8:00 - 370 f
Brown Stage 9:00 - 393 f
1st crack begins 9:20 - 401 f
1st crack under way 10:00 - 415 f
City roast: 1st crack finishes 10:40 - 426 f
City+ roast 11:05 435f
Full City roast: On the verge of 2nd crack 11:30 - 444 f
Full City+ roast: First audible snaps of 2nd crack 11:50 - 454 f
Vienna - Light French roast: 2nd crack is under way 12:15 - 465 f
Full French roast: 2nd crack is very rapid, nearing its end 12:40 - 474 f
Fully carbonized: Some call this Italian or Spanish roast, an insult to either! 13:00 - 486 f
Imminent fire ... 13:30 - 497 f
