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>>sebg+(OP)
Tim Wendelboe (perhaps the greatest coffee roaster) has been talking about this on his latest Q&A podcast. A rigmarole for exports plus climate change are causing issues.

He does a two-episode deep dive into the Kenyan coffee market here, which is worth a listen: https://timwendelboe.no/2024/03/inside-kenyas-coffee-market-...

>>philip+b8
I know nothing about coffee roasting but the level of wankery on that site is an absolute delight. Makes me wonder if this is deliberate

https://timwendelboe.no/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/T_Wendelb...

https://www.gottahaverockandroll.com/ItemImages/000025/jul18...

>>pvg+Pb
I know a lot about coffee roasting and can say that your wankery meter is on point. Calling someone "likely the best coffee roaster" is like calling someone "likely the best wine maker". It's something that people reach for via wankery to get clout. It's not actually something you can asses via reasonable metrics.

He knows a lot about roasting yes, he's not anywhere near some consensus god in coffee roasting no one can touch

Wankery abounds in coffee.

>>polair+yw
Everything is subjective, but the most prominent restaurant ranking is "The World's 50 Best Restaurants", which polls many chefs to get a ranking every year and does a decent job.

Roastful is trying to apply a similar methodology to coffee roasting, by polling 32 industry experts.

And, the #1 roaster in their rankings this year is Tim Wendelboe.

You can debate the method, but it's not total wankery.

https://www.roastful.com/top-roasters

>>philip+cy1
Wankery is really orthogonal to accuracy - this could well be the best-ranked roaster, Dustin Curtis may have really discovered the best spoon, etc.