Master Your Bullet the CoffeeMind Way

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Mastering Coffee Roasting on the Aillio Bullet

Course Objective:

Enable students to confidently operate their Aillio Bullet roaster, build evidence-based roast profiles, conduct sensory-valid experiments, and strategically target authentic consumer segments, guided entirely by CoffeeMind’s competency framework and scientifically validated principles.

Module 1: Getting to Know Your Aillio Bullet Roaster

• Introduction to the Aillio Bullet
  • Model comparison (R1 vs R2 Pro)
  • Understanding machine components and their function
  • Setup and safety considerations
• Hands-on Setup
  • First-time setup checklist
  • Roast management software (RoasTime) installation and setup
  • Initial burn-in roast and machine seasoning

Module 2: Achieving Control – Mastering Your Roaster Operation

• Principles of Control
  • Understand the variables: Temperature, airflow, drum speed, and time
• Roasting Step-by-Step
  • Preheating protocol and stability checks
  • Consistent coffee loading
  • Precise heat transfer management
• Creating Your First Roast Profile
  • Data-driven roasting
  • Practical session: Creating a basic roast profile from scratch.
  • Roast documentation for repeatability

Module 3: Experimentation – Validating Your Roasting Decisions

• Scientific Roasting Principles
  • CoffeeMind’s evidence-based research approach
  • Sensory science: Discriminative, Descriptive, Hedonic data
• Running Purposeful Experiments on Your Bullet
  • Roast profile modulation experiments
  • Avoiding experimental pitfalls
  • Valid comparative tastings: triangle and descriptive cupping
• Practical Experiment
  • Step-by-step airflow experiment
  • Analyzing sensory-proven results

Module 4: Evaluation – Trust Your Senses

• Understanding Sensory Skills
  • Developing sensory calibration
  • Objective sensory perception
• Practical Sensory Evaluation
  • Setting up sensory evaluation sessions
  • Sensory calibration exercises
  • Documenting sensory feedback

Module 5: Consumer Models – Build a Business Based on Your Journey

• Your Journey Matters
  • Learn how your own struggles, aspirations, and breakthroughs define your most aligned customer segment.
• From Roasting Epiphany to Customer Clarity
  • Step-by-step exercises to:
    • Map your personal journey (frustrations, breakthroughs, frameworks).
    • Define your “before” avatar – your ideal customer.
    • Translate your own transformation into a clear customer model.
• Craft Your Marketing Message
  • Learn to formulate:
    • Your “One Thing” that defines your offer.
    • Your “Big Domino” that knocks down all objections.
• Interactive Worksheets
  • Worksheet 1: Mapping Your Own Journey
  • Worksheet 2: Defining Your “Before” Avatar
  • Worksheet 3: Crafting Your Offer and Marketing Message

Module 6: Lean Production – Roasting Efficiently and Effectively

• Maximizing Value and Minimizing Waste
  • Lean roasting principles
  • Batch size and inventory management
• Operational Efficiency
  • Minimizing roasting waste
  • Roast software optimization

Module 7: CoffeePreneurship – Your Purpose and Your Market

• Finding Your “Why”
  • Clarifying your roasting vision
  • Integrating roasting into business strategy
• Aligning Vision with Customer Segments
  • Authentic consumer engagement
  • Targeting authentic customers strategically
• Strategy Development Exercise
  • Developing actionable market strategies

Module 8: Bringing it All Together – Bullet Roaster Mastery Project

• Integrative Project
  • Comprehensive roasting profile development
  • Documenting experimentation, evaluation, consumer segmentation, lean practices, and CoffeePreneurship insights
• Final Evaluation
  • Individualized feedback from CoffeeMind team