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Two cracks instead of one (eg French roast)
>As coffee roasts get "darker", the color of the coffee beans darkens and more coffee oils appear on the surface. In keeping with these characteristics, French roast coffee beans are dark brown and shimmering with oil.
>French roast beans are also at the end of what's called the "second crack." This means they are cooked with such intensity that they make two cracking noises during the roasting:
>One crack comes from the release of steam.Another crack happens when the cell walls break down and release oils to the surface of the beans.
In most roasts, coffee beans only crack once.