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An apparatus for roasting coffee beans includes: a vessel to contain coffee beans, a heating device to heat coffee beans contained in the vessel, and a control system operable to control the heating device and configured to apply a roasting recipe (R) providing the temperature T_@t1, T_@t2, . . . to be applied at discrete successive times t₁, t₂, . . . , respectively. For a customised quantity m of coffee beans introduced inside the vessel, the control system is configured to obtain at least the quantity m of coffee beans introduced inside the vessel. The control system is configured to access at least one series of roasting recipes (R_i, R_i+1, . . . ) adapted to the roasting of different successive pre-determined quantities (M_i, M_i+1, . . . ) of beans of same type and to the pre-determined quantities Mi, Mi+1, . . . , and based on the accessible series of roasting recipes (R_i, R_i+1, . . . ) adapted to the roasting of different successive pre-determined quantities (M_i, M_i+1, . . . ) of beans of same type. Based on the obtained quantity m of coffee beans introduced inside the vessel, the control system is configured to determine the roasting recipe (R) to be applied on the obtained quantity m of coffee beans introduced inside the vessel.

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