Lebenshilfe Bamberg is a German institution that helps people with disabilities find work opportunities within their workshops. Offering a wide range of positions including metal assembly, plastics processing, bicycle service, packaging and housekeeping, their employees have many options to choose the perfect job to fit their skill sets and interests. One issue that was ever… Read more »
On a quiet street corner in Burlington, Vermont rests a beautiful glass covered coffee shop with “Social Revolution” on the sign. With a modern style, that still feels like your favorite diner, Perky Planet is the brain child of Richard and Christine Vaughn. After visiting a coffee shop in Wilmington, North Carolina that employed people… Read more »
A young entrepreneur in Middle Saxony Germany is making waves in the coffee scene with his unique approach on coffee sourcing and how it reaches the end consumer. Nicolas Sihombing, a previous freelance musician and voluntary co-pastor, started his first coffee venture in 2015 when he was 33 years old, with the goal of roasting… Read more »
Coffee and Cocoa have been staples in the human diet for a very long time. Since 1500 BCE, cocoa roasting has been embraced for the pleasure of all who consume it. Almost three thousand years later, early in the 15th century, the knowledge and practice of roasting coffee beans spread quickly across Africa, Europe, and… Read more »
On the western side of Namibia, located 2 kilometers from the Atlantic Ocean and surrounded by the Namib-Naukluft National Park exudes the sweet aroma of fresh roasted coffee wafting through the air. If you follow this enticing smell through the desert you will reach the origin point of Two Beards Coffee. A roastery and… Read more »
Tucked away in a quiet neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia, Roastology Coffee owner Dan Allen has started a local movement educating people on different methods of preparing and understanding the process of turning a raw coffee bean into a delicious cup of coffee. “Coffee roasting is more than heating the beans until they’re done, there’s a… Read more »
Part IV: Wood Fired Roasters Our four-part blog series Beans, Burners, and the Heat in Between describes the various roasting methods that use different energy sources. Previous posts in this series include Part 1: Gas burners, Part II: Pre-Mix Gas Burners, and Part III: Electrical Heating. Last but not least, we’d now like to end our review with… Read more »
Part III: Electrical Heating Electrical heating is the cleanest heating source available for roasting. This is just one of its many advantages. And just like with everything else, there are also some disadvantages, at least according to some roasters. One thing is certain: in some cases, gas is not an option. In these cases,… Read more »
Part II: Pre-mix Gas Burners In our previous post we described the first category of gas burners – self-aspirated burners. This time we will talk about the second category: pre-mix gas burners. First-generation gas burners with air pump This burner comes equipped with an air pump, and it is more ducted than pre… Read more »
Part I: Gas burners One thing is obvious: roasting begins with heat. Heat is far from obvious. We spend our professional lives thinking long and hard about the best ways – the healthiest and most efficient – to deliver heat to beans, beginning from the component that ignites it all: the burner. Till they… Read more »
Sustainability – and environmental sustainability as one of its key elements – is now high on the agenda at specialty coffee symposiums. The Sustainability Council of the American Specialty Coffee Association has recently published a comprehensive green guide for coffee industry stakeholders. Does this mean we are finally on the verge of a major shift… Read more »
We look forward to seeing you all at this year’s Global Specialty Coffee Expo organized by the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA). For the last-minute planners among you, the expo will be held at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, WA, on April 21-23, 2017. Coffee-Tech will have coffee roasting equipment on location for you… Read more »
What is beans roasting actually? Most food preparation processes that take basic ingredients beyond raw – baking, grilling, roasting, frying, boiling, and the list goes on – involve heat transfer in some form. Intermediary agents are often used in the cooking process, such as water (boiling), fat (frying), or air (baking). Other cooking methods crucially… Read more »
Coffee-Tech’s Silon ZR-7 was awarded Best New Roaster by the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe at the 2016 World of Coffee event hosted in Dublin. World of Coffee is a yearly trade show dedicated to professionals and aficionados of specialty coffee. The 2016 event drew in thousands of visitors and 258 exhibiting companies from 81… Read more »
At Coffee-Tech, we manufacture high-end artisanal coffee roasters and coffee roasting equipment for the specialty coffee industry. Over the years, we have developed a unique philosophy of coffee roasting. This is a great opportunity to share it with you coffee specialists and enthusiasts. The process of finding the right technology can be long and hard…. Read more »
