We just returned from the Canadian Coffee & Tea Show, in Vancouver, where the
Roastaire™ roasted coffee on the show floor. The big deal was that it was the only coffee roaster that took on the challenge of roasting inside without a chimney. A lot of design work has gone into improving the roaster efficiency and pollution controls but that is what made it possible to accomplish task.
The air, cooling the newly roasted beans, was vented into the room so there was a coffee aroma near the booth but the roasting smoke was neutralized within the machine which is why this machine is friendly to neighbours.
Mel, the Roast Master, roasted approximately forty 3 kg batches of coffee while he explained the
Roastaire™ features and the significance of monitoring the roasting process in real time with the computer. The Bean Sampler was only pulled to show the visitors that there was a Bean Sampler but that the process was not optimal especially for someone with less than a year's roasting experience.
Mel's coffee is available at
FreshCup.ca There are no transportation costs within Canada for two or more pounds of coffee. Unfortunately this morning's order from Santiago, Chile could not be filled in a timely manner. FRESHNESS is their mantra.
We also received the Twitter Lawrence Tanner who has a better photo of the
Roastaire™ on yfrog: (link is ) as shown below
It is quite a challenge to photograph stainless steel cylinders in front of a black wall. There is certainly something to be learned in that process as well.
Roastaire™ and
Coffee Roasting
