Coffee was introduced to India during the late seventeenth century The story goes that an indian pilgrim to Mecca – known as baba budan – smuggled seven beans back to India from Yemen in 1670 (it was illegal to take coffee seeds out of Arabia at the time) and planted them in the chandragiri hills … Read more
raw coffee beans are dropped into loaders and then into a rotating drum. The drum is pre-heated to a temperature of around 240 degrees. After 12-15 minutes depending on the type of roast, the roasted beans will exit the drum at around 195 degrees and are then taken out into a cooling tray at the … Read more
There are debates surrounding who was the more influential. From the UKs Richard Evans in the 1820s through to Jabez Burns of the US in the mid 1860s and the Probat company who patented the ‘Kaffeeschnellröster’ (rapid coffee roaster) in 1880. Who discovered roasting? The first recorded implements for roasting coffee beans were thin pans … Read more
This is the oldest—and some say, most elegant—cafe in Rome. What was the first coffee brand? The wave of drinking coffee continued to rise, with the first coffee company being founded in San Francisco in 1850. The Pioneer Steam Coffee and Spice Mills became the first known company to commercialize and mass produce coffee. Today, … Read more