Computer-controlled coffee roaster is a bit much...

How serious are you about your coffee? I don't mean how you need coffee to survive in the morning, but how serious are you about roasting it? If you're happy with Starbucks that's one thing, but some folks take roasting their own beans to the next level. And for those people, there are devices like this computer-controlled coffee roaster.

This enormous contraption hooks up to your computer to do its thing. A fan inside the roaster controls the roasting process. The roasting chamber itself uses two tubes, one made of bakelite and the other a 3-inch diameter glass tube. To prevent damaging the setup and to allow for heat dissipation, this amazing Computer-Controlled Coffee Roaster uses a high temperature RTV (Room Temperature Vulcanizing) Silicone.

A screen at the bottom of the device can be used to empty the roaster and get freshly roasted beans at any time.Or, alternatively, you could just settle for Starbucks like a normal person. Just saying!

Inventor Spot, via Ubergizmo

Coffee firm converts waste to energy...

Via Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 20:21:00 08/09/2008

Spent Coffee Grounds are used to generate energy in the Cagayan de Oro factory of leading coffee brand Nescafe.

The Nestle CDO factory’s atmospheric fluidized bed boiler (AFBB) is a state-of-the-art technology that burns and recycles spent coffee grounds into bunker fuel, which the factory uses for its operations. Spent coffee grounds are the remains of ground roasted coffee after extraction.

“Because we burn less oil in generating steam, the AFBB helps reduce environmental pollution and save energy costs,” says Ed Legasto, senior vice president of Nestle Philippines Inc. and manager of the Cagayan de Oro factory.

He said that by using biomass or the spent coffee grounds as substitute for bunker fuel, “we prevent emission of air pollutants such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, which are natural by-products arising from the combustion of fossil fuels.”

Who says we Americans don't have a sense of humor?

Americans demand to be buried in coffee tins following "The Bucket List"

via Telegraph.co.uk

A coffee company whose tins are used as urns in the film The Bucket List, are reporting a stream of letters from fans who want to use the tins as the final resting place for their loved ones.

Inspired by the film starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, consumers are contacting Chock Full O'Nuts, the company whose coffee features in the story.
The product has been marketed for 75 years as "the heavenly coffee" and empty cans of the product are used as urns for the main characters who suffer from terminal cancer.

Visit the Chock Full O'Nuts website for coffee tips, information about their coffees, more stories about the 'urns' and to order online.

Roasting in Virginia (Charlottesville), who would have thought of it....

Shenandoah Joe Coffee Roasters - Tried a few cups of the local roaster's Blue Light Blend, Gotta Have More! Heard of them on the radio, but never tried their cofffee until now... I recommend you try them out...

In addition to regular varietals and blends, they also offer a wide variety of organic (shade-grown and fair-trade), and decaffeinated coffees (both chemically decaffeinated and water processed). They roast on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays; they will roast and grind your coffee to order, and ship it out to you within 24 hours.

Shenandoah Joe Coffee Roasters