Tea & Coffee 01/02 - People News (#)
„Don Holly began his coffee career working with the Diedrich family as a business partner, assisting in the initial growth of Diedrich Manufacturing, now Diedrich Coffee Roasters. During his career at Diedrich Coffee he served as chief financial officer and vice president of operations.“
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Tea & Coffee 05/03 - Getting the Skinny on Sample Roasters: Part I
„Then, one roaster manufacturer posed this question: “Do these small machines really produce a decent enough roast to help determine a green sample’s worth?” It all comes down to that. In response, listed below are some new sample roasters that just might help in the green coffee buying decision. For the record, in my opinion, not one of these machines has the kind of variable settings that would qualify them as a commercial roaster. But, the point of this article is to determine if they could assist in finding a great coffee.“
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„ Don Holly of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters stresses the importance of test-driving as many machines as you can. It’s a considerable investment—small-batch roasters run from around $5000 to as much as $25,000, and he also recommends practicing on a home roaster if you are unsure about whether or not roasting is something you will really take to. Throughout the industry, the experts recommend Kenneth Davids’ book, Home Coffee Roasting: Romance and Revival.” “I just reread it on my way back from[a recent trip],” says Davis.“
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Tea & Coffee 05/01 - Life in a Vacuum
„But larger roasters have a question: “If my customers refuse to buy coffee from a small local roaster and they will only buy coffee where they can do so as inexpensively and as conveniently as possible, why shouldn’t our company try and provide them the freshest tasting product possible?” The realities of the marketplace certainly can chill or stifle the most romantic notions. It’s true, most people are not going to buy coffee from anywhere but their grocery store and they will probably even buy it ground or grind it in the store. For them, the issue is not whether to provide them with an Ethiopian Harrar and a Yemen Mocha that are fresh enough so that the difference between these two great coffees can be appreciated. Rather, the challenge is to get whatever coffee this customer wants to buy (and it will probably be a Colombian coffee, flavored coffee or the generic “house blend” of yore) and try to deliver that coffee as freshly as is possible to that customer.“
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„Only a highly trained roaster can monitor air temperature and humidity, and make adjustments for the desired results. To guarantee quality, Peet's roasters sample each batch of coffee to make sure the roast tastes right.“
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Tea & Coffee 06/02 - Man or Machine: Who’s the Better Roastmaster?
„The automation control systems are designed around the controllability that you have with the Diedrich coffee roasters but we’re adapting or retrofitting other machines on the market with the automated roast control systems. The variables we control on the Diedrich roaster are air temperatures, bean temperatures, air flow velocity and time. We can achieve very exact degrees of roast and with the control systems, we’re monitoring or using 15-second check points for all four of those variables.“
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