We first reported on solar coffee roasting last year (see this story). Well, what started as an experiment in Oregon has moved to sunny Pueblo, Colorado, and has evolved into a business, Solar Roast, that uses solar power to roast up to fifty pounds of coffee a day. Actually, the coffee roasting facility is on nearby St. Charles Mesa; the cafe at 226 Main Street is just where they sell the coffee, along with the usual bagels and pastries you’d expect. Read more here.
What happens when engineers and scientists are putting in too many hours in the laser lab? They get sleepy, and want coffee FAST. So, what better way to make it than to use a 2kW laser to almost instantaneously heat it up to drinking temp? Watch this video for more (they also make some green tea at the same time). Gee, and up until now I thought I had every coffee brewing machine known to mankind.
We first reported on solar coffee roasting last year (see this story). Well, what started as an experiment in Oregon has moved to sunny Pueblo, Colorado, and has evolved into a business, Solar Roast, that uses solar power to roast up to fifty pounds of coffee a day. Actually, the coffee roasting facility is on nearby St. Charles Mesa; the cafe at 226 Main Street is just where they sell the coffee, along with the usual bagels and pastries you’d expect. Read more here.
