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The gas flame of coffee roaster
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About the sound
Coffee roaster: Ideal Rapid Gothot
Made in 1951, Germany
Type JRHS1, machine nro 138.
Motor Heemaf made in Dortmund ,Germany.
Bought from Holland in 1998.
The roasting chamber is heated by gas. Roasting takes about 12 minutes. One can hear the gas flame, jumping coffee beans and the rotation inside the roasting drum. Wonderful aroma starts to spread to the room.
Coffee roasting took place in Tampreen kehitysmaakauppa ry, Fair trade organization in Tampere, specialized in wholesale and coffee roasting. The organization was founded in 1983 to increase fair trade. Mainly they buy coffee beans from Tanzania Kilimanjaro Native Co-Operative Union but also from Bolivia and Ethiopia. They buy also Café Caracol, which comes from zapatist areas in Mexico. In Kehitysmaakauppa they roast espresso beans, instant coffee and filter coffee with two roasts: medium dark and dark.
Sound recording: Leena Ahonen
Video Recording: Kimmo Kestinen
Photographer: Leena Ahonen
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