HIGH RISE COFFEE - Photos Inside A Coffee Roastery (Colorado Springs, CO)
January 8, 2005
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High Rise Coffee! This is a premier wholesale and retail coffee roastery and store.
How to get there: The address is 2421 W. Cucharras, which is one block south of Colorado Avenue
in Old Colorado City. Also, their web address is www.HighRiseCoffee.com. |
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John greeted me and proudly stood by a retail counter of coffee beans. |
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I tried the complimentary coffee of the day, a blend from Uganda ... |
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... and let me tell you, it was heaven to my taste buds! |
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Then Andrew took me in the back to show me how he roasts their coffee beans. |
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First of all, notice how small the beans are compared to the
average roasted brown coffee bean. The beans are smaller and expand during the heating process.
Those large sacks of raw coffee beans are really, really, really
heavy. I tried to carry one and it was quite a doozy! :-{p |
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Now here is the actual roasting machine, which looks a bit like a locomotive
train in my opinion. :) |
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The beans go inside the large funnel. |
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The beans are roasted at nearly 400 degrees. After
about 10 to 15 minutes, the beans (left) started to turn
orange, and by the end, they (right) were dark brown! |
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Then, Andrew dropped all of the beans into a round tray
that cools the beans. Look at them spilling out! ;) |
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Cool air from the bottom and a rotating sifter helps cool off the beans. |
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Then the beans are poured into a bucket and will
soon be ready to be packaged. |
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Ta da! Andrew shows off the final product! |
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Now High Rise Coffee does quite a bit of wholesale sales,
but they also do retail, including a bunch of teas and high quality coffees in the front area. |
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A Colombian coffee bag.
Here are all my coffee-related pages:
Bongo Billy's Cafe
Mocha Spill
Foofy Latte
Business Card at Starbucks
Coffee Table at Pikes Perk
Coffee Creamer Incident |
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Look at the gifts Andrew generously gave me!
I got: Two bags of coffee (Timor Aifu and Mexican Oaxacan), two bags of tea
(Dragonwell green tea and Rooibos herbal blend), two syrups (raspberry and hazlenut) and a
French press coffee maker. Thank you Andrew! :) |
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Andrew challenged me to a game of darts after the tour.
It was not pretty for Andrew! After hitting the triple 13, it was all over in 401. Just look at the lopsided victory on the scoreboard!
It kind of reminded me of the two times I won big at Scrabble
Scrabble and
got the high score on Ms. Pac Man. ;) |
