Business For Sale

Coffee Roaster in Colorado Mountains. Mature/documented financials, operations, clients. Revenue +20% growth w/49% return! Includes a commercial and sample roaster, automated packaging equipment (full turn-key), local accounts, non-compete and full training. Excellent lease/location. World glass community and ski areas. No retail hours, excellent references. $239,000.
Contact MtnGhost04@yahoo.com.

Awesome 2nd career! Established wholesale coffee roasting company with cafe, drive-thru, and an ocean view on Hwy 101 in Oregon. Includes a 2 bedroom home on an adjoining 1/2 acre lot. Roasting and surfing lessons included. $950,000 includes land, buildings & business. Live Well, Drink Good Coffee For more information call 541.921.3573.

Equipment For Sale

Two Used Modern Process Equipment model 88-E Grinders, 15 HP elect. motor 220/480 volts; 3000 lbs/hr capacity, good condition, Machine is sold as is. $9.500. Contact Nolberto Castro at ncastro@iogpack.com

Two Franke Ecolino Superautomatic Espresso brewers. Lightly used 2-step espresso brewers with autosteam wand. Brewers are in great shape and well maintained. Feature dual grinders. Easy to use—makes great espresso. For more information, please call 800.752.3867.

Probat L12 with afterburner. 2 years old, great shape and well cared for. Reliable, solid roaster with maintenance records available. Ampco doublewall vent pipe included. $29,000. For more pictures and specs, please call Glenn at 970.247.1100.

Probat L-5, (5 kilo) roaster in excellent condition w/ propane and natural gas burners, extra motor and piping included. $16,000. For more information please call 206.567.4636.

Looking to Purchase

Equipment. Used roasting equipment, espresso equipment/tools, coffee- and tea-related equipment and tools. Looking to purchase a roasting company/plant in U.S. Looking to hire experienced roasters. Please contact Sam at 323.394.1155 or tl13@aol.com

Coffee Pacifica is interested in acquiring coffee roaster/retailers that are looking to sell their business. Please contact Mr. Shailen Singh by e-mail at shailen@coffeepacifica.com.

Organizations

Cup For Education is a non-profit organization designed to help poor rural coffee communities of Central and Latin America build schools within their communities and assist in providing them with teachers and the basic tools needed to educate the future generations of coffee farmers. Cup for Education sponsors a teacher for the Solidarity School in the community of Los Alpes in Jinotega, Nicaragua. Entering its second year, Karen Gordon, president and founder of CFE, says, “We are pleased to have raised enough funds to enable us to sponsor the teacher again for the school. The additional teacher allows this community to send children to school to further their education by another grade level.” For more information, go to www.cupforeducation.org or call 800.458.2233.

Consulting/Education

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Help Wanted

Roast Master. Istanbul based roaster of gourmet coffee is offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced roast master to take over the reins for our retiring founder. We specialize in espresso, filter, flavored and Turkish coffee. An exciting offer is on the table and the chance to help our expanding company grow. Please e-mail kmaleki@hotmail.com.

Roast Master. Thriving Atlanta specialty coffee company seeks career oriented, experienced roaster. Hand’s on opportunity includes being able to work on roasting equipment, cupping, purchasing, and product development. Job offers good pay and a laid back owner. Company has long established customers and a twelve year history. Please send resume to jonathan@lakehousecoffee.com.

Café Manager/Barista. We are seeking an enthusiastic, customer-focused Manager for our espresso bar and full-service restaurant in The Hamptons, Long Island, NY. Check out www.hamptoncoffeecompany.com and then e-mail HamptonCoffeeWHB@aol.com if you are interested. We’re growing and this is a great opportunity to make your make while enjoying Hampton’s sun, surf and nightlife.