Equipment for Sale

Roasting Equipment. 120 kilo Gothot roaster, 30 kilo Ambex roaster with profile roasting system, Gemstar Volumetric packaging machine with Jaguar printer. Call or email for pricing and photos. E-mail pgill@latitudecoffee.com or call 941.556.2600 ext 306.

2 Kilo Coffee Tech Solar Automatic Roaster. Roast up to 4.4 lb. per roast, 2009 electric roaster with chaff collector and stainless steel roasting cart. $7,500. Weigh-Right Stainless Steel packaging machine will do 2 oz to 5 lb green/roasted cofffee. $8,500. Ohio Location. Call 614.478.9596 or email tnewman@creatingdemand.com.

SAMPLE ROASTER- Pinhalense TP 1 E single barrel. Propane (tank not incl), additions include thermocouple probe thru rear center shaft, digital read out, gas gauge, $2800 plus shipping. Call Glenn 970.247.1100 or email glenn@desertsuncoffee.com.

Business for Sale

Alaska Roaster Offering Ownership Stake. Solid growth & few competitors. State’s fastest growing region. Strategic location: 1-hr drv to over ½ Alaska pop. Top-grade clients. Priv. label & propr. brand. To reach next level, Mstr roaster (Ag background) seeks 2 factors: partner with marketing/CFO skillset, & capital to support exist. growth /share in wealth generation. Hugh Wade 907.230.1523.

Business Opportunity

Roasterie Shop/Espresso Bar (partnership opportunity). Ready-to-launch Roasterie Shop/Espresso Bar is looking for an investor-partner to run the store. Strategically located in the upscale Aventura (Miami, FL) area. Main product lines: Specialty Coffees (green and roasted), Teas, hand-made chocolate and authentic Italian gelato. Household brewing and roasting equipment and accessories. Fully equipped with NEW, top-of-the-line espresso, brewing and roasting equipment. All permits and licenses granted. Web site with e-commerce platform ready for shopping cart activation. For more information please visit www.briosocafe.com or call 305.931.4510.

Used Equipment

Vintage Royal Coffee Roaster #5. Not in operation since 1971. Asking $2,500. For more information email coffeesf@aol.com.

Used Roasters. Used, demo units and trade-in models available on a “first come, first served” basis. Industrial-grade, “plug&play” hi-efficient, fully-automated & semi-automatic shop roasters. Batch capacities: 1 lb - 5.5 lb. No gas/installation required. Lifetime warranty on craftsmanship. 4-month warranty on parts (used units). 305.931.4510 or www.briosocafe.com/home-coffee-roasters-commercial-coffee-roasters.html.

15 Kg (32 lb) Commercial Coffee Roaster (demo unit). Unit has roasted just a few batches. Output: Up to for 4 batches/hour. Mint condition. 3 years full factory warranty. $18,000. For more information please call 305.931.4510 or e-mail inquiries via www.briosocafe.com.

Looking to Hire

Sensorial Lab Manager. Burlington, Vermont-based Coffee Analysts, the largest private testing laboratory in the US, seeks career-oriented coffee cupper with a minimum of five years cupping experience. Responsibilities: test setup/breakdown, cupping/tasting, maintenance of lab equipment and data entry. Full-time position with benefits. Send resume to pdelima@coffee-ent.com, www.coffeeanalysts.com.

Specialty Coffee Roaster Business Unit Manager. Costco Wholesale, Monroe Township, NJ. Salary DOE—experience required. Position is responsible for the management of Costco Wholesale’s new Specialty Coffee Roasting Facility. Key functions are the profitable management of the facility, roasting to meet high quality parameters, maintaining a safe environment and meeting on-time order fulfillment. Send resume to: Tess Wilkins, 999 Lake Dr., Issaquah, WA 98027 or twilkins@costco.com.

Plastic Parameters is a Canadian based manufacturer of whole bean and brewed coffeemerchandising systems and accessories. We are seeking experienced sales representation in the U.S. All territories are open. Contact Harold Waldman at 877.594.0805 or plasticparameters@rogers.com for further information.

InterContinental Coffee Trading in Westlake Village, Calif., is a growing green coffee trading company and is looking for experienced administrative, accounting, and sales consultants and employees. Please apply to coffeejobs@ictcoffee.com.

Consulting/Education

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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.