South African company Air-Motion Roasters made its debut at the U.S. SCA Expo, showcasing its electric fluid-bed roasting machines designed for optimal coffee flavor extraction. Partnering with Coffee Equipment Pros, the company offers three models ranging from 3 to 12 kilos, featuring an innovative design that integrates convection and conduction methods for roasting while minimizing emissions. Founder Julian Platt emphasizes the dual impact of heated air and contact with metal, arguing it achieves a desirable balance in flavor and body, catering to various roasting preferences within the coffee community.
"Drum roasters acknowledge that roasting with hot air - convection roasting - enhances flavor notes, cleanliness, clarity, smoothness, but they say it lacks body. They say their body comes from conduction - the contact of bean to metal. But we do that."
"Our beans go up in the roast chamber in a column of heated air, they fan out and then they come down back to the bottom, touching the heated metal sides of the roast chamber."
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