This is a big roaster. They put the coffee beans in this barrel and roast them at a high temperature for about 15 (?) minutes. As you can imagine, it smells really good...Just like being in a Starbucks. Uhh...no...from now on I will say 'It smells like Fidalgo Bay Coffee'!
After the beans are roasted, they empty out into this place. There they spin around and are sorted as they cool. Usually by this time, the beans are all sorted out. But...occasionally they find a rock or something interesting like that. There's a tray beneath this area that the rock falls into and is then discarded.
This jar shows some of the interesting things that are found (though rarely) in the coffee beans. They are almost always sorted out prior to roasting!
This machine packages the coffee beans or coffee grounds into the bags for distribution. It is programed to put a pre-determined measure into the bag.
Each bag has a little valve inside the bag. This allows any gases that build up to be released. Otherwise, the bag would explode! I sure didn't know that....did you?
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