Who was the first Japanese person to roast coffee?
It is said that coffee roasting began in specialized equipment around the time coffee houses became popular in the Islamic world in the 17th century, and there are records of hand-cylinder metal roasting machines.
As coffee became more popular in Western Europe, roasters with larger cylinders began to appear, marking the beginning of the improvement and development of roasters.
The Barnes roaster, which can be considered the direct ancestor of the drum roaster and had an inlet at the top of the cylinder and a lid for removal, was invented in the United States in 1864 (in Japan, the Meiji Restoration occurred four years later).
As coffee became more popular in Western Europe, roasters with larger cylinders began to appear, marking the beginning of the improvement and development of roasters.
The Barnes roaster, which can be considered the direct ancestor of the drum roaster and had an inlet at the top of the cylinder and a lid for removal, was invented in the United States in 1864 (in Japan, the Meiji Restoration occurred four years later).
<The revolutionary "Barnes roaster" (from "All About Coffee" 1922)>
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