Show I 1 in hi Action e i IC PORTABLE COFFEE ROASTING UNITS Roaster-fresh Roaster coffee is reaching American soldiers in all parts of the world direct from the quartermaster ter corps' corps portable combination roasters and grinders that eliminate vast quantities of strategic steel and tin and save untold tons of valuable shipping space According to the war department units of portable coffee roasters and grinders are now serving the armed forces in many theaters of operations operations operations opera opera- making it possible for fighting men to receive steaming cups of coffee lacking nothing in strength flavor and aroma even though the scene is miles away from the nearest coffee plantation Developed some two years ago by quartermaster corps subsistence experts experts experts ex ex- the portable units were designed designed designed de de- de- de signed chiefly to provide good fresh coffee in foreign fields Today their value is enhanced by the great savings savings savings sav sav- ings in space and critical material they effect Due to the fact that coffee expands considerably when it is roasted it itis itis itis is highly advantageous to ship it in its green state When coffee is shipped green in burlap bags and roasted at overseas bases freighters can carry 39 pounds in each cubic foot of space On being roasted this coffee materially increases in bulk but shrinks in weight to approximately approximately approximately ap ap- proximately 33 pounds Due to the volume of increase during the roasting roasting roasting roast roast- ing process however only 22 pounds of roasted coffee can be carried carried carried car car- ried in a cubic foot of shipping space Consequently the freight space yield is 50 per cent greater when green instead of roasted coffee is shipped To deliver good coffee to troops at atthe atthe atthe the front it must either be roasted and ground in the vicinity of consumption consumption consumption con con- or roasted in the United States and shipped overseas in vacuum packed containers The portable coffee roaster can produce pounds of roasted and ground coffee every 24 hours To package that much roasted and ground coffee for overseas shipment requires approximately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately pounds of st steel el and tin tin about about tenth one-tenth of the weight of a portable machine Thus one machine operating on three shifts daily aily can conserve its own weight in about ten days days' operation In some theaters of operations green coffee is obtainable locally and by using the portable coffee roaster it is possible to eliminate the shipping problem entirely Furthermore since roasted coffee deteriorates rapidly even if not ground and green coffee does not the use of these overseas portable roasters greatly simplifies the coffee storage problem Green coffee in bags can be safely stored in any dry warehouse which affords protection protection protection pro pro- against the elements clements The portable coffee roaster grind er when set up for operation is about 1 11 feet high and occupies a floor space of only nine feet square Itis It Itis Itis is powered by a small gasoline engine engine engine en en- gine and the roasting unit utilizes coal coke charcoal or hardwood Separate gas burners are provided with each unit for use in localities where either natural or manufactured manufactured manufactured gas may be available Released by Western Newspaper Union I |