Significant moments in the modern history of coffee.


1723 Coffee plants are introduced to the Americas


1885 A process of using natural gas and hot air becomes the most popular method of roasting coffee beans


1908 Invention of the first drip coffeemaker


1938 Instant coffee is invented


1930-50s Coffee gains popularity at diners across America, but at the expense of taste because coffee is roasted using stale coffee beans


1970s Gourmet coffee is introduced at still-popular coffee cafés across the country; unfortunately, this coffee is being brewed with mostly stale beans

1987 Gourmet Coffee Roasters was formed as a specialty coffee roaster.

1995 Invention of the Java Master Retail Roaster, an electrically heated hot-air coffee roaster made specifically for the retail marketplace


2009 Introduction of the fully automated, easier to use Java Master 3002…the new wave in while-you-wait gourmet coffee roasting that yields the best tasting coffee possible


It took 124 years to re-invent the way coffee is roasted. The results are beans roasted to order by the Java Master Retail Roaster. And fresh roasting = better taste.


This is the new gourmet coffee.