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French Dramatist Charles-Guillaume Etienne once said: “If you want something done right, do it yourself.” Fernando Cortijo of Rubia Coffee Traders couldn’t agree more.

Having been a roaster for years, Fernando, like so many others, found roasted coffee destoners an “expensive investment you must have.

“It got to a point where I was driven by pure frustration to find a more practical and cost-effective way to destone roasted coffee (remove foreign particles),” Fernando says. “Nearly everyone who starts out roasting finds it difficult to justify the cost to purchase one, and if your business grows in 12 months and you upgrade

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