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HERE’S A FUN FACT: COFFEE BEANS ARE ACTUALLY SEEDS FROM A BRIGHT RED BERRY. THOSE SMALL FRUITS—CALLED COFFEE CHERRIES—ARE HARVESTED, AND THE OUTER HUSKS WASHED OFF, REVE ALING SMALL, LIGHT GREENISH BEANS. ROA STING TURNS THE SE SEEDS INTO COFFEE BEANS READY FOR YOUR CUP, UNLOCKING THE AROMAS AND FL AVORS PEOPLE CRAVE
“I always love bringing someone into our roastery who has never seen how coffee is roasted,” says Spencer Mahoney, vice president of operations for Atomic Coffee Roasters in Salem. “A roaster itself is a beautiful machine that really toes the line between manufacturing and craft.”
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