More photos from the library

August 28th, 2007

Another one in a continuing series I guess. Got the scanner working again so here are a few oddities from some books that were to hand.

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Insides of an old rancilio tower:

Another Rancilio:


Whilst we are doing machinery here is a nice vintage coffee dryer:

Apparently this advert would make you want to buy coffee, I am not sure why:

Published in 1965 – has brewing coffee changed much in 40 years?

And finally, from “Modern Coffee Production” this should scare your kids:

Enjoy!

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  • http://espressorun.blogspot.com Kiril

    I love the patent coffee dryer .. i wonder if it comes with perm press option

    :)

  • http://einfachkaffee.de/lukas/ Lukas

    Hm, isn’t that coffee diagram from 1965 nearly the same one we got during Dublin’s ETCC? Interesting :)

  • http://www.backtothegrind.wordpress.com Elliott

    I’m looking for some info on coffee pests/diseases, such as the borer/weevil. Does “Modern Coffee Production” cover the subject with much depth?
    Ukers’ only has a brief section, which is a bit of a bummer.