{"id":18161,"date":"2019-01-28T23:58:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T15:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/out-of-this-world-coffee-company-generates-buzz-with-plan-to-roast-beans-using-heat-from-reentry\/"},"modified":"2019-01-28T23:58:35","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T15:58:35","slug":"out-of-this-world-coffee-company-generates-buzz-with-plan-to-roast-beans-using-heat-from-reentry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/out-of-this-world-coffee-company-generates-buzz-with-plan-to-roast-beans-using-heat-from-reentry\/","title":{"rendered":"Out-of-this-world coffee? Company generates buzz with plan to roast beans using heat from reentry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Space Roasters Promo - Bringing an Out-of-this-world experience to you\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Twnknl9g7fc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps you\u2019ve heard someone refer to a strong cup of coffee as \u201crocket fuel.\u201d That terminology could have especially fun relevance for a company called Space Roasters, which wants to use space technology to roast coffee beans.<\/p>\n<p>A new story in Ars Technica&nbsp;points to a previous Room magazine interview, which describes the out-of-this-world plan to harness heat from a capsule\u2019s reentry through the Earth\u2019s atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Space Roasters founders Hatem Alkhafaji and Anders Cavallini said they would rely on their patented \u201cspace roasting capsule (shown here and in the graphic below) which is comprised of four cylinders holding 75kg of coffee beans each. The heat from re-entry would evenly roast the beans as they float in zero gravity, and the capsule would then be recovered after a parachute landing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_476636\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-476636\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-476636\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-28-at-12.48.58-PM-630x530.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-28-at-12.48.58-PM-630x530.png 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-28-at-12.48.58-PM-768x646.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-28-at-12.48.58-PM.png 860w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-476636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Space Roasters Graphic)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cCoffee has been roasted the same way for centuries now, and as space science has improved many technologies, we believe it is time to revolutionize coffee roasting using space technology,\u201d the founders said in the Room interview.<\/p>\n<p>While there\u2019s no price attached to \u201cspace coffee\u201d yet \u2014 a pre-sale campaign is coming \u2014 Ars Technica\u2019s Eric Berger did his own calculations based on costs associated with certain launch vehicles, such as&nbsp;Rocket Lab\u2019s Electron booster which will cost $6 million per suborbital launch. Berger figured 300kg of roasted beans at a cost of $20,000 per kg ends up percolating down to about $200 per cup of coffee \u2014 before other expenses jack that price up.<\/p>\n<p>Read the Ars Technica piece to get a better idea of the plan and the pricing \u2014 if you\u2019re looking for a jolt. And here\u2019s to hoping there\u2019s enough marketing money left over to sign up astronaut Buzz Aldrin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps you\u2019ve heard someone refer to a strong cup of coffee as \u201crocket fuel.\u201d That terminology could have especially fun relevance for a company called Space Roasters, which wants to use space technology to roast coffee beans. 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