'World's First' All-in-One Coffee Machine Roasts

Serious coffee drinkers can spend a lot of time roasting, grinding and brewing a morning cup of joe, but a new gadget takes all of those processes and rolls it into one machine.Bonaverde, which claims to be the world's first all-in-one coffee machine that roasts, grinds and brews, turns raw green coffee beans into fresh black coffee with a push of a button. One cycle can make as many as 12 cups of coffee, and can be customized based on roast intensities and personal preferences. From start to finish, it takes about about 12 to 14 minutes to turn raw, unroasted beans into a cup of coffee.The company has 135 working prototypes now, but is looking for pre-orders to help finance it on crowdsourcing site Kickstarter. The campaign, which ends Sunday, has received more than $640,000 in backing so far. Each machine costs $300.

If the concept takes off, it could usher in a whole new market for farmers who would sell raw coffee beans directly to consumers. Bonaverde says the brewer system bypasses the huge commercial and bureaucratic delays that come with the coffee trade, which can take months.Although coffee purists might take issue with the beans being ground so quickly after roasting, or dislike the fact that you can't adjust temperature settings or brew time, Bonaverde promises that its coffee is more delicious than what you would get from a drip brewer. Over a decade ago, another reloading machine entered Jamaica under unclear circumstances and was, up to the Port Bustamante find two weeks ago, stored at premises in St Andrew. The machine has since been removed to a more secure location, which Sunday Observer sources said was on the same premises.

Initial reports are that the item entered Jamaica without the requisite import documents. This could not be immediately verified by the Sunday Observer, but the haste with which it was removed from its original place of rest has aroused suspicion that something is amiss.Personnel connected to the facility were not willing to speak publicly on the matter, and the Sunday Observer was denied access to he facility.Initial reports are that the operators of the facility had been storing the item illegally, but this was not confirmed by officials there, or by national security personnel.The machine has the capability to make over 1,000 rounds of ammunition per hour, according to persons equipped with that level of expertise, which readily raises questions regarding the frequency with which it was being used and the controls established in the process of distributing bullets.