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Cocoa bean roaster CBR – optimal batch roasting solution.

- High flexibility
- Optimal product quality
- Energy-saving

Cocoa bean roaster CBR.

The Buhler Barth cocoa bean roaster CBR offers the enormous flexibility of a batch processing system. By having the possibility to influence the important roasting parameters like product and air temperature, roasting time and other process parameters produces boundless options in treating cocoa beans of all origins. This enables the beans to develop their optimal flavor.

Batch process for top roasting flexibility.
Operation of the cocoa bean roaster CBR is based on the batch process, in which the temperature and length of the roasting process plus other crucial process parameters can be combined as required. As a result, the optimal taste characteristics and intensity are achieved at all times – with each and every cocoa origin.

Optimal product quality through fluid-bed process. 

  • The partial fluid-bed process ensures extremely uniform heat transfer to each individual cocoa bean – for targeted and consistent flavour development. 
  • The air volume, air temperature, pressure inside the roasting chamber, and roasting time can be selected with high precision. This enables the product flavor to be controlled as desired. 
  • The gentle agitation of the cocoa beans prevents breakage – an optimal contribution to the best possible flavor development and top yields.

Energy-saving roasting process thanks to efficient heat transfer.
The cocoa bean roaster CBR is equipped with a direct heating system with heat recovery which fluidizes the cocoa beans in the fluidized bed. While the product is gently agitated by a rotary arm system, it absorbs energy. Uniform heat distribution among all the cocoa beans and the heat recovery function of the hot air system ensure low energy consumption.