The Spice Merchant celebrates 25 years.Specialty coffee roaster roaster a young fowl for eating; weighs 5 to 7 lb at 6 months of age. , The Spice Merchant, is celebrating 25 years of business. In 1980, owners Bob and Sue Boewe opened the shop selling coffee, tea and spices in a 400-sq. ft. back end of a storefront in Kansas, and within six months they were forced to move into a 3,000-sq. ft. store, adding accessories and some gourmet foods to the collection. Bob Boewe explained the company's account and history in the industry: "We only work with Royal Coffee, to make sure that we have the very best green coffee for roasting roasting: see cooking. roasting In metallurgy, usually the first step in smelting ore to extract metal. The ore is heated in the presence of an abundant flow of air to drive off moisture and, if the metal-bearing mineral is a sulfide, convert it to . In 1985, we installed a Sivetz coffee roaster to ensure complete control over quality and freshness. Within two months, the coffee market went crazy because of a drought in Brazil, in which green coffee prices almost doubled. I thought that I had made the biggest business mistake of our lives. We then reassured re·as·sure tr.v. re·as·sured, re·as·sur·ing, re·as·sures 1. To restore confidence to. 2. To assure again. 3. To reinsure. our customers that we would provide great coffee at fair prices." In 1994, the company purchased an adjacent historical manufacturing plant housing 10,000-sq. ft., and expanded their product lines to include 150+ bulk teas, 40+ roasted roast v. roast·ed, roast·ing, roasts v.tr. 1. To cook with dry heat, as in an oven or near hot coals. 2. To dry, brown, or parch by exposing to heat. 3. coffees and about 160 bulk herbs and spices, and some gourmet foods. The Spice Merchant, 1308 E. Douglas, Wichita, Kansas
Wichita, also known as the Air Capital of the World, is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas, as well as a major aircraft manufacturing hub and cultural center. 67214. Tel: (1)(316) 263-4121, Web: spicemerchant.com. |
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