However it might suit us, the familiar and delicious aroma of coffee is not yet present in the beans. It has to be awakened by a complicated chemical process that takes place during roasting.
That’s why great attention has long been given to the improvement of roasting methods. On the course of time, roasting coffee has developed into a fine art. Poor roasting cannot be corrected again. But excellent roasting may be spoilt completely by bad grinding.
If the coffee is heated excessively during grinding, a sort of after-roasting takes place, and the important volatile oils evaporate. If on top of this the ground coffee has irregular grain size too, the consequences are disastrous. The finest aroma is developed in a matter of seconds, and all the care devoted to roasting is wasted.
Is this what we want? Of course not. That’s why we have undertaken untiring research work, yielding coffee grinders that do their job gently, so that the flavor and aroma remain intact.
I.C.T. coffee grinders are cooled by means of fans. Moreover the coffee beans are not squashed or pulverized but cut. This assures uniform grain size, at the same time preventing over-heating of the coffee.
The I.C.T. Coffee grinding system
Our grinding mechanism embodies the results of more that 1000 tests. The two grindings disks are of highly wear resistant material and give extremely long life. Even after long and arduous service these valuable parts do not have to be thrown away: the teeth may be re-sharpened two or three times without loss of performance.
Whether fine Turkish (a speciality of I.C.T. grinders) of coarse grinding, this high precision mechanism assured uniform grinding every time. The desired grinding fineness can be adjusted in stages. Intermediate settings in addition to the standard ones are also possible.Grinding performance
Thanks to powerful motors with high torque, the performance of I.C.T. griders is astonishing (see table on opposite page). Interruption of grinding is possible, because the powerful motor will start again in any situation with out detriment to the grinding.
Despite very fast grinding, I.C.T. grinders are remarkably quiet. The employ:
single-phase motors for intermittent duty.
three-phase motors for continuous operation.
Operation
I.C.T. grinders are not only coffee-friendly but also user-friendly. Working with them is simplicity itself:
put in the coffee beans
adjust the desired grinding fines
push the bag over the delivery outlet
switch on the motor
finish: switch off the motor and remove the bag.
Mistakes are virtually impossible.