Coffee Lovers May Someday Brew Their Java with Space-Roasted Beans

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There's gourmet coffee, and then there's coffee roasted by the searing heat of re-entry into Earth's atmosphere from the edge of space.

The latter is the goal of the company Space Roasters, whose plan calls for a special bean-roasting capsule to fall from about 110-125 miles (180-200 kilometers) above Earth's surface. 

"We believe the idea of taking a seemingly ordinary Earth-based activity of roasting coffee beans and demonstrating the use of space technology to achieve a better product will stimulate the general population to think outside the box," Coffee Roasters' founders, Anders Cavallini and Hatem Alkhafaji, told Room Magazine. (A copy of the article is available on the Space Roasters website.) "It will also encourage others to realize that space is not just for satellites — but for just about anything the mind can ponder." [To Boldly Brew: Astronaut Uses ISSpresso to Make 1st Cup of Coffee in Space]