Abstract: A two stage coffee plunger having a movable filter element and a vertically movable baffle element for use in a vessel containing liquid and coffee grounds. The coffee filter element being hand driven through the liquid to permit passage of the liquid, but not the grounds. The baffle being independently movable between the bottom of the vessel and the filter to effect squeezing of the coffee grounds to extract coffee flavor from the grounds. The two stage coffee plunger is also designed for selective relative movement between the baffle and filter.

Abstract: A roaster for coffee beans or the like admits the beans into a roasting air stream (31, 23, 32) at an air stream entrance (24). The air stream transports the beans from entrance (24) in an air stream path (26, 36) to an altitude (36) from where they are directed to return to entrance (24) by falling into a hopper having side wall (13, 14) and a constriction (22) which controls the rate of admission of the beans into the air stream. In preferred embodiments the beans are admitted into a horizontal air stream with a component of velocity in the air flow direction and roasting air is also admitted to the hopper directly (46) or indirectly (44, 45) via wall perforations (19, 20).