Koffiebrander aanpassingen en Restauraties Amsterdam

This roaster, formally owned by H. Van Marselis Hartsinck Koffie Makklaars in Amsterdam; was bought by Liegh McDonald of 7grams Specialty Koffie in De Rijp, Nederland. Liegh commissioned us to restore this beauty hidden in a thick layer of dust into the showpiece that it is today.

The Probat BR5-M100 is a rare coffee roaster and we are honored to add our name to the story of this great machine and to breathe a new life into this piece of history.

If you have an antique roaster laying around and you want to bring it back to life, please contact us and we'll help you to not only restore the machine, but to also make the piece into something you will be proud to show off and your competitors will be jealous.

The transformation of a 1966 Probat sample roaster.

1966 Probat BR5-M100 Transformation // 7 grams Specialty Koffie, NL

Restorations and Modifications

Here at Dolce Alchemia, our passion for coffee extends to many different areas. Part of what makes our different brands unique is the machines that we use. Why buy a brand new, plug and play roaster when you can buy an old tired roaster for a fraction of the cost and have us build it for you, to your specifications? Nothing beats a photo op than a shiny; old, but newly restored machine in your factory or cafe.

Below your will find galleries about the transformation of some machine that we have worked on.
If you like our work and have a project in mind, why not send us an email and let's discuss the possibilities.

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State of the find The roaster in its original state, in it's original location. Located on one of the famous Amsterdam ring canals.	Original State The roaster, like most other sample roasters; is hinged and the coffee discharges from the drum.	Original Sales Book Original sales book circa 1965
breakdown The motor assembly. The fan is directly connected to the electrical motor and the grind operates by pulley.	breakdown The entire mechanical box taken apart. Very dirty and is in need of some love.	breakdown The housings removed, with the burner housing and drum motors still attached
breakdown The back of the machine with the burner housings removed. By each stack the motor is placed, both topside and bottom side. From the access hatch you can see the gas lines and behind those are the cyclones for the exhaust system.	breakdown The drum housing with all the drum mechanisms still attached	breakdown Drum broken down and exploded view.
breakdown The fan, the lungs of the machine. For a sample roaster to have this level of build up, I would say it hasn't been cleaned in a long, long time.	breakdown Fan housing with flaky coffee vapor crust. Yum!	breakdown This is the bottom side of the exhaust stacks. This is the view of the cyclone ports. The dirt build up is at the point where it is organic and growing. The original paint color is white, everything else is dirt.
breakdown Close up view of the cyclone. The dirt growing like algae.	Sandblasting Let the cleaning begin! With a sand blasting. We took all the old paint off as it was scratched, stained, and there were rusty parts of metal. The cooling tray on the bottom is before and above, after. They are sitting on a plate that is before blasting and the grey plate to the right is after. What a difference!	sandblasting After all the sand blasting was complete. Already looking amazing!
sandblasting Wow!	sand blasting Another view. The gas lines were painted yellow in accordance with machinery standards.	concept A concept of how the paint could look.
concept A concept of how the paint could look.	Painting Primer going on. Painting with compressed air is my next favorite thing next to sand blasting. Instant results	Painting Colored layer. Wow!
Painting All the bits hanging in the painting booth. It looks like an art installation.	Painting All the bits hanging in the painting booth. It looks like an art installation.	painting Look at that gleam. Clear coat applied!
30.jpg After painting line up.	painting After painting line up. Why didn't we also paint the boxes? The temperature in the boxes can get up to 300C and normal paint will not hold up at those temperatures. The boxes are enameled to protect against the heat, we found some semi matte paint with a tolerance of 600C to paint them with.	Polishing Each of the cooling trays are hand polished to bring out the shine.
Cleaning This is part of the motor assembly. Which one is before and which is after?	cleaning Remember those clogged cyclone ports with organically growing dirt? Same ports, only cleaner (and painted of course)	Cleaning The motor with fan assembly all cleaned and painted.
cleaning Another view of the motor assembly. The fan is directly connected to the motor. The roaster also has an integrated grinder, which is powered by a pulley also attached to the motor.	Cleaning The exhaust stacks, wrapped with graphite motorcycle exhaust wrap. Not only does this stuff look cool, but also insulates better and is far less toxic than what used to do this job.	Final assembly This is a photo from VenuezBE, where the roaster made it's public debut. The roaster was still in a million pieces 2 days before when I go the call that it was going to be showcased there. I felt like I was on one of those custom motorcycle shows, scrambling to finish in time.