There is a unique type of coffee brewing in Pueblo, Colorado, that combines the energy efficiency of a solar-powered roasting technology and a proprietary new roasting technique called Solar Aroma ...

PUEBLO, Colo.—Even when they’re browning in the barrel, these coffee beans are green as can be, soaking up the heat collected by the only commercial solar-powered coffee roaster in Colorado and ...

Inventor and company co-founder David Hartkop, formerly of Pueblo, adjusts one of Solar Roast Coffee's early solar roasters. Coffee roasting entrepreneur Mike Hartkop shows off the solar panels on the ...

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Solar Roast Coffee, a company that uses solar energy to roast its beans, is downtown Colorado Springs’ newest coffee shop, replacing the Starbucks on the street corner near Acacia Park. “It feels like ...

What do you get when you combine a satellite dish, a stockpot, a broccoli steamer, and a car jack? The origins of Solar Roast Coffee, a Pueblo, Colorado–based outlet serving solar power–roasted coffee ...

City living for me has always meant picking and choosing a downtown cafe that suits my mood: funky for a slow cup of coffee and conversation, comfy and clean for a couple of hours of work, or ...

Solar Roast Coffee co-founder Mike Hartkop jokes that his original vision for the company's restaurants was perfect — right up to the moment the first customers walked into the first coffee shop. "The ...

IMPACT YOU COMING UP. SHELLY: -- DOUG: THE UNMISTAKABLE SMELL OF ROASTED CHILE IS A WONDERFUL REMINDER IT’S HARVEST SEASON. SHELLY: BUT THE PROPANE USED IN THAT PROCESS IS HARD ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Michael Hartkop is the co-founder of Solar ...