LITTLE ROCK — Beyond the actual coffee roaster, there's a stopwatch, a pen, a pad of paper and a good set of ears involved in the roasting of coffee beans. The black and stainless steel behemoth with glowing red buttons and various handles is not a machine where you push start and walk away, only to return 20 minutes later with perfectly roasted coffee beans. Instead it's a machine — constructed by Diedrich Manufacturer in Sandpoint, Idaho — that transforms 27-pound batches of beans from places such as Kenya, Costa Rica and Colombia into savory, satisfying cups of coffee. But it takes a little bit of patience and a lot of focus to listen to the beans delicately roasting, losing their moisture and cracking, allowing the natural sugars and oils inside the beans to develop, creating a unique taste.....Read More