1850[L]—John Walker introduces his cylinder pulper for coffee plantations.
1852—Edward Gee secures a patent in England for an improved combination of apparatus for roasting coffee; having a perforated cylinder fitted with inclined flanges for turning the beans while roasting.
1852—Robert Bowman Tennent is granted a patent in England on a two-cylinder machine for pulping coffee. Others follow.
1852—Coffee cultivation is introduced into Salvador from Cuba.
1852—Tavernier is granted a French patent on a coffee tablet.
1853—Lacassagne and Latchoud are granted a French patent on liquid and solid extracts of coffee.
1855—C.W. Van Vliet, Fishkill Landing, N.Y., is granted a patent on a household coffee mill employing upper breaking, and lower grinding, cones. Assigned to Charles Parker, Meriden, Conn.
1856—Waite and Sener's Old Dominion pot is patented in the United States.
1857—The Newell patents on coffee-cleaning machinery are issued in America. Sixteen patents follow.
1857—George L. Squier, Buffalo, N.Y., begins the manufacture of coffee-plantation machinery.