1877—The first German patent on a commercial coffee roaster is issued in Berlin to G. Tuberman's Son.
1877—A French patent is granted Marchand and Hignette, Paris, on a sphere or ball coffee roaster.
1877—The first French patent on a gas coffee roaster is issued to Roure of Marseilles.
1878—Coffee cultivation is introduced into British Central Africa.
1878—The Spice Mill, the first paper in America devoted to the coffee and spice trades, is founded by Jabez Burns of New York.
1878—A United States patent is issued to Rudolphus L. Webb, assignor to Landers, Frary & Clark of New Britain, Conn., on an improved box coffee grinder for home use.
1878—Chase & Sanborn, the Boston coffee roasters, are the first to pack and ship roasted coffee in sealed containers.
1878—John C. Dell, Philadelphia, is granted a United States patent on a coffee mill for store use.
1879—H. Faulder, Stockport, Lancaster, Eng., is granted an English patent on the first English gas coffee roaster, now made by the Grocers Engineering & Whitmee, Ltd.
1879—A new gas coffee roaster is invented in England by Fleury & Barker.