1908—The revivification of the valorization coffee enterprise is accomplished by a combination of bankers and the Brazil Government, with a loan of $75,000,000 placed through Hermann Sielcken with banking houses in England, Germany, France, Belgium, and the United States.
1908—J.C. Prims, of Battle Creek. Mich., patents a corrugated-cylinder improvement for a gas-and-coal coffee roaster of small capacity (50 to 130 pounds) designed for retail stores.
1908—An improved type of Burns roaster, comprising an open perforated cylinder with flexible back head and balanced front bearing, is granted a patent in the United States.
1908—I.D. Richheimer, Chicago, introduces his Tricolator, an improved device employing Japanese filter paper.
1908–11—R.F.E. O'Krassa, Antigua, Guatemala, is granted several English patents on machines for hulling, washing, drying, and separating coffee.
1909—The G. Washington refined (prepared) soluble coffee is put on the United States market.
1909—The A.J. Deer Co. acquires the Prims coffee roaster and re-introduces it to the trade as the Royal coffee roaster.
1909—The Burns tilting sample-coffee roaster is patented in the United States for gas or electric heating units.
1909—Frederick A. Cauchois of New York is granted a United States patent on a coffee urn fitted with a centrifugal pump for repouring.
1909—C.F. Blanke, St. Louis, is granted two United States patents on a china coffee pot with a dripper bag.