Roasters The smell of coffee returns to Helsinki after the fire

Meiran the roastery has started to grind and pack coffee again.

On Monday, December 20, a devastating fire broke out in Vallila, Helsinki fire, which was not shut down until Wednesday of the same week. The fire did extensive damage.

The operation of the coffee roastery has stopped since the fire. Production at the Meira spice factory, on the other hand, has been in full swing since the beginning of January.

Now the first batches of coffee beans were received at the coffee roastery late last week. Meira says in its press release that the first batches of roasted coffee have already been received and diverted along the new feed line to the grinding mills and packaging machines.

Restarting production has required a new way of planning operations.

“We have negotiated coffee roasting agreements with external partners, looked for suitable transport companies and modes across Europe, visited external roasters to ensure the quality of the coffee, and built a new temporary coffee supply line for our roastery,” Raimo Sinisalo says in a press release.

Meira produces about a quarter of the coffee sold in Finland. Meira estimates that with the temporary operating model, the company will be able to produce a normal amount of coffee by the end of February.

Repairs to the attic of the roastery and damaged equipment are progressing at the same time as the temporary manufacturing model has been introduced.

Roasting of coffee in our own premises can be started in its entirety during the spring, the press release states.