Cask

A foreshortened view looking down at the Chicago Roastery metal cask from the fourth floor to the first floor, with both clear and metal tubes transporting coffee, and a spiral escalator and some seating visible on the different floors

The 56-foot cask stands as the centerpiece of the Roastery. It is a sculptural work of art that acts like a multisensory hourglass with the roasted beans as the grains of sand. The skin itself is perforated and slit to reveal views of freshly roasted coffee moving through tubes in all directions. Ride the spiral escalator as it wraps around the cask and gaze up at the ceiling emanating rays that reflect onto our centerpiece.