paahduttaja

Paahduttaja is a Finnish noun that translates roughly to "roaster." It refers to a person or a device that performs roasting, most commonly of coffee beans but also of other foods such as nuts. In everyday Finnish, the more common term for the person who roasts coffee is paahtaja; paahduttaja is less common and is mostly found in technical or coinage contexts.

As a person, a paahduttaja oversees roasting profiles, controlling temperature, duration, and roast level to influence aroma and flavor. In industry texts and roastery descriptions, paahduttaja can appear, but most roasters are described as paahtaja or kahvin paahtaja. Regarding equipment, paahduttaja is rarely used for machines; instead, the standard terms paahtokone or paahdin are used to denote a coffee roaster machine.

Etymology: The term is formed from the verb paahdata/paahduttaa with the agent suffix -tuttaja, yielding paahduttaja. The construction follows Finnish word-formation patterns, though its usage is not as productive as paahtaja, so it remains less common and mainly encountered in specific contexts.