Stone Creek Coffee Roasters of Milwaukee, WI is the proud recipient an EPA grant to build a hydroponic dome. The dome will be built on top of Stone Creek Coffee's Factory facility located in the downtown area of Milwaukee and its service is to provide coffee education. The dome will be constructed of reclaimed glass materials and will extend 30 feet high. The impressive complex will host 500 species of plants, including the Coffee Arabica. The 150 coffee plants are expected to yield 300 pounds of coffee cherries annually, which will then produce approx. 60 pounds of coffee beans. "The goal of this project is to provide an all encompassing coffee experience" said Athena Agoudemos, Vice President of Retail. "Visitors will experience the harvesting, processing, and roasting stages of coffee production, they will see the complexity and challenges involved to produce coffee, learn of the global effort and care required and this will lend a great appreciation to their ritual of coffee drinking." The project is expected to be completed in Spring of 2013