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Foundational Coffee Roasting Skills is a practical workshop designed for aspiring and early-stage roasters who want a clear, working understanding of production roasting. This session covers drum roasting fundamentals including roaster anatomy, batch sizing, installation needs, and capacity planning. Learn about machine control concepts such as roaster inputs, data logging, and real-time sensory cues.
Attendees will also learn how green coffee sourcing works, from building importer relationships to managing quality and risk. The focus is on real-world decision making and repeatable skills, giving participants the confidence to evaluate equipment, improve consistency, and make smarter roasting and buying choices.

Join Mill City Roasters for a casual "Ask Me Anything" session. Mill City leadership team members Steve Green and Angie Davis invite all current or prospective roasters to bring questions on any topic for conversation, advice, and practical guidance.
Past topics from this session include: Roaster installation considerations, regulatory hurdles, operating under a cottage food license, wholesale account acquisition, branding and marketing strategies, fundamentals of e-commerce, pricing strategies, and more

Angie's popular and informative session on how to design a functional , scalable coffee roastery is back for the Los Angeles audience! Understand how we approach roastery installation and space-planning from a professional perspective, based on what's worked for thousands of our own customers.

Understand the challenges professional roasters face and the skills and tools necessary to produce commercially successful coffee.