Welcome to Mill city roasters®

Your next move in specialty coffee

Roasting systems engineered for ultimate precision control coupled with advanced production tools that let you repeat your favorite profiles at the push of a button.

LAB + STUDIO COFFEE ROASTERS

Commercial quality in a small footprint. Ideal for start-ups or experienced operators wanting to deep dive into coffee science.

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PRODUCTION COFFEE ROASTERS

The smart choice for growing coffee brands. Build a sustainable business with digital control, flexible batch sizes, and unmatched repeatability.

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INDUSTRIAL SPECIALTY COFFEE ROASTERS

Specialty coffee at a large scale. Controllability of a smaller roaster but at a batch capacity to take your coffee company to a national scale.

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class: Roasting 101

Learn to Roast

Our popular Roasting 101 class serves as a launching pad for coffee lovers aiming to become coffee business owners. This apprentice-style course is the jumpstart you need.

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This week in coffee

YOU LIKE US! YOU REALLY LIKE US!

Thanks to you, we made it to the finals! We’re a Sprudge Design Awards finalist for Outstanding Design Achievement in E-Commerce and we're feeling a little bit...

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New Video: A Guide To Greasing Your Bearings

In this new video, I give a step-by-step guide on how to lubricate the drum & door bearings on your coffee roaster using our recommended food-safe grease...

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Mill City Roasters is a semi-finalist for a Sprudge Design Award

Vote for us on Sprudge! Earlier this week, we got the news that we had been selected as a semi-finalist for the Sprudge Design Awards...

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Making Expensive Coffee Worth the Risk

When it comes to buying green coffee, the options are seemingly endless. New roasters can often feel overwhelmed scrolling through importer’s catalogs and reading flavor...

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New Article: The Question of Low Acidity Coffee

The myth of acidity in coffee as an issue of greens or roast quality is pervasive. The truth is that most of what we experience...

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Green Coffee Buyers Guide

Steve shares a practical approach to professional green coffee selection for increased quality, profitability, and brand equity. Read the article or you can read our full Article Collection.

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Your specialty coffee HQ

If you have a plan, we are the partner you need

Every year, more and more specialty coffee professionals are starting long-term partnerships with our company. Whether you're starting from zero or leveling up, our team of experienced coffee professionals, engineers & designers go above and beyond to help you source the correct equipment, communicate with installers, and keep your operations up and running.

If you plan to go far, you should go with Mill City.

Work with more farmers

Our advanced control allows for ultimate flexibility to roast your most challenging greens. Compare harvest-to-harvest data from your RoastPATH® library.

Energy Conservation

Heavier-built chassis and high R-value insulated drums capture latent heat and reduce calls for fuel. Custom-designed gas trains for micro-adjustments to increase efficiency.

Lean Manufacturing

Our roasters are engineered to perform at 20% to 120% of their nominal batch size making restocks of varying quantities easy & giving you back control of your on-hand inventory.

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People in Coffee

If you're on the lookout for roastery spaces that inspire, look no further than the lush interiors of Freelance Coffee Project in Santa Clara, CA.

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People in Coffee

When it comes to coffee content, few people have been more generous in sharing their experience than Meg Le Vu of BLK City Roasters. She is an instant-follow for the coffee curious.

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Backstory Coffee Roasters' new North Loop cafe location is the talk of the town in Minneapolis.

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