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    Making Customers into Lifers: Ashley Patty and Little River Coffee Company

    Posted on August 8, 2022 at 12:00 pm by / 0
    Townsend, Tennessee is a town with four hundred and forty-four people and eight coffee shops. Just outside of town is Great Smoky National Park–it’s a pass-through for many tourists on their way to the great outdoors.  Little River Coffee Company, run by Ashley Patty, is a public roastery open Monday through Saturday. It’s a small… Read More
    Commercial Coffee Roaster News, Customer Stories

    The Hobby Roast: Meg Le Vu and BLK City Coffee Roasters

    Posted on August 2, 2022 at 2:10 pm by / 0
    Setting the Scene Meg Le Vu drinks a lot of coffee. She operates a wedding photography business with her partner, Kevin; it’s a full-time job. In that role, she wears many hats: scheduler, manager, podcaster, photographer.  She started roasting her own coffee on his suggestion. Maybe, he asked her, it would be more cost-effective to… Read More
    Brew with Us, Commercial Coffee Roaster News, Roasting & Education

    How Your Filter Shape Changes the Flavor of Your Coffee

    Posted on August 2, 2022 at 9:00 am by / 0
    There are a lot of options to make when you brew coffee by hand, including the shape of the brewer. Pour-over brewers can have either a semi-conical shape, which looks like a funnel. Another option is a flat-bottom brewer, which has a wider base and is featured on many commercial brewers. Coffee professionals might argue… Read More
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    Brewing for Balance, Acidity, or Sweetness: Three Recipes on the AeroPress

    Posted on July 29, 2022 at 10:42 am by / 0
    In our roastery, I’m constantly exploring new brew methods and recipes.  This past week, I found three recipes for AeroPress that I thoroughly enjoyed. After brewing each one, I tasted the coffee and experimented with some small changes. I found that I was able to highlight unique attributes in one coffee by changing my brew… Read More
    Commercial Coffee Roaster News, Roaster News, Roasting & Education

    Colombia Cauca AMACA: Empowering Women Coffee Producers

    Posted on July 26, 2022 at 12:15 pm by / 0
    In our continuous effort to bridge the gap between the roaster and the specialty coffee industry, we are taking a closer look at our green coffee selection with a focus on farms, producers, varietals, and processing methods.  AMACA – El Tambo, Cauca, Castillo: We keep revisiting coffee from the Cauca department of southwestern Colombia because… Read More
    Coffee Roastery Equipment, Roaster News

    Commercial coffee roasters: used, refurbished, and trade-ins.

    Posted on July 25, 2022 at 8:07 am by / 0
    ​​Most of you know that, beyond the occasional swapped out demo machine, we do not normally deal in used or refurbished coffee roasters. Our machines are proven to hold their value. For us however, reselling used coffee roasting machines sight unseen and then arranging local crating and transportation require steeply discounted prices to cover these… Read More
    Brew with Us, Commercial Coffee Roaster News, Roaster News, Roasting & Education

    Choosing the Right Grind Size for your Brew Method

    Posted on July 20, 2022 at 5:00 pm by / 0
    Moving forward from the principles we laid out in last week’s blog post about grind size, we know why our grind size is important. Now, we need to brew all of this delicious coffee we’re beginning to understand better. One of the most important parts of sharing a coffee is choosing how you brew it. … Read More
    Coffee Roastery Equipment, Commercial Coffee Roaster News, Roaster News, Roasting & Education, Start, Scale, Sustain

    How Does Toll Roasting Work?

    Posted on July 20, 2022 at 3:46 pm by / 0
    Mill City Roasters’ Production Facility In addition to selling roasters and hosting classes at our headquarters in Minneapolis, we also operate a full-scale production roastery. In that roastery, you’ll find four production-sized roasters, packaging equipment, industrial grinders, and green coffee storage. We are able to roast, pack, and ship over 5,000 lbs of coffee each… Read More
    Commercial Coffee Roaster News, Customer Stories

    A Mocktale of Two Roasters: Chris Christen and Sam Brown and Coffee Wizardz

    Posted on July 13, 2022 at 2:43 pm by / 0
    Neither Chis Christen nor Sam Brown can tell you exactly how they met each other. They’ve just known each other forever, running in their adjacent circles: barista/customer, friend/friend, DJ/musician. They’re both from Wisconsin, are food and beverage enthusiasts, and accomplished in the art of the specialty mocktail, which is a passion that led them to… Read More
    Commercial Coffee Roaster News, Roasting & Education

    Colombia Manos Juntas: An Anaerobic Natural With Increased Traceability

    Posted on July 13, 2022 at 11:55 am by / 0
    In our continuous effort to bridge the gap between the roaster and the specialty coffee industry, we are taking a closer look at our green coffee selection with a focus on farms, producers, varietals, and processing methods. Colombia Manos Juntas, Natural processed Pacamara Varietal We have enjoyed this coffee for a few years in a… Read More
    Brew with Us, Roasting & Education

    Drink More Decaf!

    Posted on July 7, 2022 at 11:47 am by / 1 Comment
    Throughout my many years of brewing, serving, roasting, and teaching people about coffee, one of the most frequent and derisive conversations I have had is about decaf. There’s an old-school attitude among coffee drinkers that decaf is a waste of time. “Death Before Decaf!” they chant. Even decaf drinkers themselves will admit that the brew… Read More
    Commercial Coffee Roaster News, Customer Stories

    Brew the Rising Tide: Tyler Campbell and Strata Coffee Roasting

    Posted on July 6, 2022 at 4:43 pm by / 0
    Once a month, Tyler Campbell picks out three different coffees, focusing on options that highlight differences in beans, processing method, or roast profile. He brews them, and sets them out after coordinating with various coffee shops in Albany, Georgia to pick this month’s location. It’s free to go: there’s no charge for attendance, and he… Read More
    Customer Stories, Roaster News

    The Alpine Flavor Profile: Chase & Kendra Lovins and Alyssa & Ryan Stauffer and Seedhouse Coffee

    Posted on June 29, 2022 at 9:45 am by / 0
    Alongside the Yampa River and nested in the high Rocky Mountains, Steamboat Springs, Colorado is a hard town to happen upon. “It’s not a by-place,” roaster Chase Lovins says. Visitors don’t really chance upon the Yampa Valley; they have to seek it out. And so everyone who comes to Steamboat, even the seasonal tourist, starts… Read More
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    Why does the weigh/fill machine need compressed air?

    Posted on June 27, 2022 at 2:27 pm by / 0
    I received a very good question from a prospective weigh/fill customer today about why our weigh/fill machine needs an air connection and others do not. This was my response: Strictly speaking, an air connection is not mandatory. If you have one though, you’ll fill bags about 30% faster. Roasting coffee isn’t necessarily all about speed,… Read More
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    The “Perfect” Roaster?

    Posted on June 24, 2022 at 3:44 pm by / 0
    A funny thing happened the other day on Facebook Coffee Roasters Forum. Another numbskull posted that his company was engaged in the exercise of building the “perfect” roaster and asked people to chime in about what they thought their “dream roaster” would look like. I have several problems with this entire exercise. First, if your commercial… Read More
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