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The Cathedral Coffee roastery runs in Saint Helens, Oregon, midway between the two Cathedral Coffee cafes in Portland and Scappoose. In the front, Nate Dillon roasts on the manual MCR-3. In the back, cafe pastries are baked in the commercial kitchen. Setting the Scene Cathedral Coffee owner Austen Tanner started as a sanitation worker in… Read More

Reconstruction Coffee Roasters is a woman-owned and -operated company in Villa Ridge, Missouri. Master roaster Nickie Browne roasts in a commercial roastery outfitted with two Mill City Roasters, where manager Emily Browne handles sales and logistics. The company recently underwent some structural changes, with ownership changing hands and the Reconstruction Coffee Roasters trajectory now heading… Read More

Tyler Ellison is a deputy sheriff in Buena Vista, Colorado. He and his wife Amber also own and run Storyline Coffee Roasters out of a tiny home they call the Shop. They ship their coffee in refillable jars, putting the idea of returning for a second–or third, or fourth–order directly into their customers’ hands. Setting… Read More

Based in Stevensville, Maryland, Open Seas Coffee Roasters is a social-impact operation sending ten percent of its proceeds to provide rural communities with ceramic water purifiers.  Bryce Roszell is the owner and green buyer of Open Seas Coffee Roasters. Andrew Wackett is in charge of roasting and quality control; operations manager Hannah Wackett focuses on… Read More

CJ Porter Born roasts on an MCR-20 in a warehouse in St. Paul, Minnesota. As Director of Coffee for The Get Down Coffee Company, he’s in charge of supplying the fast-growing company with coffee, yes, but also the details that customers are now coming to expect on their bags of specialty coffee. While third-wave roasters… Read More

Christian Felipe Guzman Herrera roasts on an MCR-20. The machine lives in Pueblo Querido’s third location, a shop in Greenpoint, Brooklyn that opened just last year.  Christian is a night owl; waking up at four a.m. is often the hardest part of his day. But now, five years into running his trio of coffee shops,… Read More