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The Brazil Problem: Use Path Intelligence to profile your replacements
Last week, coffee importers (and Mill City pals) Cafe Imports published a resource recommending coffees that may serve as good replacements to Brazil. The article...
Notes from the Cupping Table: August 2025
There's a chill in the air this week in Minnesota and the L. L. Bean fall catalogue recently arrived in our mailboxes. That can only...
Notes from the Cupping Table: July 2025
For several weeks over this spring and early summer, we were tasting a lot of unusual coffees. Many of those coffees were below the threshold...
(Unsolicited) advice to beef up skinny credit
I recently worked with a young roasting company that was growing fast. Their coffee was dialed in, their wholesale accounts were expanding, and they were...
Notes from the Cupping Table: June 2025
In June, a month that has 30 days, we cupped 30 coffees. I wish this had been on purpose, or it was the result of...
Notes from the Cupping Table: May 2025
This May, our sensory team evaluated 43 coffees and two unique chicories (more on those later). This is a fairly average number of cups for...
Notes from the Cupping Table: April 2025
At the very beginning of this year, I was already worrying about our busy Spring. I was thinking about teaching 5 new classes at our...
Say Hello to a New Affordable Green Coffee Blend, Shop Dog!
Green coffee prices have been on the rise since the beginning of this year. Climate-related issues in major producing countries, new tariff taxes on green...
Notes from the Cupping Table: Green Samples from Coffee Fest New York
For this monthly cupping recap, we're sharing a rundown of all the green coffee samples that we brought back from Coffee Fest New York. Trade...
Mill City Roasters takes on Leaderboard
Last month, the roasting and sensory team here at Mill City had a chance to test their coffee tasting and identification skills with season 17...
Notes from the Cupping Table: February 2025
The shortest month of the year held up to its reputation and flew by in the blink of an eye. Before I could put down...
Coffee Fest Kicks-off in NYC
Mill City Roasters is returning to Coffee Fest New York this March 23-25 for our third year as the official Roasting Education Sponsor of Coffee...
Ethiopia Guji Arsosala: A surprising green coffee offering
Ethiopia Guji Arsosala Washed New in the roastery at Mill City is a washed offering from the Arsosala washing station in the Guji region of...
40-pound Green Coffee Offerings: A cost-effective way to source
An answer to uncertainty Beginning this week, we'll be offering some of our best-selling coffee blends and single-origin offerings in a larger, 40-lb box format....
Notes from the Cupping Table: January 2025
It's the beginning of a new year here at Mill City Roasters, and we're already off to a great start. This January, we hosted our...
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