Adam Moore bought one of our 1K roasters and sent along some introduction thoughts. Adam has agreed to “think aloud” and discuss how he approached...

As an avid reader of Cook’s, I found their ideas on necessary coffee gear a good read. It’s great to see them raising the bar....

My homeroaster group convened in Seattle for the SCAA convention. We stayed at a bud’s home and had a latte art throwdown. The judge had...

Setting up the greens, Weigh out 1 kilo (2.2 pounds). Make sure the face plate is warm! Letting the machine warm up for 30 minutes...

The coffee brokers in North America (and elsewhere) are impacted by the price of coffee as traded on the commodities market. Coffee prices go up,...

We have new greens bagged and available for you today! Organic, Sweet, and Savory. This Rwanda grown bean has faint but clear pineapple, apple pie...

Confession time, and it isn’t even Sunday. When I started roasted 9 years ago, I was taken with blending. I thought that was the ‘end-all,...

On Roasting New Charge Sizes Worked most of the morning developing a 300 gram sample size in the 1K North roaster. Seemed to get it...

Most of the companies building coffee roasters in the US are producing machines in very limited volumes. I know from experience that in the 50-500...

Initial impressions: Great eye candy; display worthy. Stainless steel chrome buffed to the max. Solid — weighty for its size. Great cup. It’s designed to...

A customer recently asked for advice on how to best use a vacpot. In that we wish to be a resource to you on all...

We cupped out three Sumatrans and bumped into a Lintong which we couldn’t resist. The Lintong area surrounds Lake Toba on the northern edge of...

Sweeping panoramic vistas of Rwanda high tropical gardens, delight in the faces of farmers, snippets of a variety of interviews brokers and big-gun roasters on...

It was a long, cold and blustery weekend here in Minneapolis, but we had a grand time roasting coffee and talking coffee roasters. Pictures below....

You’ve lugged your bargain Craigslist or Ebay or Coffeetec bargain roaster home, connected an LP tank, mashed the igniter or ignition button and nothing happened....