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Why do commercial coffee roasters cost so much?
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...
Espro Press - Makes one Forget France
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...
Using a Vacpot
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...
Sumatran Lintong Added to Inventory
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...
A Film About Coffee
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...
We just got back from Big Central
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....
Gas Orifice Sizing?
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....
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