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Notes from the Cupping Table: May 2024
In May, we hosted two sessions of Roasting 101 here in Minneapolis. We also filmed a new video on our Weigh/Fill machine (look for it...
The Coffee Rose: A new sensory tool from Cafe Imports
In the coffee industry, the best way to evaluate the product is by tasting. Whether that be sampling roasting a new green coffee that just...
Notes from the Cupping Table: April 2024
April seemed to go by in the blink of an eye. Even with a break from our group roasting classes, our team stayed busy! A...
Engineering the New MCR-2E 2kg Electric Coffee Roaster
Years ago, when I first launched Mill City, we built electrically heated 500g and 1kg electric roasters. For a couple of our early years we...
Notes from the Cupping Table: March 2024
March offered a bit of a slower start for us. During the first few days of the month, the team was at Coffee Fest New...
A Sustainable Single-Serve Solution for Specialty Roasters
Historically, single-serve coffee pods have been a bit of a bummer. Typically utilizing low-quality roasted coffee, they tend to be under-dosed, resulting in a weak...
Made-in-Minneapols Mild Steel Drums
If you haven’t heard or don’t yet know, we build pretty nice roasters. We’ve got a very experienced team of engineers, designers, and fabricators on...
Look Alive Opens Their Roastery In St. Petersburg, Florida
Congratulations to Look Alive in St. Petersburg, Florida on the opening of their new roastery! For further details, be sure to read Howard Bryman's article on Daily Coffee News....
Coffee Fest New York Recap
Mill City is returning to Coffee Fest this year as the Roasting Education Sponsor for the show. That means we'll be trucking to all four...
Notes from the Cupping Table: February 2024
Even for a short month, February flew by. During the past 29 days, we had the chance to cup 43 different coffees. About a quarter...
Notes from the Cupping Table: January 2024
We cup coffee every week at Mill City Roasters. Sometimes, we cup several times in a week. These cuppings have different goals. Some are QC...
What's New in Roasting 101 for 2024?
We kicked off the new year with a sold-out session of our popular Roasting 101 class this month. The January session was our chance to...
RoastPATH® in Daily Coffee News
This week Steve caught up with Nick Brown of Daily Coffee News about the launch of RoastPATH®. Read the article and visit roastpath.com to learn...
What the heck is RoastPATH?
RoastPATH is currently available as a Windows Store app and Mac downloads can be found here: Quick Start Guide - Start Using RoastPATH To date,...
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Thanks to you, we made it to the finals! We’re a Sprudge Design Awards finalist for Outstanding Design Achievement in E-Commerce and we're feeling a little bit...
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