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Mill City Heads to Iowa for National Coffee Day Event with BLK & Bold
Here at Mill City, every day is coffee day. But for the rest of the country, October 1st is when we celebrate National Coffee Day....
A staple in our roastery: Guatemala Quetzal, Huehuetenango
From the well-recognized region of Huehuetenango, Guatemala, this coffee provides a crisp malic and citric acidity. By developing relationships with producers in Guatemala, Cafe Imports...
Roasters Brew Box Recipes: A dialogue between the barista and roaster
Our Roaster’s Brew Box is a sensory development tool that’s built to help roasters learn more about brewing and share roasting techniques with baristas and...
Mill City at the Minnesota State Fair
One of the neat things about the posh lavish digs of Mill City Roasters is our location 2 miles down the street from the annual...
Coffee-Tech Solar vs MCR-2D?
I received an email this morning asking about how the Coffee-Tech Solar compares to the MCR-2D: …“I have narrowed down our first 2G roaster choices...
A Highly Drinkable Mexico Veracruz from Producer Alejandro Martinez
New to our green offerings this month is a washed Mexico Veracruz coffee. This coffee is a single variety lot from Alejandro Martinez’s farm in...
Rescue Roaster: 2019 Probat P12/2 - SOLD!
UPDATE: This roaster has been sold. We’ve never taken a roaster in trade before, but this lightly used orphaned Probat P12/2 looked sad and lonely...
Colombia Cauca AMACA: Empowering Women Coffee Producers
In our continuous effort to bridge the gap between the roaster and the specialty coffee industry, we are taking a closer look at our green...
How Does Toll Roasting Work?
Mill City Roasters’ Production Facility In addition to selling roasters and hosting classes at our headquarters in Minneapolis, we also operate a full-scale production roastery....
Colombia Manos Juntas: An Anaerobic Natural With Increased Traceability
In our continuous effort to bridge the gap between the roaster and the specialty coffee industry, we are taking a closer look at our green...
Filtering the noise: Advice for the perplexed
There are a lot of absurd opinions expressed online and the commercial coffee roasting community is not immune. For those of you trying to figure...
Direct from Origin: Forest Coffee of Colombia
Over the past year, our Roastery Team has become remote pals with Shady Bayter from Fresno, Tolima in Colombia. Shady (pronounced Shah-dee), along with his...
Why does the weigh/fill machine need compressed air?
I received a very good question from a prospective weigh/fill customer today about why our weigh/fill machine needs an air connection and others do not....
The "Perfect" Roaster?
A funny thing happened the other day on Facebook Coffee Roasters Forum. Another numbskull posted that his company was engaged in the exercise of building...
Last Mile To Open Later This Summer
We first met Arick and his team when they joined us for Roasting 101 in April. Their entire team attended class to better understand the...
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