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Mill City Digital vs Manually Controlled Roasters?

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All Mill City Roasters have double walled drums, monolithic welded chassis, variable fan and drum speed, dedicated cooling fans, and integrated data logging. Drum pressure...

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Golden Lantern Launches In Laguna Beach

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Congratulations to co-founders Misha Mansoor and Matt Rosenblum on their new roastery in Laguna Beach, California! The brand new space features a MCR-15, tasting room...

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Sprudge 2022 Build-Outs Is Open For Submissions

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Submissions are now open for the Sprudge 2022 season of Build-Outs. An annual tradition at Sprudge since 2012, the showcase features cafe build-outs around the...

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BLK & Bold Is Hiring In Des Moines

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We occasionally hear about our friends roasting across the country that are in need of professional people to join their organizations. If you have a...

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Food & Wine Releases List of Best Coffee Roasters in the US

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Congratulations to our friends who took home the title of best Coffee Roastery! Resident Coffee Roasters, Florida Portrait Coffee, Georgia Dogwood Coffee, Minnesota Coffea Roasterie,...

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Best Commercial Coffee Roaster: the myth of the "perfect" roaster.

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I’ve been hanging around commercial coffee for a while and I don’t normally search the internet for the “best commercial coffee roaster”. Recently though I’ve...

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BTU per pound? Scaling from a small to a large production coffee roaster?

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I received an email from a customer this morning with a good question about BTUs: “I am seeking a roaster that can do somewhere in...

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Roasting with Mill City: KW Coffee Collective Kicks Off In Ontario

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Roasting with Mill City is an ongoing series where we highlight companies using our roasters to build their business, make a difference, and roast delicious...

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"Why is there a cover over the cooling tray?"

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That’s a good question. We incorporate cooling tray covers because our cooling trays are very much higher performance than industry standard. They are designed to...

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MCR 30kg vs Diedrich DR25 coffee roaster?

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I received an email today from a customer asking how our MCR 30kg compares to Diedrich DR25. Although I have a great deal of familiarity...

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Coffee Roasting: What matters the most?

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There is a lot of well meaning “advice” about coffee roasting online, but it’s seldom weighted in terms of the relative impact it makes on...

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Survey: Workflows for Coffee Roasting, Part 1

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We’re working on a new tool for RoastPATH® and could use your insight and experience. We’d really appreciate it if you could give us a...

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RoastPATH : Roast Precision Reinvented.

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We’ve spent thousands of hours engineering 12 various sized roasting machines uniquely built to answer the demands of modern specialty coffee production. The result is...

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Why Coffee Shops Should Roast In-House

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Why should you roast your own coffee? Coffee consumers everywhere are demanding more and better coffee. Although the coffee business has become more competitive, in...

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Roasting 101 Resource: Connecting with us on Zoom

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This is a guide for students who are enrolled in our remote roasting classes, hosted on Zoom. During the class, we will be leading demonstrations...

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