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A Highly Drinkable Mexico Veracruz from Producer Alejandro Martinez

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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...

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Rescue Roaster: 2019 Probat P12/2 - SOLD!

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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...

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Colombia Cauca AMACA: Empowering Women Coffee Producers

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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...

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How Does Toll Roasting Work?

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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....

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Colombia Manos Juntas: An Anaerobic Natural With Increased Traceability

By Katrina Oseguera

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...

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Filtering the noise: Advice for the perplexed

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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...

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Direct from Origin: Forest Coffee of Colombia

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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...

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Why does the weigh/fill machine need compressed air?

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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....

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The "Perfect" Roaster?

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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...

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Last Mile To Open Later This Summer

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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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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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