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Dogwood in Sprudge
Our hometown friends at Dogwood Coffee Co have just been featured in Sprudge. The roastery-cafe was intentionally designed to be functional, welcoming, playful and uniquely...
Mill City Roasters at SCA Expo 2018
The biggest thing we’ll be doing in 2018 is decamping to the Seattle State Convention Center for the SCA Expo April 19th-22nd. This year we’ll...
Minneroasta 2017 - 1st Annual Coffee Roasting Event
For those of you who haven’t heard, over the last couple of years Minneapolis, Minnesota has a developed extraordinarily vibrant coffee community. Here’s a very...
How do our large roasters compare?
Ridiculous. Our machines are constructed as solid plate steel weldments. They are heavier and quieter than almost everything on the market, and just happen...
Roasters Guild Retreat 2017
The 2017 Roasters Guild Retreat will be held at Legacy Lake Lanier in Buford Georgia from August 17th through 20th. The weekend long retreat offers...
The Legendary Coffee Tour, Spring 2017
Mill City Roasters is proud to sponsor Cafe Imports’ Legendary Coffee Tour, alongside Sprudge and La Marzocco. The tour will be making stops in Toronto,...
Deaf Can! Coffee Visits Mill City Roasters
As Mill City Roasters continues it’s mission to provide quality coffee roasting equipment to emerging and established coffee roasters, the Mill City team is constantly...
Double Walled Drums and Other Improvements
We’ve recently made several noteworthy improvements to our roasters at the factory: Honeywell gas valves, increased burner sizes on the 3 kg – 30 kg...
Common Issues for New Roasters
We field calls on a daily basis. Let’s take a look at the most common errors as you begin to learn that new roaster. Not...
How to start a commercial coffee roasting business?
How hard is it to roast coffee commercially? A roastery is typically easier to set up than a burger joint, but tracking down regulatory requirements...
Steel Oak featured on Daily Coffee News
In Ormand Beach, Florida, founders Carl and Michele Dupper of Steel Oak Coffee are rapidly establishing a dedicated following of local specialty coffee enthusiasts. Launched...
Archetype Coffee Co. Featured on Daily Coffee News
Lexington, Kentucky is home to a new micro roastery, Archetype Coffee Co. The one-man operation is managed by self-taught roaster David Barnes, who works on...
Push X Pull Featured on Daily Coffee News
Push x Pull, founded by friends Christopher Hall and Jacob Cowdin, is a roasting company based in Portland, Oregon. The former barista and roaster, Hall...
The Grind featured in Daily Coffee News
Cigars and coffees have paired up in Bluffton, South Carolina. The Grind Roaster and Peaceful Henry’s Cigar Bar offer complimentary cigars and coffee pairings. Ian...
Broadsheet featured on Medium
Working on a 1 kilogram North machine from Mill City Roasters, a pop-up in Cambridge, MA, has won first place at the Genuine Origin’s Roast...
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