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Why Coffee Shops Should Roast In-House

Posted on February 27, 2021 at 9:00 am by Steve Green / 0

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 many markets quality coffee can still be surprisingly hard to find. Coffee is a story and one of the greatest benefits to roasting coffee in-house is simply to take charge… Read More

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What the heck is RoastPATH?

Posted on February 25, 2021 at 12:14 pm by Steve Green / 6 Comments

In the pursuit of better coffee, Mill City Roasters was the first manufacturer to embrace datalogging as a “standard” feature on all of our models. For years, Mill City Roasters pioneered and championed the use of Artisan and Cropster for several years even going so far as to contribute to the Artisan build library and provided Phidget… Read More

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Is Mill City Roasters a Chinese brand?

Posted on May 4, 2020 at 2:17 pm by Steve Green / 0

Comment from What’s the Best Coffee Roaster? on Youtube: holly1 day ago Thanks for your input, it is still an opinon from a chinese brand whose competitive advantage was price. But you got a few points clear, there’s market paranoia and some brands are cutting corners somewhere and pressing with bulls** arguments. I’m shure this… Read More

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Mill City Picks: Home Brewing Equipment

Posted on April 2, 2020 at 1:00 pm by Lauren Lathrop / 0

Following an upward trend over the past several years, many specialty coffee customers are enjoying their favorite beverage in a new locale: their homes. Home brewing is on the rise, and equipment manufacturers are rising to meet the occasion. There’s something for everyone in the home brewing market, from beautiful single cup pour over cones,… Read More

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Mill City Picks: Cafe Equipment

Posted on March 19, 2020 at 3:35 pm by Lauren Lathrop / 0

Our founder, Steve Green, tends to refer to Mill City Roasters as a small business incubator. What he means by that is we’re a place where people start. We help them with equipment, training and education, and all the little questions they have along the way. Our instructors teach students to roast, which is fitting… Read More

Coffee Roastery Equipment, Designing for Coffee

Mill City earns CSA Design Certification – an industry first.

Posted on December 19, 2019 at 12:36 pm by Angie Davis / 1 Comment

Mill City Roasters recently earned the world’s first CSA Design Certification for coffee roasters. We’ve outlined below what this certification is, how it is beneficial to our Mill City customers and what comes next. About CSA: The Canadian Standards Association, or CSA, is a ‘Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory’, (abbreviated as NRTL and commonly referred to… Read More

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Introducing MATTE finish for the MCR Series coffee roasters, new for 2020

Posted on December 6, 2019 at 4:00 pm by Angie Davis / 0

We excited to launch a new finish option in our upcoming MCR Series roasters – Matte! This new matte finish offers a more refined look on all the stainless steel of your roaster. For a limited time, matte finish is available at no extra charge. Check out the photos below of a new 10kg Gas… Read More

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How do our large roasters compare?

Posted on September 10, 2017 at 7:28 am by Steve Green / 0

Ridiculous. Our machines are constructed as solid plate steel weldments. They are heavier and quieter than almost everything on the market, and just happen to be robust and powerful enough to profile roast full batch sizes for as long as you care to stand there. The only people talking about continuous use or vibration problems… Read More

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Double Walled Drums and Other Improvements

Posted on March 30, 2017 at 11:22 am by Steve Green / 0

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 roasters, and double walled drums on all gas roasters from 1 kg on up. I wish I was less of an engineer and enough of a marketing guy to tell… Read More

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How do our roasters compare to others?

Posted on April 3, 2014 at 8:00 am by Steve Green / 0

I was asked in an email recently how our North Coffee Equipment Company roasters, manufactured in Shenzen China, compare to US made roasters. The question is a tough one because a) I don’t have all that much experience with other roasters and b) I’m not entirely certain of my objectivity. These things are built the… Read More

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