Roasting 201 in Minneapolis
Level up your roasting skills with Roasting 201. Designed for students who have completed Roasting 101 and experienced production roasters, this class will challenge you with higher-level roasting skills and sensory exercises.
Connect with industry colleagues, share tips and techniques, and challenge yourself to design new profiles, and work with new coffee. Experience two full days of hands-on roasting and tasting with breakout sessions dedicated to scaling your current coffee business.
Class sizes are limited to 12 students so you'll have plenty of time on roasters in our brand-new Coffee Campus.
Early Bird Discount: Register early and you pay $2000 $1600!
Group Discount: Register two or more students and save an additional $300 on each registration! Discount automatically applied.
PERFECT THE PROFILE
Gain valuable insights into your roast data with customized roasting exercises focused on phase percentage goals and the impact of specific landmarks on flavor quality. Learn to identify early markers of a roasting issue and how to get back on track in real time, without wasting valuable greens.
BUILD BETTER BLENDS
Starting with an inventory of high-quality single origins, curate your own espresso, drip coffee, or seasonal blends and develop roast profiles for pre or post-roast iterations. Experiment with different processing methods and develop techniques for keeping blends consistent season to season.
SENSORY SKILLBUILDING
We utilize challenging sensory exercises like triangulations, reference flavor matching, and solutions tasting to help you hone your skills at the cupping table. Learn how to design an effective QC program for your own roastery to increase consistency, quality, and product value for your customers.
INCREASE EFFICIENCY
Learn from our experienced team of production roasters on how to approach your daily roasting schedule, pre-heat process, and between batch protocol to maximize efficiency and labor in your roastery. Get hands-on experience with commercial packaging equipment and see how you can increase your production with small upgrades.
MACHINE MAINTENANCE
Take on bigger maintenance projects with us on our training and production roasters to practice disassembly, cleaning, and reassembly and learn more about our preventative maintenance schedule as a commercial roaster. Review our roastery safety plan, and learn what to do in the case of a power outage, roaster fire, or other unexpected issue.
BEYOND THE DRUM
We operate a commercial roastery and provide roasted coffee to several cafes and private-label customers. By learning and working in our facility you will become familiar with other tools and equipment that are necessary to operate a commercial roastery.
CLASS ELIGIBILITY
Roasting 201 is designed for students who have completed Roasting 101 with us at Mill City Roasters. Experienced roasters who have worked for 2+ years in a production roasting setting and have cupping experience may also attend. If you're not sure which class is right for you, reach out to us at 612-886-2089 or email hello@millcityroasters.com
SCHEDULE
| Thursday | 9am-4:30pm | Small group roasting and sensory challenges, blend component cupping and batch roasting techniques. |
| Friday | 9am-4:30pm | Roasting blends, rare and unusual coffees, machine care and maintenance, and roasting business group discussion. |
MORE DETAILS
- This class is led by Lauren & Bryant with discussion and input from Steve and Angie.
- You will roast on several roasters including the MCR500, MCR-2E, MCR-2D, MCR-3D, and MCR-6.
- Lunch is provided by Mill City Roasters.
- No perfume, aftershave, heavy scents, etc. Gotta keep the air clear to smell the coffee!
- Discounted hotel rates available.
- Sorry, no cancellation refunds within 30 days of class. Groups must all attend the same class to receive the group discount. Students must be 18 years of age or arrange advance approval to attend.
JOINING US FOR CLASS?
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Level Up Your Roasting
Roasting 201
Join us in Minneapolis to connect with fellow students and instructors. This class is built to help you become a better roaster, cupper, and coffee business owner.