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Roasters + Baristas: Information Exchange

Posted on April 20, 2020 at 3:40 pm by / 0
Welcome back to our ongoing educational series in which we find ways to bridge the gap between the roaster and the barista. In our last post, we explained the importance of using the same brew methods to help calibrate the language that roasters and baristas use about a coffee’s flavor. We recommended that roasters try… Read More
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Mill City Picks: Home Brewing Equipment

Posted on April 2, 2020 at 1:00 pm by / 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 earns CSA Design Certification – an industry first.

Posted on December 19, 2019 at 12:36 pm by / 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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Mill City + Glitter Cat Bootcamp

Posted on July 18, 2019 at 2:51 pm by / 0
Following on the wildly successful high heels of its inaugural year, Glitter Cat Bootcamp is gearing up to launch its 2020 season. Glitter Cat Bootcamp is an intensive training program offered to members of marginalized communities who are interested in participating in the US Coffee Championships. While last year’s program focused solely on the Barista… Read More
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Dogwood in Sprudge

Posted on April 29, 2019 at 9:50 am by / 0
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 Dogwood. Their 30kg and 500g Mill City Roasters are helping them to sample, profile and bring quality-driven coffees into production. In addition to their roasters, Dogwood is using a prototype hydraulic… Read More
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Mill City Roasters at SCA Expo 2018

Posted on March 13, 2018 at 4:30 pm by / 0
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 be shipping 9 roasters ranging from 500 gram to 30 kg capacity including two 3 kg roasters in the subterranean Roasters Guild training area where we’ll be supplying machines as… Read More
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Minneroasta 2017 – 1st Annual Coffee Roasting Event

Posted on September 25, 2017 at 6:23 am by / 0
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 abbreviated list of local companies you probably know or probably should know: Caribou Coffee Cafe Imports Dunn Brothers Mill City Roasters Buhler Peace Coffee Dogwood Coffee Spyhouse Bootstrap Up B&W… Read More
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Roasters Guild Retreat 2017

Posted on May 26, 2017 at 2:11 pm by / 1 Comment
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 opportunity to connect with other roasters and deepen attendees understanding of and appreciation for the craft. “Education and open discussion of issues has always been at the core of  Retreat,… Read More
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The Legendary Coffee Tour, Spring 2017

Posted on May 9, 2017 at 3:56 pm by / 0
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, Miami, Tampa, Indianapolis, and Denver. The Legendary Coffee Tour is a travelling coffee education event and celebration presented by our notorious team of Café Imports Sales Reps and Customer Service.… Read More
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Deaf Can! Coffee Visits Mill City Roasters

Posted on April 25, 2017 at 3:04 pm by / 0
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 amazed at the ingenuity, passion, and the mission of our customers. Deaf Can! Coffee is a social enterprise based in Jamaica, providing deaf students an opportunity to learn more about… Read More
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Steel Oak featured on Daily Coffee News

Posted on January 13, 2017 at 1:30 pm by / 0
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 in October 2016, their 650 square-foot production facility, featuring their 2 kilogram North machine from Mill City Roasters, has been dedicated to specialty coffee education events such as public cuppings,… Read More
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Archetype Coffee Co. Featured on Daily Coffee News

Posted on January 11, 2017 at 2:05 pm by / 0
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 the 1 kilogram North machine from Mill City Roasters. Archetype’s signature coffee, Elixir, is a blend of green coffee from Guatemala, Colombia, and Ethiopia sourced from Cafe Imports, also based… Read More
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The Grind featured in Daily Coffee News

Posted on January 7, 2017 at 3:34 pm by / 0
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 Duncan, the master roaster and owner, works on a 10 kilogram North machine from Mill City Roasters, as well as a 1 kilogram Sonofresco sample roaster. Up next, Duncan will… Read More
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