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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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Mill City + Glitter Cat Bootcamp

Posted on July 18, 2019 at 2:51 pm by Lauren Lathrop / 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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Big Red Roast Rig is hitting the road again

Posted on July 18, 2019 at 1:57 pm by Joe Marrocco / 0

After a recent five-city tour, Mill City Roaster’s “Big Red Roast Rig” is hitting the road again, and this time, it’s pulling into two of the more high profile coffee events of the summer: Coffee Roasters Guild Retreat and Coffee Fest L.A. That’s right, Big Red is rolling from Minnesota to Atlanta, from Atlanta to… Read More

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Dogwood in Sprudge

Posted on April 29, 2019 at 9:50 am by Adrienne Blasky / 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 Nick Green / 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 Nick Green / 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 Nick Green / 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 Nick Green / 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 Nick Green / 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

Bags of Green Coffee at Steel Oak Coffee

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Steel Oak featured on Daily Coffee News

Posted on January 13, 2017 at 1:30 pm by Nick Green / 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

Archtype Coffee Elixir Blend and Great Flood Porter

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Archetype Coffee Co. Featured on Daily Coffee News

Posted on January 11, 2017 at 2:05 pm by Nick Green / 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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Push X Pull Featured on Daily Coffee News

Posted on January 10, 2017 at 2:36 pm by Nick Green / 0

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 had extensive experience with craft coffee. Paired with Cowdin’s background in graphic design and branding, the two make for an exciting duo. On the horizon, Push x Pull will be… Read More

Owner of the Grind, Ian Duncan with Roaster

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The Grind featured in Daily Coffee News

Posted on January 7, 2017 at 3:34 pm by Nick Green / 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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Broadsheet featured on Medium

Posted on January 6, 2017 at 4:19 pm by Nick Green / 0

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 and GO Competition. Before Broadsheet Coffee was even open for business, its founder Aaron MacDougall was up against dozens of established brands in the competition. According to MacDougall, his interest… Read More

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Amateur Coffee featured on The Gateway

Posted on December 31, 2016 at 2:51 pm by Nick Green / 0

Omaha, Nebraska is the new hotspot for local, specialty coffee and the surround community has embraced the wave. Amateur Coffee, founded by Jasmyn and Jacob Wicher, has embraced the community right back. Fall 2017, the long-awaited Amateur Coffee storefront will offer a creative space for the area to enjoy their roasts. Through purchasing smaller quantities… Read More

Carlson Roasting Owner Bob Carlson with Bags of Green Coffee

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Carlson Roasting Co. featured on Houston County News

Posted on December 15, 2016 at 10:22 am by Nick Green / 0

The rapidly growing Carlson Roasting Co., Houston County, Minnesota, are moving into a larger downtown location. Owners Bob and Mimi Carlson are transforming their former cafe location into a tasting room, where beans may also be purchased. Carlson beans can be found wholesale at six area grocery stores and two eateries. An at home roaster… Read More

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Wesley Andrews Shop featured in Daily Coffee News

Posted on December 13, 2016 at 4:12 pm by Nick Green / 0

November 2016 marked the opening of the Wesley Andrews café in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founders Jared Thompson and Johan Podlewski have roasted coffee and acquired teas over the past several years. One unique highlight of the spot is the rotating featured “guest” roasters, working on a 3 kilogram North machine from Mill City. The program that… Read More

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Meta Coffee Lab featured on the Journal Star

Posted on December 11, 2016 at 11:11 am by Nick Green / 0

Mike Bratty and Suzanne Seberg have taken a minimalist approach to creating and growing their small-batch roasting products. Meta Coffee Labs of Lincoln, Nebraska, started as a mobile pop-up distributed on a custom tricycle, mainly at Haymarket Farmers Market. Their nitrogen-pressurized cold brew coffee gained popularity in the area. They were soon approached by Zipline… Read More

Spaceship Earth Coffee Owner Measuring Out Beans

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Spaceship Earth Coffee featured on McAlester News

Posted on November 21, 2016 at 3:05 pm by Nick Green / 0

A brewery and coffee company have partnered up in McAlester, Oklahoma. Adam Grownwald, the founder of Spaceship Earth Coffee, developed a love of roasting and an interest in entrepreneurship in college. Impressed by his roasts, area brewer Prairie Artisan Ales buys Spaceship Earth’s coffee to add to their beers. Spaceship Earth is now focused on… Read More

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Meta Coffee Lab featured in Daily Coffee News

Posted on November 15, 2016 at 5:05 pm by Nick Green / 0

A roastery has opened in Lincoln, Nebraska, in the basement of Mike Bratty’s and Suzanne Seberg’s home. The small-batch, craft beans are created on a 2 kilogram North machine from Mill City Roasters. Meta Coffee Labs started as a mobile pop-up coffee station on a bike. The recognized the demand for their featured product, a… Read More

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