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Training Sensory Skills with Solutions Tasting

By Lauren Lathrop

In every class, workshop, and seminar, we ask roasters what skills they're hoping to improve. Resoundingly, the answer is the same: sensory skills. All coffee...

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Sprudge Feature: Our 2026 WOC Booth

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This week, Sprudge published an interview with Mill City Roasters VP Angie Davis about our booth at World of Coffee. A booth that Jordan Michelman,...

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The Myth of Moldy Coffee

By Lauren Lathrop

We get questions all the time about the issue of mold in coffee. Frequently, these questions come from roasters who are being asked by their...

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The Decaf Upgrade: A single-estate offering for the caffeine conscious

By Sam Thomas

The days of “death before decaf” are long over. In the past few years, we've seen coffee processing advance at a rapid rate. Along with...

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Cupping Coffee at Origin

By Bryant Banker-Scannell

Cupping is a standardized method of evaluating coffee, and for many of us, it’s a familiar routine. When traveling to coffee farms, the methods stay...

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Bye, bye, Big Red Roast Rig!

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Big Red is ready for a new home! We built Big Red as a mobile coffee lab for the US Roasting Championship. Over the last...

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2026 Colombia Trip: Photos and Takeaways

By Bryant Banker-Scannell

Earlier this year, I traveled to Colombia for an origin trip with our education and green coffee partner, Cafe Imports. Also on the trip were...

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Introducing Second Spring: A fresh green coffee blend

By Lauren Lathrop

This week, we're releasing Second Spring, a seasonal coffee blend available as a green pre-blend in 10lb bags and 40lb boxes, and available for a...

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Support these Twin Cities Coffee Companies

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We are all aware of what's been happening in the Twin Cities over the last two months. Because coffee people are the best people, we've...

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The World's Best Commercial Coffee Roaster: Introducing the MCR M-Series

By Steve Green

The M-Series: Built for the Future of Roasting The M-Series line-up is designed from the ground up to be truly automation-ready, encompassing three core models:...

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New Video! Putting Path Intelligence to the Test: Costa Rica VS Path Intelligence

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Join Lauren and Bryant as they challenge Path Intelligence to create an optimized roast profile on the MCR-2E and roast the very first batch of this...

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Roasting Education with Sweet Renaissance Coffee Academy

By Lauren Lathrop

Last week, we hosted members of Sweet Renaissance Coffee Academy for an afternoon of roaster training, sensory skill building, and discussion on developing a career...

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Notes from the Cupping Table: September 2025

By Lauren Lathrop

It's supposed to be fall here in the Midwest, but the weather is still feeling decidedly summery. We blazed through September with only a few...

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New video! Coffee Roasting with AI? Ethiopia vs. Path Intelligence

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A new video is live featuring a natural Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Chelchele G1! Watch as Lauren uses Path Intelligence by RoastPATH® to generate a roast curve...

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The Brazil Problem: Use Path Intelligence to profile your replacements

By Lauren Lathrop

Last week, coffee importers (and Mill City pals) Cafe Imports published a resource recommending coffees that may serve as good replacements to Brazil. The article...

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