Category Archives: Customer Stories

Townsend, Tennessee is a town with four hundred and forty-four people and eight coffee shops. Just outside of town is Great Smoky National Park–it’s a pass-through for many tourists on their way to the great outdoors.  Little River Coffee Company, run by Ashley Patty, is a public roastery open Monday through Saturday. It’s a small… Read More

Setting the Scene Meg Le Vu drinks a lot of coffee. She operates a wedding photography business with her partner, Kevin; it’s a full-time job. In that role, she wears many hats: scheduler, manager, podcaster, photographer.  She started roasting her own coffee on his suggestion. Maybe, he asked her, it would be more cost-effective to… Read More

Mike and Shelly Lammon live in Apex, North Carolina, a town twenty minutes west of Raleigh. They both have day jobs; Shelly is CFO and COO of St. Mary’s School, and Mike is a software quality engineer at Red Hat Solutions.  They roast on a 10 kilogram in a rented 800 sq ft commercial space in… Read More

Neither Chis Christen nor Sam Brown can tell you exactly how they met each other. They’ve just known each other forever, running in their adjacent circles: barista/customer, friend/friend, DJ/musician. They’re both from Wisconsin, are food and beverage enthusiasts, and accomplished in the art of the specialty mocktail, which is a passion that led them to… Read More

Once a month, Tyler Campbell picks out three different coffees, focusing on options that highlight differences in beans, processing method, or roast profile. He brews them, and sets them out after coordinating with various coffee shops in Albany, Georgia to pick this month’s location. It’s free to go: there’s no charge for attendance, and he… Read More

Congratulations to our friends who took home the title of best Coffee Roastery! Resident Coffee Roasters, Florida Portrait Coffee, Georgia Dogwood Coffee, Minnesota Coffea Roasterie, South Dakota Lost Sock Roasters, Washington, DC Bean Fruit Coffee, Mississippi Revel Coffee Roasters, Montana Read the full article here Resident Coffee Roasters, Florida Portrait Coffee, Georgia Coffea Roasterie, South Dakota Bean Fruit Coffee, Mississippi Dogwood Coffee,… Read More

Roasting with Mill City is an ongoing series where we highlight companies using our roasters to build their business, make a difference, and roast delicious coffee.    It may be surprising to learn that some of the best coffee in Texas isn’t roasted in Austin or Houston, but in the small northern city of Amarillo.… Read More