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Roasting 101 Resource: Connecting with us on Zoom

Posted on June 1, 2020 at 12:03 pm by / 0
This is a guide for students who are enrolled in our remote roasting classes, hosted on Zoom. During the class, we will be leading demonstrations and facilitating conversations using the video feature and the chat box. Below are some instructions for connecting via Zoom.    Before the session begins:  You will be able to connect… Read More
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Is Mill City Roasters a Chinese brand?

Posted on May 4, 2020 at 2:17 pm by / 0
Comment from What’s the Best Coffee Roaster? on Youtube: holly1 day ago Thanks for your input, it is still an opinon from a chinese brand whose competitive advantage was price. But you got a few points clear, there’s market paranoia and some brands are cutting corners somewhere and pressing with bulls** arguments. I’m shure this… Read More
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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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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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How do our large roasters compare?

Posted on September 10, 2017 at 7:28 am by / 0
Ridiculous. Our machines are constructed as solid plate steel weldments. They are heavier and quieter than almost everything on the market, and just happen to be robust and powerful enough to profile roast full batch sizes for as long as you care to stand there. The only people talking about continuous use or vibration problems… Read More
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How to start a commercial coffee roasting business?

Posted on February 14, 2017 at 11:03 am by / 8 Comments
How hard is it to roast coffee commercially? A roastery is typically easier to set up than a burger joint, but tracking down regulatory requirements can sometimes be tough because your local authorities are usually much more familiar with burger joints. Here is a short list of things to consider: Facility: Roaster set up: gas,… Read More
Airflow- Settings and Use
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Airflow – Settings and Use

Posted on October 10, 2016 at 1:58 pm by / 1 Comment
The North Coffee Company roasters come equipped with variable airflow. While a dial of 0-100 suggests a wide spread of airflow, we recommend the use of 3 settings: Low Medium and High Don’t get hung up on dial numbers. Instead, use a simpler approach by employing a cigarette lighter to determine settings. Let’s do that.… Read More
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2nd Annual Focus on the Roast Winners!

Posted on October 4, 2016 at 4:27 pm by / 0
Fun, exciting, spirited contest this year. 115 entrants, with 7 proceeding to the second round roast-off. Results have been tabulated: 1st place, Austin Tsai, Granada Hills, CA. Austin won a 500g North sample roaster 2nd place, Cody Larson, Northfield, MN. Cody walks with a Tonino Roast Color Meter 3rd place, Austin Amento. Redlands, CA. Baratza… Read More
Rate of Rise, Roasting 101
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Roasting Beyond Basics

Posted on December 31, 2015 at 8:13 pm by / 2 Comments
Rate of Rise, Roasting 102   Now that you have fully mastered Roasting 101, let’s move on to roasting with attention to rate of rise. We will use Fahrenheit throughout the discussion. Rate of rise, you say?  Don’t make it more difficult than it is.  Rate of rise is merely tracking and roasting with an… Read More
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“Chinese Coffee Roasters”

Posted on January 21, 2015 at 6:46 am by / 0
This is another ancient post and many, many things have changed. Since this post we’ve officially partnered with our team in Shenzhen, redesigned all of the roasters, and helped fund the new factory expansion. We are currently producing the only NRTL certified roaster built in Asia and build the most powerful, most sophisticated specialty coffee… Read More
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