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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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How do our large roasters compare?

Posted on September 10, 2017 at 7:28 am by Steve Green / 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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Double Walled Drums and Other Improvements

Posted on March 30, 2017 at 11:22 am by Steve Green / 0

We’ve recently made several noteworthy improvements to our roasters at the factory: Honeywell gas valves, increased burner sizes on the 3 kg – 30 kg roasters, and double walled drums on all gas roasters from 1 kg on up. I wish I was less of an engineer and enough of a marketing guy to tell… Read More

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Common Issues for New Roasters

Posted on March 21, 2017 at 11:14 am by Nick Green / 2 Comments

We field calls on a daily basis. Let’s take a look at the most common errors as you begin to learn that new roaster. Not using full charge. North roasters are designed to use full charge. Don’t go smaller in charge size until you have mastered the full charge roasting profile. Then master a 90%… Read More

10kg in Workspace Coffee Roaster

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How to start a commercial coffee roasting business?

Posted on February 14, 2017 at 11:03 am by Steve Green / 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 Nick Green / 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 Nick Green / 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

Learning to Roast

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Learning to Roast

Posted on March 10, 2016 at 2:42 pm by Nick Green / 1 Comment

Thought we would do a quick blog based on what we experience with new and novice roasters. 1. Safety. Where are your fire extinguishers? Always, be safe, have them available and in the same place, between you and the exit. 2. Give yourself time to learn. Before I roasted on the gas drum roaster in… Read More

Rate of Rise, Roasting 101

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Roasting 102

Posted on December 31, 2015 at 8:13 pm by Nick Green / 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

A Love Affair with Coffee

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“A Love Affair with Coffee” – Rob Boyer

Posted on June 9, 2015 at 12:47 pm by Nick Green / 0

The following is from our 1st place finalist in Focus on the Roast, Rob Boyer of ‘A Love Affair of Coffee’. Read More Read More

Starting a Business

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Starting a Business

Posted on May 11, 2015 at 9:17 am by Nick Green / 0

Adam Moore bought one of our 1K roasters and sent along some introduction thoughts. Adam has agreed to “think aloud” and discuss how he approached setting up his business, how he established a business plan, and how he went about setting up the roastery. Thanks Adam, and we love our logo smacked onto the top… Read More

Visit to North Coffee Equipment in China

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Visit to North Coffee Equipment in China

Posted on April 21, 2015 at 6:14 pm by Steve Green / 2 Comments

We’ve been back from our visit to our manufacturer in China, North Coffee Equipment, Ltd of Shenzhen, for over a month. If it wasn’t for shipping nearly 40 roasters, attending the SCAA show in Seattle, and launching our Focus on the Roast competition last week, I’d probably feel a little guilty that it’s taken me… Read More

Seasoning the Drum 3kg

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Seasoning the Drum

Posted on March 20, 2015 at 1:05 pm by Nick Green / 0

Lots of calls lately from folks who have never roasted or folks stepping up from homeroasting rigs. Let’s see if we can help with a blog on seasoning your roaster drum and get you roasting! Read More Read More

Crappy Chinese Roasters

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“Chinese Coffee Roasters”

Posted on January 21, 2015 at 6:46 am by Steve Green / 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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BoldJava Tackles a Kilo

Posted on January 9, 2015 at 5:47 pm by Nick Green / 0

On Roasting New Charge Sizes Worked most of the morning developing a 300 gram sample size in the 1K North roaster. Seemed to get it down on about the 5th sample. Bamm! Thought it might make for a good blog but I wanted to nail a kilo first. Time for the big leagues. We have… Read More

Why Do Commercial Coffee Roasters Cost So Much?

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Why do commercial coffee roasters cost so much?

Posted on January 8, 2015 at 3:57 pm by Steve Green / 0

Most of the companies building coffee roasters in the US are producing machines in very limited volumes. I know from experience that in the 50-500 unit range, there’s no way to realize the kind of efficiencies of scale you’d see in a mass manufactured product. In other words, there’s no assembly line, per say. They… Read More

Sumatran Lintong Added to Inventory

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Sumatran Lintong Added to Inventory

Posted on December 8, 2014 at 1:33 pm by Nick Green / 0

We cupped out three Sumatrans and bumped into a Lintong which we couldn’t resist. The Lintong area surrounds Lake Toba on the northern edge of the island of Sumatra. Fresh harvest from late 2014. If you after a clean, distinct, lingering Sumatran, grab some here Read More Read More

North Roaster 3kg Versus Diedrich IR 2.5

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FAQ: North TJ-073 vs. Diedrich IR 2.5?

Posted on November 28, 2014 at 8:22 am by Steve Green / 0

Please note: this post dates from early 2014. We have since completely redesigned our “3kg” roaster with double walled drum, greater capacity, drum pressure gauges, better thermocouple placement, CSA certification, and new for 2020 optional colors and finishes and the addition of a new digitally controlled model with advanced data logging functions. Details at the… Read More

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Roasting profiles and a sneak peak of the next new color…

Posted on November 22, 2014 at 7:14 am by Steve Green / 0

Sorry for the teaser, but we need to do a little house keeping. Our next shipment will arrive Monday and we’ll have red and green roasters ready to ship for Christmas. Here’s a peek of the currently available colors. Read More Read More

North Coffee 2 Kg Cast Iron Tj-067 and Profiles

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North Coffee 2 kg cast iron? TJ-067 1500 gram profiles?

Posted on November 15, 2014 at 9:12 am by Steve Green / 0

We get a ton of referrals from Tim at North Coffee re. his various roasters. Kirk asked some very good questions and because I’m basically a very lazy person. I’m posting my email to him as this weeks blog post: Read More Read More

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