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    What the heck is RoastPATH?

    Posted on February 25, 2021 at 12:14 pm by / 4 Comments
    In the pursuit of better coffee, Mill City Roasters was the first manufacturer to embrace datalogging as a “standard” feature on all of our models. For years, Mill City Roasters pioneered and championed the use of Artisan and Cropster for several years even going so far as to contribute to the Artisan build library and provided Phidget… Read More
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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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    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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    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
    Roaster News, Roasting & Education

    Learning to Roast

    Posted on March 10, 2016 at 2:42 pm by / 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
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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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    Starting a Business

    Posted on May 11, 2015 at 9:17 am by / 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
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    BoldJava Tackles a Kilo

    Posted on January 9, 2015 at 5:47 pm by / 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
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    Why do commercial coffee roasters cost so much?

    Posted on January 8, 2015 at 3:57 pm by / 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
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    Sumatran Lintong Added to Inventory

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