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    How Your Filter Shape Changes the Flavor of Your Coffee

    Posted on August 2, 2022 at 9:00 am by / 0
    There are a lot of options to make when you brew coffee by hand, including the shape of the brewer. Pour-over brewers can have either a semi-conical shape, which looks like a funnel. Another option is a flat-bottom brewer, which has a wider base and is featured on many commercial brewers. Coffee professionals might argue… Read More
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    Brewing for Balance, Acidity, or Sweetness: Three Recipes on the AeroPress

    Posted on July 29, 2022 at 10:42 am by / 0
    In our roastery, I’m constantly exploring new brew methods and recipes.  This past week, I found three recipes for AeroPress that I thoroughly enjoyed. After brewing each one, I tasted the coffee and experimented with some small changes. I found that I was able to highlight unique attributes in one coffee by changing my brew… Read More
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    Colombia Cauca AMACA: Empowering Women Coffee Producers

    Posted on July 26, 2022 at 12:15 pm by / 0
    In our continuous effort to bridge the gap between the roaster and the specialty coffee industry, we are taking a closer look at our green coffee selection with a focus on farms, producers, varietals, and processing methods.  AMACA – El Tambo, Cauca, Castillo: We keep revisiting coffee from the Cauca department of southwestern Colombia because… Read More
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    Choosing the Right Grind Size for your Brew Method

    Posted on July 20, 2022 at 5:00 pm by / 0
    Moving forward from the principles we laid out in last week’s blog post about grind size, we know why our grind size is important. Now, we need to brew all of this delicious coffee we’re beginning to understand better. One of the most important parts of sharing a coffee is choosing how you brew it. … Read More
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    How Does Toll Roasting Work?

    Posted on July 20, 2022 at 3:46 pm by / 0
    Mill City Roasters’ Production Facility In addition to selling roasters and hosting classes at our headquarters in Minneapolis, we also operate a full-scale production roastery. In that roastery, you’ll find four production-sized roasters, packaging equipment, industrial grinders, and green coffee storage. We are able to roast, pack, and ship over 5,000 lbs of coffee each… Read More
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    Colombia Manos Juntas: An Anaerobic Natural With Increased Traceability

    Posted on July 13, 2022 at 11:55 am by / 0
    In our continuous effort to bridge the gap between the roaster and the specialty coffee industry, we are taking a closer look at our green coffee selection with a focus on farms, producers, varietals, and processing methods. Colombia Manos Juntas, Natural processed Pacamara Varietal We have enjoyed this coffee for a few years in a… Read More
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    Drink More Decaf!

    Posted on July 7, 2022 at 11:47 am by / 1 Comment
    Throughout my many years of brewing, serving, roasting, and teaching people about coffee, one of the most frequent and derisive conversations I have had is about decaf. There’s an old-school attitude among coffee drinkers that decaf is a waste of time. “Death Before Decaf!” they chant. Even decaf drinkers themselves will admit that the brew… 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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    Mill City Picks: Home Brewing Equipment

    Posted on April 2, 2020 at 1:00 pm by / 0
    Following an upward trend over the past several years, many specialty coffee customers are enjoying their favorite beverage in a new locale: their homes. Home brewing is on the rise, and equipment manufacturers are rising to meet the occasion. There’s something for everyone in the home brewing market, from beautiful single cup pour over cones,… Read More
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    Mill City + Glitter Cat Bootcamp

    Posted on July 18, 2019 at 2:51 pm by / 0
    Following on the wildly successful high heels of its inaugural year, Glitter Cat Bootcamp is gearing up to launch its 2020 season. Glitter Cat Bootcamp is an intensive training program offered to members of marginalized communities who are interested in participating in the US Coffee Championships. While last year’s program focused solely on the Barista… Read More
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    Coffee Fest Classes: What’s Up With The Donations?

    Posted on July 5, 2019 at 12:00 pm by / 0
    In case you haven’t noticed, there are some big problems on the US border. No matter your political leaning or views and no matter what the cause, detention facilities are catastrophically overcrowded and the US government workers manning those facilities are floundering trying to cope.  People are suffering down there and worse their kids are… Read More
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    Minneroasta 2017 – 1st Annual Coffee Roasting Event

    Posted on September 25, 2017 at 6:23 am by / 0
    For those of you who haven’t heard, over the last couple of years Minneapolis, Minnesota has a developed extraordinarily vibrant coffee community. Here’s a very abbreviated list of local companies you probably know or probably should know: Caribou Coffee Cafe Imports Dunn Brothers Mill City Roasters Buhler Peace Coffee Dogwood Coffee Spyhouse Bootstrap Up B&W… Read More
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    Roasters Guild Retreat 2017

    Posted on May 26, 2017 at 2:11 pm by / 1 Comment
    The 2017 Roasters Guild Retreat will be held at Legacy Lake Lanier in Buford Georgia from August 17th through 20th. The weekend long retreat offers the opportunity to connect with other roasters and deepen attendees understanding of and appreciation for the craft. “Education and open discussion of issues has always been at the core of  Retreat,… Read More
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