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    Hello, new capability…

    Posted on February 10, 2023 at 10:33 am by / 2 Comments
    Many of you know that we do a big chunk of our engineering here in Minneapolis.  Over the years, we have grown to be the most skilled, most professional, most experienced, and most capable manufacturer in this industry. We know how to build machines that reliably make money and we know exactly how to keep… Read More
    Commercial Coffee Roaster News, Roasting & Education, Start, Scale, Sustain

    Green Blending Basics

    Posted on November 22, 2022 at 4:33 pm by / 0
    The mystery of blending In a recent post about creating a great Holiday Blend, I mentioned a few strategies for blending greens. Blending helps roasters create something greater than the sum of its parts. Roasters often have questions about blending, and it’s a topic that we spend a lot of time discussing during our roasting… Read More
    Commercial Coffee Roaster News, Start, Scale, Sustain

    Building the Best Holiday Blend

    Posted on October 27, 2022 at 10:55 am by / 0
    Blending Basics Blending coffees is a topic we cover every time we teach our roasting classes. We share some of the best practices, methodology, and recommend greens that “play well together”. Blending is a great way to manage costs and build your brand identity by offering a great coffee that’s available year-round. After discussing the… Read More
    Commercial Coffee Roaster News, Roasting & Education, Start, Scale, Sustain

    What’s In A Roastery?

    Posted on October 10, 2022 at 12:51 pm by / 0
    This is the first in an ongoing series on what tools we keep in the Mill City Roastery for efficiency, quality control, and more.  What do you need in your roastery? We help customers build their roasting business from the ground up. From choosing the right size roaster, and offering roasting classes, to providing ongoing… Read More
    Coffee Roastery Equipment, Commercial Coffee Roaster News, Roaster News, Roasting & Education, Start, Scale, Sustain

    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
    Coffee Roastery Equipment, Roaster News, Start, Scale, Sustain

    The “Perfect” Roaster?

    Posted on June 24, 2022 at 3:44 pm by / 0
    A funny thing happened the other day on Facebook Coffee Roasters Forum. Another numbskull posted that his company was engaged in the exercise of building the “perfect” roaster and asked people to chime in about what they thought their “dream roaster” would look like. I have several problems with this entire exercise. First, if your commercial… Read More
    Coffee Roastery Equipment, Commercial Coffee Roaster News, Roaster News, Start, Scale, Sustain

    BTU per pound? Scaling from a small to a large production coffee roaster?

    Posted on March 9, 2022 at 3:43 pm by / 0
    I received an email from a customer this morning with a good question about BTUs:   “I am seeking a roaster that can do somewhere in the range of 20-25 pound batches at 12 or so minutes. we are on an 8 pound roaster now and we can get 8pounds to FC at between 8-9min… Read More
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