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Espresso con panna yes. Everything else no. Funny thing is I never had sold a con panna until 1 day I changed the name to an avalanche and instead of pouring the whipped cream on top of the espresso I put the whipped cream in first and poured the espresso over it. We charged $.50 more and...

I don't get that. I have a 60 kilo Ambex in a 800 sqft room with the afterburner also in the room. When we were building out they said I had to add a 12.5 ton unit to my already existing 5 ton unit. I said that was over kill. They said your after burner can run at 1100 degrees. I said yes...

For me its work. I started as a barista in '89 and started roasting in 94. I love everything about it!

Yo! I see you have Boca Java in your list of coffee companies you like. I built that company. Roasted for them for about 10 years or so. Sadly the people who bought it had a fire about a year ago. If you are familiar with them, are they back up and running or outsourcing their coffee?

Alun! Glad to see you're still around!! I went to a place in Miami that the whole back wall was espresso grinders. They had more than 15 single origins. I get the schtick...but what about the coffee that isn't popular. I feel you would be throwing out a lot of stale coffee. I think its a...

Bad extraction. I heat people say it will do in a pinch. That's not my attitude. I would rather go without coffee than drink bad coffee.

So a few years back my wife bought me a stove top espresso maker to add to my collection. This one is a wee bit different than the traditional stove tops. I almost blew it up the first time I used it. Well slow day at the office today and decided to give it a second try. I caught my first...

I post they never come up and here is one for sale.... https://www.coffeeforums.com/threads/for-sale-3kg-mill-city-roaster.20571/

WOW. Just wow. That is beautiful. I used one years ago and loved it. Does it come with the cooling bin?

Upgrading to a 1 to 3 kg? How small is your roaster now? Good luck finding a used one. Whenever they come up for sale they get scooped up quickly.

I used Toper for years. Customer service back then was non existent. Any issue I had with the machines I would fix. They served me well and put out great product....that being said. If you are not good with your hands or mechanically inclined I would choose a different brand. What exactly...

If it was in my back yard I would definitely would go!

Mr peaberry. I'm glad you brought Coffee Fest up. I went to 2 of their shows. I was not impressed. It felt as if they were directing their focus on people just starting out. Is it still like that?

I was just talking about this yesterday with another roaster. I asked if he was attending the next SCA show. He was wavering between that show and the equipment show in Vegas. The Vegas show starts the day after the SCA. I told him the SCA show would be better. Its the first event they have...

I pulled this off the Toddy website. They recommendn using 12 oz of coffee to 7 cups of water.

RAD!! Since its plumbed can you build it into your wall? I have friends who did that. Looks really nice. I just added a chemex and Magical butter maker to my collection. I want to start playing with cannabis tnctures and coffee at home. I will let y'all know how it turns out.

You lose my number? Hope to see you in NOLA! It's been way too long.

I am no tax expert so I did a quick google search and found this. Colorado groceries are tax exempt. Coffee prepared and served for consumption in store is taxed. I can see how they can charge tax on actual cups of coffee and RTD beverages but not unprepared ground or whole bean coffee. Hope...

It is a moka pot. It is for making stove top espresso.

I have been in the coffee business since 1989. I have to be honest and say I never really have drank coffee at home. The reason is the coffee never tastes as good as it does in a shop. I did have a moccamaster that was stolen off my desk at one of the roasterys I worked at. That brewer was...

Amir will get you sorted. He is aces.

Coffee is not taxed in Florida.

I am sure you can buy wholesale. You will just have to meet the roasters minimum orders.

Albertr. It's simple. Customer(you) create a website and label. You send the label to a roaster and he waits for you to send orders and a shipping label. The roaster produces the coffee and ships to your customer. I have a couple people I do this for. Super simple to start. The hard part is...

The whole roastery is under 800 sqft. If you look at the last picture you can see the weigh and fill in the back of the room. We can knock knock out about 10k lbs a week in this location. The issue is green storage. To have 10k lbs weekly you need to have 12k lbs green and that takes up a lot...

YO YO YO!!! Welcome to our fun little community. Are you in the biz or just a caffiend ? Either way welcome!!

I have a friend who co packs. I will have him join this thread. You can check him out at www.blackoutcoffee.com . Good luck and let us know how you make out.

Have you tried the local hardware store?

Lol...I will play along. 1. I originally said relying on others. To be honest, I really don't get frustrated about much on the job. The normal stuff. Freight shipping timeframes, market prices, and so on. I try not to stress over it because there isn't much we can do about those things...

Super vague . You going to let us in on your idea?

Pretty sure RiverNile is no longer on the forum. This was from 2006.

So almost a year ago I had someone drive their car through the front of my roastery. They did close to $30k in damages. We had to have a plywood door for almost a year! Well we are finally put back together. It is so much better than before. We had one door to the outside and it was just a...

Gibnsongi, what was so great about this coffee shop? We have had a similar discussion on where was your favorite cup. I would say that 9 times out of 10 if you ask someone about their favorite coffee experience it was when they were on vacation.

Valves cost closer to 10 to 11 cents each. I have to have valves on my bags. We sell online and also provide our bagel chain. The pre portion bags have to have a valve or the bag will burst from degassing. The valve actually cost more than the silver pouches we use for in house coffee.

Looks like someone bought a VPN. Lol. No back to the original post. Jason has done some amazing things with Slayer and in a pretty short time. They were founded in 2007 and before that he was an importer of Nuova Simonelli. So they have basically grown Slayer to be a monster in just 7 years...

Hey blockhouse, Try some coffee from Java. If your wanting to suggest a low acid coffee such as Kona it has lower acidity than the Guatemalan.

Well when you make your way to "paradise" I will have green coffee for you to buy ;)

hahah! I was like who is Ken. Thats a quote from a 70's tv show Starskey and Hutch...Ken Hutchinson.

Wish you were closer. I would sell you a bag. I can't ship it though. If you are out and about in South Florida(Delray Beach) I can sell you some of my Honduran Flor de cafe for a good price. I buy it by the container and get a pretty good price.

Welcome to the forum. I am ordering after work today. Looking forward to the read.

Good luck on selling them. I worked for Barnies late 80's and early 90s. We had old Gaggia machines with the ornate toppers. I hated them! Why? Because I was responsible for keeping them smudge free and polished.

How long are your batches?

How fast are your roasts? Is your airflow cut off?

I'm actually sitting in a coffee shop and they have one in the corner as a prop. I asked if they used it...nope.

Lol. The nice thing about home roasters is you can pick them up and turn them over...dump the beans out before they can catch on fire.

It's a percolator. I am not a fan. It basically works by pushing boiling water upwards through a tub to the top of a perforated basket. It then "showers" the grounds and back down to the bottom where it all happens again. So first off, you never want to make coffee with boiling water. It...

I have been using Kushlan for the past 20 years. The product is top notch and customer service is polar opposite of roaster manufacturers! They are not cheap. I just replaced the one I have used for the past 10 years. https://www.kushlanproducts.com/multi-purpose-mixer.html

Severuss, Actually we are talking about black outs or brown outs. Where everyone around you loses power. It can be super scary if you have coffee in the roaster and the power goes out. If the power does not come back on you need to get the coffee out of the drum before it cathes on fire...

Pictures of the roaster would help. Lots of roasters on here...maybe some before and after pictures as well?

lol. Did you really say they have the best coffee in the world??

Welcome! There are loads of roasters on here! I roast in South Florida on a 2002 Ambex 60 kilo. Let's see some pics of your set up.

Super simple yet great coffee! Love mine.

Good catch Rose! Lol...I must be already on vacation. Wonder how their business fared.

Do you have a website or is your business on social media? Post a link and let us see what your working with.

"Cold brew" coffee is just coffee that was blended for cold brew brewing. Espresso coffee is just coffee that was created for making espresso. You can still use it for drip coffee or french press as long as you grind it differently. So if the cold brew coffee you have is ground it will not...

Ethiopia is a large place. Where are your coffees from? What kind of price for the inventory that is already stateside and where do you store it?

do you only use kcups? That could be one of the issues. Dark roast flavored coffee is hard to do because the dark roast hides the "flavor". I do a dark roast dark chocolate and the chocolate shines through...vanilla not so much. I would suggest using a different brewing method and keep an...

Musicphan is right. Kushlan mixers are the best. Ive used them since day one. My last place had 10 of them. Never had an issue the 10 years I ran them. When I started at brooklyn water bagel I bought a new one. It lasted a little over 10 years. I just replaced it with a new one and they...

It might help if you posted some pictures and production info such as usage or age. Please let us know when you have sold this item.