a continuation of the coffee roasting company story I began talking about in part 1. I talk about what the past 2 years has looked like as I started roasted coffee and eventually turned it into a business.
Thank you so much for the wisdom shared about your roasting business. I'm considering small-batch-roasting in my area as a side gig with hopes that it would grow into a supplement to my current vocation and take me into something meaningful upon retirement. Your roasting operation seems closest to what I might hope to achieve. Thanks again for sharing!
Great story. I’m actually retiring soon from the military and would love to get into something similar. I’m in Canada as well which makes things abit different but watching a lot of videos like this to learn. Thanks!
Awesome part series. I am getting into almost the exact thing here in France but starting on 3kg machine. I realised there is nothing good in this area and I started just wanted to roast for myself so I could have a nice cup. Now I’m trying to make a business out of it. Just registered, so we will see how we go. Thanks for the video, very motivating. Jordan.
Dude, you are in my head!!! I fell in love with specialty coffee after my first pour over. It was a Colombian Geisha I got at a friend of mines coffee shop. I did a little home roasting a few years ago but lately I've been really wanting to get into it. I have been watching all mill city roasters youtube videos. I love your Fortis. After that video I made that a goal of mine. So inspiring.
Great story! I have been on the same journey for a couple years. Went the RK drum path but built custom 3kg drum, roaster and cooler. Have really enjoyed the constant learning and tweaking along the way. Keep pumping out the content it’s great to see!
Good job man thanks for sharing. I’m in the same path but really needs to roast to keep learning feel like I need more roasting hours thinking to find some roastery near to help as a volunteer I don’t know if it works but I’ll tryout. How do you recommend to do that?? Any experience? Thanks bro good vibes 🤙🏻
Wow!!! Your story is so interesting and inspiring!! I have a brand new 12x20 workshop that I wanted to turn into a coffee roasting room. It’s empy right now, getting ready to get electricity installed in it. Can I sell on my own or do I need to be inspected?? Im in Texas
Question: When you started selling from the website, were you still roasting in the garage? I have been on a similar path (MillCity Videos, Scott Rao videos and books, hours and hours of learning roasting), but stuck thinking I can't sell, start a business, or get into farmers markets until I have an inspected space for the roaster.
thanks for the videos and your input on this. I fell in love with specialty coffee back in college and I first came across a coffee roaster. I'm 37 now and been a coffee drinker since. I just started roasting at home as a hobby with my partner. Out of curiosity (not sure where we plan on taking this hobby business wise) but how did you start shipping when you first started? what shipping method did you use and did that affect how you priced your coffee? thank you in advance
Thanks for sharing! Shipping is a whole nother animal for sure! I basically paid 8.40 for a flat rate padded envelope from USPS and only charge 5.50 flat rate for 1-2 bags. I've sense found a better way with pirate ship and a thermal printer.
Hey! Great story, great videos! I have a question, is it possible to roast with your machine in an apartment? :-D How is it in terms of smoke and noise? Thanks again for these videos, very inspirational!
Interesting question. Depends on if you can vent to the outdoors. That is key I'd say. You definitely don't want all that smoke in your apartment. If you search for The Grand Mug on YT I believe he uses a Huky roaster in his house. Might be a good resource for you!
Awesome video. I use to live in Greensboro not too far from where you are at. I'm currently back home in Malaysia, and am thinking about starting my own roasting company. Currently also roasting on a behmor. Any advice on how I can learn more on roasting profile? Since the behmor is pretty automatic, wanted to learn more about the right temperature and so on. Keep up the great work!
Thanks so much! I'd say roast, taste, take notes, repeat over and over and over and you will learn a ton! Also, there is a lot of info on YT esp from the guys at Mill City. They lay out the big picture of roasting and that's so important to understand what the bean is going through during the process of roasting. Best of luck!
I see you have the dr congo coffee on your website i have same from Genuine origin i'm having trouble getting the roast profile dialed in do you have any pointers i'm trying to roast it med light
@@DerbyCoffeeRoasters i think it's just me not able to get lighter roasts to develop enough. I have tried this coffee at med med/ dark and it's average tasting. Only a couple times i have roasted to med/ light and it was really good. From what i seen other roasters sell this mostly at light/med roast
Loved this video... Great information... Notice you still have a BLANK Wall behind you... Advertised your product at ALL Times. also wanted to tell you that your background (noise) music is a little too LOUD making it hard to HEAR You... All we want is to HEAR YOU TALK... You have great ideas... we don' t need background noise. It is annoying.
Good question. I'd say it depends on what you want to do but if your goal long term is to roast I'd say buy what you can and get the experience of roasting b/c that is so worth it!
Where is you webpage? You need it in your description Box... so we can "CLICK" on it and order coffee... What kind of business are you in? Blank Walls? NO!! Coffee? YES... then make it easy for us to CLICK on you webpage... Make a link ... Sell more coffee... Come on now...
