Taylor Kirkman and Steven Leganski, the co-owners of SW Grilled Coffee, were excited to be sponsored by Intuit Quickbooks, Fox Sports, and the NFL in
One of the most intimidating aspects of starting any business is finding customers. But, coffee is something that nearly everyone drinks, and fresh roasted coffee is so much better than typical store-bought coffee that it almost sells itself.
The Difference Between Roasting Temperatures Explained One of the questions that we frequently get is “Why do RK Drums roast with higher roasting temperatures than
Sometimes, your rotisserie rod just isn’t long enough to give sufficient space between the motor and grill hood to protect the motor from overheating. Well, we have a solution – the motor heat shield. This shields the heat escaping through the rotisserie cutout, so that the motor lasts longer and doesn’t overheat.
If you’re roasting as business, any penny you can put back into your pocket makes your business more profitable. One way can do this is by making the roaster more efficient.
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No matter how high the quality of a coffee, any freshly roasted coffee will begin to deteriorate in freshness and begin going stale after it’s roasted.
When starting a business, there are so many decisions to make. If your business is a coffee shop or microroastery, one of these might be whether to roast your own coffee or white label someone else’s. And while the taste and freshness of roasting your own coffee can’t be beat, there are times when the convenience of white labeling might be more valuable to a business owner.
For every pound of finished coffee, you must add 3.2oz or 20% more green coffee to your drum for a medium roast. For darker roasts or lighter roasts, you will require more or less, respectively.
There are many true artisans and roast masters out there that have spent years perfecting the roast profiles they use with each individual coffee. And, in truth, roasting coffee is one of those arts that you can truly immerse yourself in. But, that doesn’t mean that roasting coffee is inaccessible to the beginner.
