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.
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.
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.
Roasting coffee is fun and easy-to-learn. Believe it or not, you can learn to roast amazing coffee in just a couple of hours. Read about the basics of the RK method, and judge for yourself.
Deciding what roaster to use for your microroastery is an important decision. The anticipated size of your business, how much time you want to spend roasting and how you’re planning on roasting all play into your decision. Read more about the factors you should consider in your decision.
You’re sold on the idea of starting a microroastery – Now what? Roasting coffee is only part of the business. After that, finding customers and getting the coffee into their hands is the next piece to figure out. And, there’s a lot of options.
Equipment to roast coffee ranges from small personal use to fully automated commercial machines. In between these 2 extremes is an option that produces high quality coffee for both the home roaster and small microroaster.
