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Coffee Roaster Warm Up Sessions
The Coffee Roaster Warm Up Sessions podcast covers all things coffee including roasting, brewing, tasting, and business. This is a glimpse into real discussions between two brothers Sergei and Mark Kutrovski who are co-owners of Mirror Coffee Roasters.
Episodes
- Coffee Roaster Warm Up Sessions
261 | Why flavor notes don't tell the full story
For many of us, coffee flavor notes help us decide whether or not to buy a bag. Although they play a huge role in describing a coffee, but they don't tell us…
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260 | Why brewing recipes don't make you better at brewing
We love discovering a new coffee brewing recipe. In fact, we just released an updated Aeropress recipe, but consuming more content and learning more recipes…
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259 | Finding a new space for our coffee roastery
We're moving into a new coffee roasting space for Mirror. This will transform our roasting operation in so many ways and most important of all, these changes…
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258 | What are underdeveloped and over developed coffees
We have all heard the terms underdeveloped and overdeveloped when it comes to coffee and roasting. The most challenging thing about this conversation is that…
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257 | Finding the perfect style of coffee for you ( Part 2/2 )
Finding the kinds of coffees you like, how the best way to brew them, and using the perfect gear for you is one of the most important parts of coffee. We're…
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256 | Finding the perfect style of coffee for you ( Part 1 )
In the coffee industry, you have more options for coffees and gear than you ever had, and all of it is pointless until you find this one thing - your…
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255 | Is Omniroast dead? And redefining what espresso roast is
Omni, filter, and espresso roast. We’ve all heard those labels, but are they still relevant in 2026? In this episode, we talk about the differences between…
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254 | Why coffee flavor isn't all about roast level
Many coffee enthusiasts stress roast level whether that's medium roast, ultra light roast, nordic, American light roast, and so on. It's not wrong because…
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253 | How the Deep 27 has made brewing expensive coffees easier
The Cafec Deep 27 dripper is a game changer for a very specific use case. The Deep 27 dripper tackles a problem that few drippers on the market have addressed…
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252 | Q&A: water temp vs grind size and pour over repeatability
This is part II of our Q&A episodes where we answer questions submitted by you. We tackle dialing in coffee with temperature vs grind size, repeatability, and…
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251 | Coffee Q&A: varietals, dialing in pour over coffee, & starting a roasting company
This is part 1 of our Q&A episodes. We took all the questions you all asked and answered them on the podcast. This episode, we covered our favorite varietals…
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250 | Brewing coffee at home changed how we roast coffee
We're reflecting back on the last 6 years of coffee roasting at Mirror Coffee Roasters. It's been a long journey of unlearning things we thought we knew and…
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249 | The OXO Rapid Brewer: What You Didn't Know About The ORB
The OXO Rapid Brewer broke the internet for coffee enthusiasts. It was a new brewer that changed how we thought about brewing coffee and pushed us coffee…
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248 | 3 Best Coffee Drippers For Home Brewing in 2026
There are A LOT of coffee brewers and drippers available on the market, and most of them are not that much different from one another. Many of them have subtle…
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247 | Are multi-roaster coffee shops the perfect model?
Coffee shops are usually split into two categories - those that roast their own coffee and those that serve other roasters. Both have their strengths and…
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246 | 3 Pour Over Recipes You Should Know
In this episode, we breakdown 3 of our current favorite pour over recipes that get us delicious cups. All three recipes have different workflows, procedures…
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245 | The OXO Rapid Brewer Broke The Internet & Soup Coffee
The OXO Rapid Brewer was a phemonena that needs to be studied. A company not known for creating stellar coffee gear launched a piece of coffee equipment that…
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244 | Understanding Coffee Terms For Beginners
Coffee people use a lot of words that can sound really confusing, complicated, and like you're learning a new language. In this episode, we simplify the terms…
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243 | Saving a bad roast coffee with good brewing
We’ve all been there where we buy a bag of coffee and it’s just overdeveloped and outside of your preferred style. Is the coffee lost for good or are there…
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242 | When green coffee sourcing goes wrong
Sourcing green coffee is one of the most important parts of running a coffee roasting company. Although it may seem as simple as trying coffee and placing an…
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241 | The difference between home and cafe baristas
At this point, making coffee at home has turned into more than a caffeine hit. Home baristas have high end equipment, physics books on extraction, and the time…
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240 | Are home espresso machines worth it?
Many people dream of getting a home espresso machine for their kitchen. At first glance, it feels like bringing a cafe home and having the power to make a…
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239 | How to make pour overs easy and delicious
One of the biggest complaints we hear about pour overs in coffee shops is that they're inconsistent and oftentimes not worth the added price tag. It's not…
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238 | Managing your home coffee supply
Depending on a coffee’s roast level, coffee tastes best at different resting periods after the roast date. Coffees that are roasted light and lighter usually…
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237 | How electrical currents can read coffee TDS and Roast Level
About a week ago, a new paper was published on the use of cyclical voltammetry to read a coffee's TDS and roast level. It has the potential to make a huge…
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236 | The Need For Coffee Processing Transparency
Coffee processing has seen huge leaps forward in the last 10 years. It’s more innovative than ever and has made coffee taste better than ever. As processing is…
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235 | Fellow Aiden: The good, bad, and unbeatable
The Fellow Aiden home drip coffee maker has been out for over a year now, and we've been using it for the last year. We've brewed hundreds of brews with it…
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234 | The Limitations of Ultra Light Roasts
Ultra light roast coffees have high clarity, preserve volatile flavors, and roasted in a way to minimize roast flavor. That sounds like a perfect cup, however…
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233 | Ultra Light Roast Coffee Unlocks A Whole New Flavor Profile with Airworks Coffee
Ultra light roast coffee is becoming more and more popular amongst coffee enthusiasts. At first it may seem like it's just underdeveloped, grassy coffees…
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232 | What you need for perfect water for coffee with Christopher Hendon
Water is the most important ingredient in a cup of coffee. It can make a cup go from being undrinkable to mind blowing. That’s why for this episode we invited…
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231 | Avoid these mistakes when starting a coffee roasting business
We've made a lot of mistakes in our coffee roasting journey that we had to learn the hard way. Mistakes are inevitable when you're trying to build something…
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230 | Using temp to dial in your v60 and is coffee terroir still important
This is our first Q&A on the podcast in a long time. We cover dialing in a v60 pour over by temperature vs grind size, did processing make coffee origin…
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229 | Creating a coffee menu your guests will actually love
Coffee shop owners oftentimes think they need to have a menu item for everyone and try to serve as broad of an audience as possible. It may sound right, but…
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228 | 3 Ideas We're Rethinking in Coffee
There is tons of information out there about coffee, and it's pushing the coffee industry forward. We're growing in popularity and innovation. In this episode…
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227 | How to Brew Coffee During Travel And On The Go
We've all traveled and realized we're stuck on vacation for 5 days with the most important part missing - delicious coffee. In this episode, we talk about how…
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226 | The best home coffee setup under $500
You decided you wanted to go down the coffee rabbit hole, and now what? You'll quickly realize you need coffee gear to experiment, learn, and brew tasty cups…
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225 | 3 things that makes someone exceptional at brewing coffee
As coffee enthusiasts and baristas, we're always trying to raise the bar for what our coffee tastes like. Most of the time, that comes down to brewing really…
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224 | Are coffee flavor notes on bags unnecessary?
Coffee tasting notes on a bag of coffee helps us understanding what the coffee will taste like, but what happens when we don't taste those flavor notes in the…
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223 | What’s coming for the coffee industry in 2026 ( our predictions )
Coffee’s popularity keeps growing and the coffee industry keeps evolving. With 2026 here, we sit down and talk about where we see and think the industry is…
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222 | Coffee Omakase: changing the cafe experience with Josh from Kamakase
Komakase is a coffee omakase experience unlike anything you’ve experienced before. Extraordinary coffee paired intentionally with sweets. After my visit to…
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221 | The Most Iconic Coffee Brands of 2025 - Sprudge Awards
Every year, Sprudge runs their famous Sprudge Awards. It's their way of honoring the best in the coffee industry in categories including roasters, cafes…
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220 | How to master anything in coffee & our favorite coffees of 2025
We're approaching the end of the year, and wanted to take a moment to reflect back on our coffee journey this past year. In this episode we talk about our…
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219 | Most Useful Coffee Gear of 2025
Coffee gear is meant to make coffee taste better and your life easier. In this episode, we each share our top 3 coffee tools that have impacted our coffee…
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218 | Is new coffee gear useful or just convenient?
There's a lot of new coffee gear being released and it feels like it's more than ever which is exciting. New gear is a step in the right direction, however…
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217 | Grinding finer is not the answer & high clarity burrs
We take 3 common phrases we heard around the coffee community and rate them as overrated, underrated, or properly rated. We talk about why grinding finer isn’t…
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216 | The Mystery Behind Roast Color and Development
Coffee roast color is one of the biggest variables in taste. We often choose the coffees we drink by roast development level, however, how do we measure that?…
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215 | Starting a coffee shop with the right equipment
Coffee equipment plays a huge role in running a successful and thriving coffee shop. Picking the right gear for your specific coffee shop needs can help you…
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214 | Why expensive coffee doesn’t mean GOOD coffee
Many of us love the hunt of finding exceptional coffee to brew and drink at home. Oftentimes, they come with a much higher price tag. Exotic, hard to find, and…
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213 | How to create coffee roast profiles that taste good
Developing a coffee roast profile is one of the most important parts of roasting coffee. It’s what becomes the reference point to all your production roasts…
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212 | Building aeropress recipes, competing, and hario hand grinder wins at competition?
Recently, we competed in the regional aeropress championships. There were some last minute challenges we had to work around, build recipes, and create…
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211 | Myths people believe about light roast coffee
Light roast has exploded in popularity over the last 15 years. It's quickly becoming many people's preference in coffee development, however, for many people…
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210 | Building your home drip coffee setup
Drip coffee is one of the most classic drinks in all of coffee which can oftentimes be overlooked. In recent years, however, drip coffee makers have become so…
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209 | Why coffee shops should think twice about starting food program
It's becoming more and more popular for coffee shops to have food programs and there are good reasons for it. You can increase your average order value, appeal…
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208 | Scoring the Best of Panama winning coffee and why luxury coffee is needed with Cole Torode
The Best of Panama 2025 champion scored a wild 98 points and sold for $30,000/kg. Both the score and final price set new records. In this episode, we get to…
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207 | How to run a mobile coffee cart for events
If you’re thinking about starting your mobile coffee cart to cater weddings and events, you’ll find tons of helpful advice on tackling events in this episode…
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206 | Winning World Latte Art Championships & Starting Cafes with Nicolas and Kenji Tanaka
What does it take to start cafes and win world latte art championships? We sit down with two brothers, Nicolas and Kenji Tanaka who have been crushing it in…
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205 | How Each Coffee Changes With Roast Level
Most people choose coffee by development level whether that's light, medium, or dark roast. This is because each roast development comes with a general flavor…
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204 | How to find NEW coffee roasters and coffees that you'll love
As coffee drinkers and enthusiasts, we oftentimes stick to a few coffee roasters that we become attached to and for very good reasons. What about discovering…
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203 | Coffee industry horror stories: when things go wrong
Everyone who has worked in coffee for some time has horror stories to share. We've all had customer service experiences going wrong, equipment breaking during…
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202 | Why you should learn to break these coffee brewing rules
When it comes to brewing coffee, rules are extremely helpful. Especially when you're just getting into coffee, they create the boundaries and guidance you need…