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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
21 | The Best Coffee Shops In San Francisco & Is Taste Most Important?
Mark just got back from San Francisco and of course he had to hit the best coffee shops in the area. San Francisco has a rich coffee culture that is such a…
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20 | Buying Coffee With So Many Options
Buying coffee can either be very simple or unnecessarily overwhelming with the amount of options there are. There are new roasting companies popping up all the…
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19 | Three Tips For Beginner Coffee Roasters
Running a coffee roasting business alone has many moving parts, but grasping coffee roasting itself is just as difficult if not more intricate. There's still…
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18 | The Worker Shortage & Why You Should Or Shouldn't Work In Coffee
Working in coffee as a barista or roaster is sometimes over romanticized. If you're looking from the outside in, things appear to be much different than they…
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17 | When Is Enough? Running A Coffee Roasting Business
Fishing season started a couple weeks ago here in the Pacific Northwest. It's been years since we've enjoyed a good fishing season. As small business owners…
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16 | Roasting Coffee To Different Color: Light, Medium, and Dark Roast
If we haven't said this enough, roasting coffee is a very complex process. Taking a coffee from a green color to a brown color is fairly easy, but there's so…
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15 | Pour Over Coffee Better Than French Press? What's the Tricolate?
Is pour over coffee really better than french press coffee? Although that's been an industry standard for the last decade, we argue why french press coffee (…
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14 | The Origin Of Mirror Coffee And WHY We Started A Coffee Roastery
It was Fall of 2019 that things got really serious about starting a coffee roasting company, however, it was in the talks long before that. For years before…
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13 | How Specialty Coffee Is Taking Over Daily Consumption
Specialty coffee is growing rapidly and taking over the coffee industry slowly but surely. Delicious coffee is accessible now more than it ever has. We're not…
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12 | We Said "No" To A Dream Coffee Bar Setup
This last week, we were setup for an incredible opportunity that almost felt like a dream. It was everything we talked about when we entertained the idea of…
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11 | Using Social Media To Impact The World Positively
Over the past year, we have dove into the world of social media and even more specifically, the coffee content of social media. It's been such a pleasure to be…
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10 | How Travel And Culture Changed Coffee For Us
Years ago, coffee wasn’t a thing for us. At least not the way it is right now, however, through several travel and cultural experiences, that has changed…
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9 | How To Get Into Specialty Coffee
The other week, we were asked on Instagram, "How do you get into specialty coffee as a beginner?" In addition to that, we found ourselves discussing what is…
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8 | Buying Green Coffee: The Flavor Profile
Buying green coffee is arguably one of the most important aspects of a coffee roasting company. With an endless amount of possibilities and options out there…
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7 | How To Make Amazing Cold Brew Coffee
Cold brew is a beverage we're all too familiar with yet we don't think it gets talked about enough especially in specialty coffee. After our recent…
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6 | Are We A Perfect Coffee Roasting Company? Fighting Perfectionism
As a coffee roasting company, we're always pursuing excellence in all we do. This is great until it starts to hurt us and stunt our growth. Both of us are…
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5 | Running a Coffee Roasting Company: Our First Year As A Business
We just passed our first year since starting our coffee roasting company, and it's been a wild ride. So many unexpected events happened and we learned a lot as…
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4 | Our Favorite And Most Memorable Holiday Season Moments
This was such an enjoyable conversation to have as we looked back over the many years of experiencing the holiday season. From the scent of the holidays to…
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3 | Intentional Money Spending Leads To Big Impact
We live in a world of one-click orders, quick shipping times, endless sign ups to subscriptions, and impulse purchases that can be made far too easily…
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2 | Hurricane Eta And The Impact On Coffee
Today we talk about the recent natural disaster that hit Central America. A coffee importer we work with in Guatemala shared the news on social media, and it…
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1 | Processing The Coffee Industry in 2020
The coffee industry is an industry that is undergoing a lot of change. The specialty coffee subcategory is fairly small yet growing quite rapidly, but like all…