The test roastery and lab space in Rainier, OR uses venting from Usonian. If you are in need of solutions for exhausting your coffee roasting equipment, I would recommend you reach out to Ryan Karatimus there.

As many of you know, I have had a great relationship with the team at Loring Smart Roast for a number of years. I’ve spent some time on every type of coffee roaster they’ve put out and have an affinity for both the equipment and the people who make it.

This amazing home roaster is wicked flexible, easily adjustable, and roasts some stellar coffee. If you’re looking for a product design roaster, home roaster, or wanting to start small-scale this is the place you should be looking!

While they may not need much introduction, the team at IKAWA have always been communicative, engaging, and fun to work with. The machines they build are awesome and seem to be ubiquitous with the term sample roasting these days. I use my IKAWA regularly.

I love to get back to basics and roast coffee by hand when possible. For me it is an invaluable tool to learn the sight, smell, and sound of coffee and familiarize yourself with the process of roasting. Mathew builds a very nice hand roaster. You should check them out!

In my lab, I brew a lot of coffee on the Ratio 6 brewer. While it is important to be able to cup coffee and taste it manually brewed, most of our customers are going to be drinking it from an automatic brewer. The Ratio 6 allows me to have a beautiful, functional, and nicely constructed option to turn to when I want. It is something I use almost daily for my own personal consumption as well as brewing for people who attend in person classes.