Roastery & Production Space

The roastery at CoRo lies at the heart of who we are.

Whether you’re looking to expand your existing coffee business, roast coffee for your cafe or restaurant (or office), or are simply interested in what goes into your morning cup, CoRo offers a collaborative, accessible roasting experience for anyone.

Equipment

Our equipment and production space, including our QC Lab and cupping room, are available for use by CoRo Member Roasters or on an hourly basis. We are available to walk you through the equipment, show you how it's used.

Featured

Mill City 1kg

The Mill City 1kg is the latest addition to the CoRo roaster family, and we couldn’t be more excited!

This natural gas roaster, with variable drum and fan speeds and integrated Cropster interface, is perfect for experienced roasting professionals looking for control from a small batch roaster. Its also an amazing fit for home roasters looking to up their capacity from the Probat BRZ 2.

Loring S35 Kestrel

This new Loring series is a remarkably sustainable and efficient roaster that gives you a highly focused cup. The design of this stainless steel roaster utilizes convection heat to roast rather than drum roaster that uses a mixture of convection and conduction. The closed air system uses the most environmentally conscious approach to roasting to date. This roaster has a range of 24 lbs up to 72 lbs per batch. CoRo is equipped with 2 Loring S35 Kestrels.

Loring S15 Falcon

This new Loring series is a remarkably sustainable and efficient roaster that gives you a highly focused cup. The design of this stainless steel roaster utilizes convection heat to roast rather than drum roaster that uses a mixture of convection and conduction. The closed air system uses the most environmentally conscious approach to roasting to date. A more mid-size roaster than the Kestrel, this roaster fits 12 lbs and up to 28 lbs per batch.

Probat Probatone 5

This 5 kilo cast iron production roaster retains heat like a champion. It’s a perfect roaster for 4 lbs and up to 10 lbs of green coffee per batch. The clean natural gas burner is easy to control and is a cinch to learn. Probat coffee roasters are one of the most sought after and trusted drum roasters on the market. This particular series is the smallest version of the P type roaster and performs the same as its larger family members.

Probat BRZ 2

The Probat BRZ 2 is a natural gas powered double barrel sample roaster is a favorite among coffee roasters when roasting 90-100 gram green coffee samples. This tiny roaster is a fantastic tool to help you make purchasing decisions with green coffee. Whether you are looking for a specific flavor profile or to check a coffee for consistency, this is the most inexpensive and efficient tactic to reveal what a coffee has to offer.

Member Roasters

Education

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