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It was roasting day at George Howell Coffee in Acton. A shiny industrial roasting machine thrummed loudly, while an employee monitored its vital signs on a pair of computer screens nearby. Howell, ...

Righteous Grounds Coffee Roasters recently opened a new coffee house at 734 Barr Road in Lexington, SC Chris Trainor chtrainor@thestate.com There’s a new place for Lexington residents and visitors to ...

Join MorganDrinksCoffee as she attempts home coffee roasting for the first time, tackling the challenge of transforming green coffee beans into a fresh cup using a CAFEMASY countertop roaster. Watch ...

For as long as he’s been a chef, Steve Caravelli has been a hobbyist maker, experimenting with everything from making his own wine and brewing his own beer to making bread. None of those experiences ...

If you have a sack of potatoes lying around, you could go to the trouble of peeling, dicing, and boiling them before turning them into mashed potatoes. Far be it from us to downplay the wonders of ...

Founded in 2008 by Jason and Amy Silberschlag in Tempe, Arizona, Cartel Roasting Co. was built on the idea of fostering community through coffee. What began as a small roastery and café has since ...

Historically, roasting coffee has been a very hands-on, sensory experience. Roasters used their senses of hearing, smell and sight to determine what stage a roast was at. Today, new technology is ...

Joanna Stern’s “AI Vending Machine Dispensed Pure Chaos” (Personal Journal, Dec. 22) reminded me of one of the bedtime tales my father used to tell me when I was a child. The “coffee-machine story” ...