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Today the RoastLog team is flying out to Seattle for the annual SCA Conference (note, it’s hard not to type “SCAA”). This years marks the eighth year that we have officially exhibited at the conference, and the ninth one if you count our appearance in Atlanta. In 2009 Linsey and Read more…
Where in the hell has the RoastLog team been? It’s a good question. As can be seen in the dates of our blog posts, we’ve been fairly quiet (at least publicly) for almost a year. Why? There are a couple of big reasons: Our inventory system has undergone a massive Read more…
If there’s one thing I hate, it’s a stale blog. We haven’t updated this blog in a while and it’s time to change that! As always, we had a fantastic time at the SCAA conference and returned home with a very clear direction of what this year will look like Read more…
If you are in the planning stages of your business, you are in luck. We get the challenges that new startups face. We want to help you get your roastery off the ground. This is why we’re excited to introduce a new program that allows qualified startups to use RoastLog for Read more…
It’s the eve of the 2011 Specialty Coffee exposition in Houston. We’re out in force for the show. This time, in addition to Brian, Ryan and I, we have roped our pal Linsey in to help us at the booth over the weekend. At last year’s show in Anaheim we Read more…
As most people reading this blog know, the coffee roasting community is pretty small. After working in the industry for awhile, roasters often end up making contacts with other roasters who work for different companies. Talking with industry colleagues is a great way to learn more about roasting, trade stories Read more…
A couple of months ago Brian, Ryan and scrapped our regular weekly meeting agenda and focused on a recap the past year instead. We talked about the highs of starting a new company, launching a new product and winning the SCAA best new product award. We talked about the lows Read more…
Here is the summary of our blog for its very first year. Lesson learned, more celebrities! While we’re here, I may as well summarize 2010 for RoastLog. In early January of 2010, we didn’t have a product. We had a prototype circuit board, very very rough prototype which I had Read more…
One thing the three of us struggle with on a daily basis over here is time. RoastLog is a real business with real customers paying us real money. However, the money we earn from RoastLog isn’t enough to pay the bills for one person, let alone three. This means that Read more…
It’s hard for me to believe that Thanksgiving is less than a week away. I spent three weeks last month vacationing in Spain and the few weeks since then catching up with all the work that piled up while I was gone. Now it’s November, the eve of the busiest Read more…