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Things worth knowing, whether or not you buy anything.
Notes from building this and from standing in other people's roasteries. Written so you can finish one, act on it, and never hear from us again.
- How to get your roast history out of any roasting softwareEvery system you have ever used has an export. Here is where each one keeps it, what you actually get, and how to tell whether you have everything before you need it.6 min
- What it actually takes to connect a roaster to softwareProbes, converters and protocols, in the order you meet them, and the honest answer about which machines are easy and which are work.7 min
- Why roastery wifi fails, and what it costs youA roasting hall is close to the worst radio environment a small business owns. The fix is mostly not a better router.5 min
- What forty roasteries taught us about their own numbersThe same five things came up in almost every visit, and none of them were about roasting.6 min
- Working out what a bag of your coffee actually costsGreen, shrinkage, packaging and labour, in the order that compounds, and the mistake that makes every roastery's number too low.5 min
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