Coffee Roaster Warm Up Sessions
The Coffee Roaster Warm Up Sessions podcast covers all things coffee including roasting, brewing, tasting, and business. This is a glimpse into real discussions between two brothers Sergei and Mark Kutrovski who are co-owners of Mirror Coffee Roasters.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 208
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
28 | Being A Home Barista vs A Coffee Professional In The Industry
Over the last several years, there's been a surge of interest in the home barista niche. Whether that's having a home pour over bar or a single group head espresso machine with some of the best grind…
27 | Has Coffee Gear Reached Its Limit? Do We Need Another Brewer?
Do we need more coffee gear? What about more pour over brewers? Over the last several years, we've noticed a huge increase in coffee equipment hitting the market. From innovative espresso machines to…
26 | What does coffee taste like? Flavor Notes on Coffee Bags
What does coffee taste like? Today we're talking about flavor notes on coffee bags. Are they helpful? Do you buy coffee based on the notes labeled? Maybe you have no idea what coffee flavor notes on …
25 | What Does Coffee Taste Like? How We Talk About Flavor
What does your coffee taste like? Is it bold, smooth, burnt, light, or maybe it just tastes like coffee. Describing what our coffee tastes like can get really complicated really fast. It's been said…
24 | Coffee Blends And Single Origins. Which Is Better?
Coffee blends have been a debated topic over the last decade in the specialty coffee community. Although there isn’t anything horrible about coffee blends, which we touch up on some of the positive a…
23 | Changing The Future of Indonesian Coffee - Interview With Taylor From Origin
In this episode, Sergei talks to his good friend Taylor about what it has been like for him living and now working in Indonesia for the last seven years. This podcast is packed! They talk about robus…
22 | Best Coffee In Florida & Improving The Specialty Coffee Experience
Sergei returned from his trip to Florida, and he had the opportunity to hit all of his favorite coffee shops in Florida. Sergei gives us a run down of some of his favorite cafes he was able to visit …
21 | The Best Coffee Shops In San Francisco & Is Taste Most Important?
Mark just got back from San Francisco and of course he had to hit the best coffee shops in the area. San Francisco has a rich coffee culture that is such a pleasure to discover as someone visiting th…
20 | Buying Coffee With So Many Options
Buying coffee can either be very simple or unnecessarily overwhelming with the amount of options there are. There are new roasting companies popping up all the time yet there are so many well establi…
19 | Three Tips For Beginner Coffee Roasters
Running a coffee roasting business alone has many moving parts, but grasping coffee roasting itself is just as difficult if not more intricate. There's still so much to learn and explore in this craf…
18 | The Worker Shortage & Why You Should Or Shouldn't Work In Coffee
Working in coffee as a barista or roaster is sometimes over romanticized. If you're looking from the outside in, things appear to be much different than they really are. That being said, some people …
17 | When Is Enough? Running A Coffee Roasting Business
Fishing season started a couple weeks ago here in the Pacific Northwest. It's been years since we've enjoyed a good fishing season. As small business owners and running a coffee roasting company, it …
16 | Roasting Coffee To Different Color: Light, Medium, and Dark Roast
If we haven't said this enough, roasting coffee is a very complex process. Taking a coffee from a green color to a brown color is fairly easy, but there's so much more happening there. Each roaster h…
15 | Pour Over Coffee Better Than French Press? What's the Tricolate?
Is pour over coffee really better than french press coffee? Although that's been an industry standard for the last decade, we argue why french press coffee ( immersion brewing ) is in some ways a bet…
14 | The Origin Of Mirror Coffee And WHY We Started A Coffee Roastery
It was Fall of 2019 that things got really serious about starting a coffee roasting company, however, it was in the talks long before that. For years before our launch, we have been discussing how we…
13 | How Specialty Coffee Is Taking Over Daily Consumption
Specialty coffee is growing rapidly and taking over the coffee industry slowly but surely. Delicious coffee is accessible now more than it ever has. We're not just talking about the light roast trend…
12 | We Said "No" To A Dream Coffee Bar Setup
This last week, we were setup for an incredible opportunity that almost felt like a dream. It was everything we talked about when we entertained the idea of starting a coffee bar. As tough conversati…
11 | Using Social Media To Impact The World Positively
Over the past year, we have dove into the world of social media and even more specifically, the coffee content of social media. It's been such a pleasure to be able to find other coffee enthusiast, g…
10 | How Travel And Culture Changed Coffee For Us
Years ago, coffee wasn’t a thing for us. At least not the way it is right now, however, through several travel and cultural experiences, that has changed significantly. In this coffee podcast episode…
9 | How To Get Into Specialty Coffee
The other week, we were asked on Instagram, "How do you get into specialty coffee as a beginner?" In addition to that, we found ourselves discussing what is specialty coffee to start with! We absolut…