• Welcome to Coffee Depot, Cortlands own coffee roaster!
  • In May 2008 Craig got to go to San Fransisco to visit coffee guru Willem Boot at his super-nice roasting lab.
  • Very well equiped with a nice old Probat roaster among other toys
  • It was about 100 degrees out for the three days I was there, a little warm for a coffee roasting clinic!
  • Coffee cupping with crystals- I love California!
  • I must have cupped 40 coffees while I was there- Yum!!
  • The aftermath of a cupping. I learned SO much about coffee that week- Thank you Willem!
  • Freshly rebuilt La San Marco espresso machine going to a new home at the Red and White Cafe in DeReuyter, NY.
  • Here's our roasting room lounge area before the new loft was added.
  • Another view of the roasting room.
  • Those tubs of coffee are headed to Coffee mania!
  • Here is the bar we built for cupping and staff training.
  • Another view of the cupping room.
  • Craig toiling away in the "old" repair shop.
  • Here is the hall leading from the cupping room to the "office area" of our building.
  • Here is where all the magic happens! This is our diedrich IR-12 drum roaster.
  • Another view of our fantastic roaster. This machine provides very consistant, duplicatable quality roasts.
  • Another perspective of the roasting room.
  • Beans are a roastin' in there!
  • Looking like they may be about done!
  • Ah, here they are!
  • A fine, small roast.
  • Coffee!
  • Here is the stone cupping table at Royal Coffee of New York, our coffee importer.
  • A huge thank you to Andrew and the crew at Royal for cupping that coffee with us!
  • Back in Cortland, here is a picture of the big timbers that hold up the roof of our 100 year old building.
  • We have extensive cobblestone work aroung our building, somthing we hope to preserve as we restore this old freight depot.
  • The Coffee Depot building from the backside.
  • Back inside, the drum roaster gets a good vacuuming out.
  • It's Jug Boy!
  • Our first open house in November 2006.
  • The cupping bar all set for some serious coffee tasting!
  • Michelle discussing some great coffee with open house guests.
  • A collection of coffee equipment in various states of repair on display.
  • Michelle drives the press-pot, Lisa watches, and Robby drinks more coffee!
  • Indian Mysore Nugget coffee, one of our most popular selections.
  • Rob and Michelle goofin' at the open house.
  • Folks lining up to taste some coffee.
  • Craig during a roasting demo.
  • Craig trying not to scare the little ones while explaining coffee roasting!
  • Craig and a great customer share a laugh.
  • Caution, roaster is very hot!! The machine, not the operator. Well, he's kinda hot too!
  • Missy pulls some shots on the Twin Star.
  • Missy, a Coffee mania barista, steams some latte milk.
  • Michelle answers coffee questions during the open house.
  • Rob and Michelle.
  • We had about 10 different coffees for sampling during open house.
  • Craig trying to answer a technical question.
  • Wayward bags of coffee.
  • I love this picture! Big thanks to Martha Whitehouse for taking so many of these pictures.
  • More questions answered, more coffee tasted.
  • Michelle gestures for everyone to simmer down now!
  • another cool picture of cup, machine, and barista.
  • Reflections.
  • Michelle practicing some barista skills.
  • Roasting, one day to learn, a lifetime to master!
  • We were really pleased by the great interest the people attending the open house had in roasting.
  • Chrome-plated steel makes for some great photo opps!
  • Checkin' out the roast.
  • Close-up of some beans during the roast.
  • The line-up of coffee.
  • We really appreciate the interest that these people had!
  • Amber is pretty sure Cierras out of her mind!
  • The crowd grows...
  • More coffee talk..
  • More roasting talk..
  • There was a point where I began to realize just how many people were there.
  • Then I started to get nervous as I'm not used to being the center of attention!
  • Unbelievable amounts of people lining up to get into the cupping room!
  • The kids get in on the fun.
  • A cool picture of the Twin Star,a real workhorse machine with nice temperature stability.
  • Our prized bag of El Porvenir, a 2007 Guatemalan Cup of Excellence coffee. You should try some!
  • A somewhat full house of coffee bags.
  • Here is the new loft/roasting lounge/workshop.
  • Wider angle view from the loft.
  • View of the IR-12 from the new loft.
  • The railings of the loft were salvaged from a 100 year old house, so they fit in quite nicely.
  • Craig's feeble attempt at artsy photography!
  • I can't believe you looked at all of the pictures!
  • This roaster, once restored, will be our back-up to the main IR-12.
  • Our 1920s era Royal No.5 roaster, built in Hornell NY!
  • This is a 25# roaster, very similar in capacity to our newer IR-12.
  • We are in the process of restoring this roaster to operating condition
  • Espresso machine repair shop!
  • HR1 sample roaster.
  • Our other new toy, a little table-top sample roaster is hours of fun!
  • First sample roast from the HR1
  • With the sample roaster, we can really experiment with different roast profiles.
  • What could be in here?
  • The GS3.
  • You should get one of these for your house.
  • Our GS3 espresso machine lets us profile our espresso at many diferent temperatures.
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