Thank you for this upload! I just found your channel as I am highly considering starting my coffee roasting company. Time to binge through all your videos. Great set up and work station! New subscriber here. Cheers! ☕
Hey Bonde... I'm looking to set up in a warehouse space similar to what you have here... can you tell me how difficult it was dealing with your Health Dept. allowing you to roast in the warehouse. I'm anticipating my HD to require 3 comp sink, hand sink... etc, etc.
Hey Gabriel! The health dept. doesn't really bother coffee roasters. As roasters, our use falls into NAICS manufacturing (311920) which you can find here: gumroad.com/l/2017-NAICS-Classification-Manual. We are a gray area in food manufacturing as our product is considered grocery, yet it is not directly consumable. There is no requirement for sinks for roasting, we have only had the city say they prefer to see a handwashing sink within a certain number of feet of our operation (didn't have to even be our unit). Of course everything depends on your county, the members of the governing boards, and your specific operation. I hope that helps somewhat!
@Jenni P Hey Jenni--I'd be happy to set up a call to help get a better idea of your current situation. Feel free to pick a date/time that works for you here: calendly.com/bonde-johnson/coffee-questions
Thanks, Eddie! We're upgrading to the Artisan x-e which has a built in chafe collector, cooling machine, and does 10lb batches. Keep a look out for a full video breakdown soon!
Hello Blonde Johnson, I am looking into starting a coffee roasting business. Could you recommend me good coffee roasters that are durable and won't break the bank. Thank you !
Greetings Bonde, I am up-to-date with every video you post. It is motivating to see how you grew from home roasting to production facility. Did you consider buying a printer for your labels instead of buying printed stickers? If yes, any recommended printers brand? We are soon to launch our coffee roasting business named JBean and I am benefiting from all the videos in this channel. Thanks again!
I appreciate the comment, Jasir! I have looked into Epson brand printers as they have small, mid-size, and large printers for labels and such but based on our current size and label needs we fall into the highest tier printer and that's not a focus for us at the moment. I'm very excited for you! Please keep me updated on the status of your launch so I can buy some of your coffee.
We use iFillSystems and have our own secret method of filling so we don’t need to purchase the very expensive machines haha I can share in a live stream!
Looking good! Enjoy content on this channel. Looking forward to seeing the video of the new roaster, not a lot of videos out there on that one. Planning on keeping the Artisan 2.5?
Thanks, Wesley! I appreciate the order you put in! We will keep the Artisan 2.5 yes, it's a great roaster and will be good for handling our single origins which usually make up a smaller portion of our orders. The Artisan x-e will mainly be used for our wholesale accounts.
@@bonde.johnson Looking forward to trying the coffee! In the very beginning stages of starting my own coffee roasting company. Your videos have helped answer some questions. Looking to upgrade to a n Artisan 3-e some time next year.
Love how you improvised with the sticker dispenser! Awesome 😍 It's Amazing seeing your business grow. Following your journey and wishing you all the very best for the future 😊👍 Hope to do this sometime soon 😉
I found you in the past day and have watched almost every video you have posted. Great stuff. What did you do for a coffee destoner starting out? The cheapest I have found is about $2000. Can you do it by hand? When should you get a destoner. I looked at the tour of your new faciility and didn't see it.
Hey Jason! Had a full day of traveling yesterday so I apologize for not getting back to you. I saw the couple of comments you left and you have some great questions--If you have a good email I can reply and answer each of them in a more orderly fashion. Thanks again for leaving the comments, I look forward to being in touch.
Thank you for this upload! I just found your channel as I am highly considering starting my coffee roasting company. Time to binge through all your videos. Great set up and work station! New subscriber here. Cheers! ☕
Congratulations!
Are you getting the same kind of roaster?
Very nice, thanks
You got it, Joe!
Hey Bonde... I'm looking to set up in a warehouse space similar to what you have here... can you tell me how difficult it was dealing with your Health Dept. allowing you to roast in the warehouse. I'm anticipating my HD to require 3 comp sink, hand sink... etc, etc.
Hey Gabriel! The health dept. doesn't really bother coffee roasters. As roasters, our use falls into NAICS manufacturing (311920) which you can find here: gumroad.com/l/2017-NAICS-Classification-Manual. We are a gray area in food manufacturing as our product is considered grocery, yet it is not directly consumable. There is no requirement for sinks for roasting, we have only had the city say they prefer to see a handwashing sink within a certain number of feet of our operation (didn't have to even be our unit). Of course everything depends on your county, the members of the governing boards, and your specific operation. I hope that helps somewhat!
@@bonde.johnson , Thanks for the reply... that does help. I'll read up on NAICS as well.
@Jenni P Hey Jenni--I'd be happy to set up a call to help get a better idea of your current situation. Feel free to pick a date/time that works for you here: calendly.com/bonde-johnson/coffee-questions
Love the insights into your business. What roaster are you looking to upgrade to?
Thanks, Eddie! We're upgrading to the Artisan x-e which has a built in chafe collector, cooling machine, and does 10lb batches. Keep a look out for a full video breakdown soon!
Hello Blonde Johnson, I am looking into starting a coffee roasting business. Could you recommend me good coffee roasters that are durable and won't break the bank. Thank you !
Can I bring (fly) my 15 year old son and I to come visit you? He's wanting to do something similar... Would be a fun trip!
Hey Cory! If you want to send me an email I'd be happy to address this question with some more depth--bonde.roasted@gmail.com
Greetings Bonde,
I am up-to-date with every video you post. It is motivating to see how you grew from home roasting to production facility. Did you consider buying a printer for your labels instead of buying printed stickers? If yes, any recommended printers brand?
We are soon to launch our coffee roasting business named JBean and I am benefiting from all the videos in this channel. Thanks again!
I appreciate the comment, Jasir! I have looked into Epson brand printers as they have small, mid-size, and large printers for labels and such but based on our current size and label needs we fall into the highest tier printer and that's not a focus for us at the moment.
I'm very excited for you! Please keep me updated on the status of your launch so I can buy some of your coffee.
I was curious how you guys do the pods?
We use iFillSystems and have our own secret method of filling so we don’t need to purchase the very expensive machines haha I can share in a live stream!
@@bonde.johnson yea I actually just bought some to try out. Would love to see how you do it! Love your book by the way. It has been helping a lot.
Looking good! Enjoy content on this channel. Looking forward to seeing the video of the new roaster, not a lot of videos out there on that one. Planning on keeping the Artisan 2.5?
Thanks, Wesley! I appreciate the order you put in! We will keep the Artisan 2.5 yes, it's a great roaster and will be good for handling our single origins which usually make up a smaller portion of our orders. The Artisan x-e will mainly be used for our wholesale accounts.
@@bonde.johnson Looking forward to trying the coffee! In the very beginning stages of starting my own coffee roasting company. Your videos have helped answer some questions. Looking to upgrade to a n Artisan 3-e some time next year.
Love it
Guys a pod filling machine.
Love how you improvised with the sticker dispenser! Awesome 😍 It's Amazing seeing your business grow. Following your journey and wishing you all the very best for the future 😊👍 Hope to do this sometime soon 😉
I appreciate the kind words Rauf! Awesome to hear you have your own thing you are hoping to start. Best of luck with everything!
I found you in the past day and have watched almost every video you have posted. Great stuff. What did you do for a coffee destoner starting out? The cheapest I have found is about $2000. Can you do it by hand? When should you get a destoner. I looked at the tour of your new faciility and didn't see it.
Hey Jason! Had a full day of traveling yesterday so I apologize for not getting back to you. I saw the couple of comments you left and you have some great questions--If you have a good email I can reply and answer each of them in a more orderly fashion. Thanks again for leaving the comments, I look forward to being in touch.
you have too much people working there, thats a no no, and respect is something they don't have