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We’ve just released two new coffees, a fresh Kenya Muburi AB, and from our freezer, Honduras 2025 Cup of Excellence #9 ...
08/20/2026

We’ve just released two new coffees, a fresh Kenya Muburi AB, and from our freezer, Honduras 2025 Cup of Excellence #9 El Itacayo anaerobic washed geisha.

We will roast these coffees Monday, and please act quickly, as Itacayo is a very limited release!

Dormans Coffee
Cup of Excellence
Angel Arturo Paz

Several Airflow products are now available for shipping worldwide 🌍 The 2000g / 0.1g scale is unbeatable at $30. It’s fa...
08/15/2026

Several Airflow products are now available for shipping worldwide 🌍

The 2000g / 0.1g scale is unbeatable at $30. It’s fast, accurate, reliable, and cute 😊

Airflow Coffee is an up-and-coming brand to be reckoned with. Their products are attractive, functional, and reliable, while being very competitively priced.

Keep an eye out for a few collaborations I’m doing with them!

www.scottrao.com

08/11/2026

New Blog Post!!

What makes a good sample roaster?

Here is my wishlist:

☕️ Fast roasts
☕️ High heat-transfer efficiency (the ratio of useful heat transferred to the total heat input)
☕️ Integrated, user-friendly software to manage roasts, profiles, and a database of past roasts. 
☕️ Hot-air roasting with inlet-temperature control
☕️ Automated BBP for 10/10 consistency
☕️ Reliable
☕️ Optional: drops roasts automatically based on a variety of metrics 

The only sample roaster that ticks every one of those boxes is the L200. It’s why companies like , , , .coffee , and many other top-shelf roasters use the Roest. Those companies focus first and foremost on finding stellar green coffee, and if your number-one priority is finding the best green, then you need the best-possible sample roaster. 

Read the post to read about a system to predict the exact roast time required to reach a certain roast color, find out what “air bypass” is and how it may affect your roasts, and learn the tools needed for successful sample roasting.

www.scottrao.com/blog

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Bentwood Vertical 63 grinder for sale, lightly used. Features new burrs, 220-240V, currently located in Prague.Asking €1...
07/21/2026

Bentwood Vertical 63 grinder for sale, lightly used. Features new burrs, 220-240V, currently located in Prague.

Asking €1500 (costs €3000 new)

Please DM if interested! This will go fast 💨

I often get asked about co-roasting opportunities in LA. As a PSA, I thought I’d mention that my old friend Sol from Cit...
07/18/2026

I often get asked about co-roasting opportunities in LA. As a PSA, I thought I’d mention that my old friend Sol from City Bean Roasters rents time on his vintage Probat UG15 and G75 machines.

The prices are insanely good (less than $1/lb): 

UG15: $125/hour, two-hour minimum
G75: $500/hour, two-hour minimum

Green storage is available at $75/month/pallet

DM City Bean Roasters

or email [email protected] if you are interested in co-roasting in LA!

I often get asked about co-roasting opportunities in LA. As a PSA, I thought I’d mention that my old friend Sol from Cit...
07/18/2026

I often get asked about co-roasting opportunities in LA. As a PSA, I thought I’d mention that my old friend Sol from City Bean Roasters rents time on his vintage Probat UG15 and G75 machines.

The prices are insanely good (less than $1/lb): 

UG15: $125/hour, two-hour minimum
G75: $500/hour, two-hour minimum

Green storage is available at $75/month/pallet

DM City Bean Roasters

or email [email protected] if you are interested in co-roasting in LA!

I honestly don’t know much about canephora/robusta, but I recently cupped some interesting coffees with cumpa GmbH. I do...
07/14/2026

I honestly don’t know much about canephora/robusta, but I recently cupped some interesting coffees with cumpa GmbH. I don’t see robusta making it to Prodigal’s menu anytime soon, but robusta is clearly on the ascendant.

If you’re in Europe and interested in sourcing robusta, I suggest reaching out to my friend Gabriella Oliveira for samples. You may also want to follow her IG stories about the birds nesting on her windowsill :)

(I have no financial connection to Cumpa)

This week is a rare triple release 🤯. Three stunning, fresh coffees, including the coffee that just placed #2 in the Ho...
07/09/2026

This week is a rare triple release 🤯. Three stunning, fresh coffees, including the coffee that just placed #2 in the Honduras Cup of Excellence!

☕️Goro washed heirloom Ethiopia
☕️ Kivanga Kenya AA washed SL28 & SL34
☕️ Patricio Navarro Honduras semi-washed Typica

This is a special coffee. Last year we purchased Angel Arturo Paz’s Honduran COE winner “El Itacayo”. We became fast friends with him, and he set out to find more delicious Honduran coffees for Prodigal. Enter Patricio Navarro.

Patricio submitted this lot this year’s Cup Of Excellence, and Angel sent us a sample from a small portion held separately from the COE auction. We loved it and snatched it up immediately.

In the following weeks of COE tastings, Patricio’s coffee rose above and secured 2nd place in the Traditional category! 🚀 We’re lucky to have this coffee ahead of the COE auction. We’re enjoying this coffee’s ripe flavors of apricot, green grape, and melon. We even have a few rested bags from our subscription roast! (Yes, our subscribers received yet another COE lot! They always come first for us!)

www.getprodigal.com

Paris is officially the most fun city in the world for third-wave coffee. Tactile and Forêt Forêt are amazing new additi...
07/06/2026

Paris is officially the most fun city in the world for third-wave coffee. Tactile and Forêt Forêt are amazing new additions to the city. Grateful freezes and serves some of Prodigal Coffee ‘s best recent coffees



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☕️ COFFEE TIP OF THE DAY!! ☕️What is in a comprehensive water test? Beyond the basics of hardness, alkalinity, and TDS, ...
06/17/2026

☕️ COFFEE TIP OF THE DAY!! ☕️

What is in a comprehensive water test?

Beyond the basics of hardness, alkalinity, and TDS, if you are setting up a water-treatment system for a cafe, it is essential to know the levels of the following analytes: 

-Calcium (can cause scaling)
-Magnesium
-Sulfate
-Chloride (can cause corrosion)
-Heavy metals (iron, lead)
-Other metals (zinc, copper, aluminum)

If you use well water, you may also need to test for bacteria, pesticides and other biological contaminants.

I would never choose a water-treatment system for a cafe without first getting a comprehensive water test. Once you have the test results, deciding the best type of water-treatment system is easy. Without a test, you are just guessing. 

Test, don’t guess.

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