First Ever Flog Post!

Flog Post 9/22/17

Welcome to the first ever Folly Coffee Roasters blog post. I’m new to the blogging thing, so I’ve decided to make a format to these weekly posts that should help to keep the scatter brained patterns of thought in line. Every week I’ll answer three questions. Where have we been? Where are we now? And where are we going? It’s a quick check-in each week to keep you in the know and to show you what we have going on. I will likely have a smattering of random posts as well as topics arrive. Since I have no idea what I’m doing with blogging, it really is the feedback of you, the  #deliciouspeople to let me know what you want to hear about. So, onto the blog!
Where have we been?
Super hyper fast summary of the inception and creation of Folly Coffee (expanded version coming soon to the website). This guy (me, Rob) falls in love with specialty coffee, leaves job of four years selling craft beer to start coffee roaster, moves back home to Minnesota and into parents’ basement, meets talented coffee roaster at farmer’s market (Ken!), partners with said roaster, and Folly Coffee Roasters is born! Roasting our coffee on a rebuilt Diedrich IR-12 roaster from the 80s, we want to bridge the gap between the specialty coffee world and the drinker of the everyday cup of jo with delicious, single origin light roasted coffee.
Where are we now?  It is the Friday after the closing of the presale Friends, Family, and Followers launch, and I am overwhelmed with the support we received with the launch. The excitement is palpable and it energizes me to keep working hard to keep Folly moving forward! The naturally processed Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Adado Shara is tasting amazing and I can’t wait for everyone to try it. Currently, we have our cottage license allowing us to sell directly to you, the #deliciouspeople, but in order to sell to retail (co-ops, grocery stores, cafes, restaurants etc.) we need our wholesale food manucfacturer license. In order to get this license, we need to build a wall in our roasting facility that separates the roasting area from our loading dock, as well as install a utility sink.
Where are we going?  Luckily, Ken knows how to build everything and I am good at picking stuff up and hammering stuff so, as anyone who follows us @follycoffee on FB, Insta, or Twitter knows, we are doing it ourself. We are hoping to have the wall built and sink installed with the next weekish or so, then reaching out to the MN Department of Agriculture to get inspected and licensed! From there, we will hit the ground running and get #funcoffee to the #deliciouspeople of Minnesota and beyond!! I am currently writing this on a plane to Philly for a wedding of a college friend where I will be checking out a couple Philly specialty coffee staples, ReAnimator Coffee and Elixr Coffee and getting their feedback on our beans.