Inclusivity-focused North Carolina roasting company 321 Coffee has shifted its roasting operations into a larger facility, adding equipment that more than triples production capacity.
Dedicated to providing opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to succeed in specialty coffee and beyond, 321 Coffee’s production scale-up responds to rising demand from wholesale clients and the brand’s five coffee shops in the Raleigh-Durham area.
The new 5,000-square-foot production home in central Raleigh includes a Loring S35 roaster alongside the company’s existing Loring S15. While the original roastery was built around a suite of digital systems intended to provide guidance and guardrails to support staff, the company said the new facility is relying on a more traditional workflow…