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Inside the new Multimodal co-roasting facility in Queens, New York. All images courtesy of Multimodal.<\/p><\/div>\n

Less than a year-and-a-half after a fire destroyed the former Regalia Roasting Collective<\/a> in the New York City borough of Queens, the coffee co-roasting<\/a> concept has been reshaped with a new name and new location just one block away. <\/p>\n

Called Multimodal<\/a>, the new 7,000-square-foot specialty coffee hub in Long Island City includes multiple production-scale coffee roasters and ancillary facilities designed to help other coffee roasting businesses develop, grow and thrive. It is also the new headquarters of sibling coffee business Regalia Coffee<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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“It took a whole year and a half to find this location. Oddly enough, it is only a block away from our original roastery,” Paolo Maliksi, founder of Multimodal and Regalia Coffee, told Daily Coffee News. “It has taken us a long time and a lot of red tape. We are incredibly excited to reopen.”<\/p>\n

With a similar model to the original Regalia collective<\/a>, which opened in in 2018, Multimodal roasting facility includes a Diedrich<\/a> IR5 machine, a 15-kilo Mill City Roasters<\/a> machine and a Probat<\/a> P25\/2, plus a Roest<\/a> sample roaster. All of the larger machines are equipped with 3-millimeter temperature probes, and adjustable fan and drum speeds. Access to Cropster<\/a> roasting software is included with Multimodal membership.<\/p>\n

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“Guidance takes center stage at the roasting collective,” Maliksi told DCN. “The goal for both myself and my staff is to be a gentle guide and an excellent listener. On any given day, some of our collective clients are looking for guidance with roasting a new coffee, while others are looking for a good vendor for 5-pound kraft bags. Some have logistical questions: ‘How does one calculate the freight cost from a warehouse to the roastery?’ By assisting our clients in these matters, we can help them spend more time building their roasting business.”<\/p>\n

Alongside cupping equipment and a centrifuge for extraction analysis, Multimodal’s quality control and training lab includes a Decent DE1CAFE single-group espresso machine and a 2-group Kees Van Der Westen Spirit espresso machine, plus pourover kettles, brewing scales and an XBloom automated pourover machine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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For the people behind Regalia Coffee, the opening of Multimodal is a cause for celebration and thanksgiving to numerous other coffee businesses after a chaotic 16 months. <\/p>\n

Immediately following last April’s fire, a Gofundme campaign collected just over $60,000 to help the business and its staff stay afloat. Glen Cove, New York-based Southdown Coffee<\/a> stepped up by offering time on their 15-kilo Mill City Roasters machine to help Regalia keep production going in the early days. <\/p>\n

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Vin Loscalzo, owner and roaster at Bohemia-based Island Dreams Coffee Roaster<\/a> provided time on his company’s 12-kilo San Franciscan<\/a> roaster, and by June of last year, Amaris Gutierrez-Ray of Joe Coffee<\/a> was able to offer Saturdays on Joe’s 35-kilo Loring<\/a> roaster, which held Regalia over until the new roastery was up and running. <\/p>\n

“We owe the survival of our business to many people,” said Maliksi. “I owe my family a lot of love and time lost in 2022… I hope to be able to take them all someplace fun and peaceful for a nice while.”<\/p>\n

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Forthcoming events at the new space include: fresh crop presentations by various importers; new equipment demos and a roasting master class by Scott Rao; and a 2-hour workshop on quality, gender equity and value presented by Gutierrez-Ray. Details are available at the Multimodal website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Multimodal is located at 39-26 24th St. in Long Island City, Queens<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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