East Side Roasting’s owner Jeremy A. Jones, 53, of Orange, California, walks ahead of his dogs Trick and Joe (front) to enter his garage to roast coffee beans in Athens, Ohio, on Saturday, October 7, 2023. According to Jones, he started coffee roast

East Side Roasting’s owner Jeremy A. Jones, 53, of Orange, California, walks ahead of his dogs Trick and Joe (front) to enter his garage to roast coffee beans in Athens, Ohio, on Saturday, October 7, 2023. According to Jones, he started coffee roasting in his garage during the COVID-19 pandemic, initially coining his cottage business the “Skanky Garage Roasting” as he felt that best described the state of the garage. Ò’ve always liked being able to make the things I consume from scratch if I can. I was already working from home as a systems admin before the pandemic. The stimulus checks that came out were extra money I spent on getting my first coffee roaster. Then, neighbors started buying my beans after I gave them some to try. Word of mouth happened, customers grew, and I had to upgrade to this bigger machine to meet the orders. It’s pricey but still more affordable than most of the professional ones out there. I don’t make big money from selling coffee. I still do my day job.” (Photo by Loriene Perera)

East Side Roasting’s owner Jeremy A. Jones, 53, of Orange, California, monitors information displayed on a tablet connected to his Aillio Bullet R1 roasting machine while roasting a batch of coffee beans in his garage in Athens, Ohio, on Saturday, O

East Side Roasting’s owner Jeremy A. Jones, 53, of Orange, California, monitors information displayed on a tablet connected to his Aillio Bullet R1 roasting machine while roasting a batch of coffee beans in his garage in Athens, Ohio, on Saturday, October 7, 2023. "I've always liked being able to make the things that I consume from scratch if I can, right so you know, I have a pasta maker and make my own spaghetti. I like to brew beer, things like that," Jones elaborated. (Photo by Loriene Perera)

East Side Roasting’s owner Jeremy A. Jones, 53, of Orange, California, transfers freshly roasted coffee beans from his Aillio Bullet R1 roasting machine into a bowl for cooling in Athens, Ohio, on Saturday, October 7, 2023. "I was roasting coffee fo

East Side Roasting’s owner Jeremy A. Jones, 53, of Orange, California, transfers freshly roasted coffee beans from his Aillio Bullet R1 roasting machine into a bowl for cooling in Athens, Ohio, on Saturday, October 7, 2023. "I was roasting coffee for us here at the house, and for a few friends and family every now and then, just because I wanted to share something. Then I got more people asking for the coffee I was roasting and I couldn't keep up on that. I could only do maybe at most about half a pound at a time. So I started looking for an upgrade to that and found this," Jones explained. (Photo by Loriene Perera)

East Side Roasting’s owner Jeremy A. Jones, 53, of Orange, California, reacts while roasting a batch of coffee beans with his Aillio Bullet R1 roasting machine in his garage in Athens, Ohio, on Saturday, October 7, 2023. "I already have a full time

East Side Roasting’s owner Jeremy A. Jones, 53, of Orange, California, reacts while roasting a batch of coffee beans with his Aillio Bullet R1 roasting machine in his garage in Athens, Ohio, on Saturday, October 7, 2023. "I already have a full time job. And if I want to continue enjoying doing this, I don't want to make it more like work. If it were much more than that it wouldn't be as much fun," Jones shared. (Photo by Loriene Perera)

East Side Roasting's owner Jeremy A. Jones, 53, of Orange, California, weighs coffee beans he stores in containers in his living room before roasting them in his garage in Athens, Ohio, on Saturday, October 7, 2023. According to Jones, his cottage b

East Side Roasting's owner Jeremy A. Jones, 53, of Orange, California, weighs coffee beans he stores in containers in his living room before roasting them in his garage in Athens, Ohio, on Saturday, October 7, 2023. According to Jones, his cottage business is beginning to take over spaces beyond the confines of his garage. (Photo by Loriene Perera)

East Side Roasting’s owner Jeremy A. Jones, 53, of Orange, California, takes a smoke break outside his garage while roasting coffee beans in Athens, Ohio, on Tuesday, September 26, 2023. (Photo by Loriene Perera)

East Side Roasting’s owner Jeremy A. Jones, 53, of Orange, California, takes a smoke break outside his garage while roasting coffee beans in Athens, Ohio, on Tuesday, September 26, 2023. (Photo by Loriene Perera)

East Side Roasting’s owner Jeremy A. Jones, 53, of Orange, California, listens for a second crackling of the coffee beans while monitoring the live data from his Aillio Bullet R1 roasting machine inside his garage in Athens, Ohio, on Thursday, Septe

East Side Roasting’s owner Jeremy A. Jones, 53, of Orange, California, listens for a second crackling of the coffee beans while monitoring the live data from his Aillio Bullet R1 roasting machine inside his garage in Athens, Ohio, on Thursday, September 26, 2023. According to Jones, the data recorded on Aillio's propriety RoasTime roast profiling and management software provides him a clear picture of how the coffee beans are performing and provides him sufficient information to later do tweaks to the roasting process when necessary. "I work as a system admin by day, so I'm very data driven. But I still keep myself near the machine to hear that second crackle to know the exact moment when the beans are perfectly roasted." (Photo by Loriene Perera)

East Side Roasting's owner Jeremy A. Jones, 53, of Orange, California, holds a bowl of freshly roasted coffee beans after cooling it off for 15 minutes in the garage at the back of his house in Athens, Ohio, on Saturday, October 7, 2023. "Coffee bea

East Side Roasting's owner Jeremy A. Jones, 53, of Orange, California, holds a bowl of freshly roasted coffee beans after cooling it off for 15 minutes in the garage at the back of his house in Athens, Ohio, on Saturday, October 7, 2023. "Coffee beans of different origin should be roasted at different settings. I usually recommend my customers what I think should be the best roast setting, but they have the freedom to choose whatever they like. If they feel like having lightly roasted Sumatran beans, that’s fine by me. But I still think the Sumatran is best as a dark roast," Jones said. Jones further chimed that he thinks freshly roasted coffee beans should further stabilize over the course of 24 hours before packing for optimal drinking experience later. (Photo by Loriene Perera)

East Side Roasting’s owner Jeremy A. Jones, 53, of Orange, California, brews coffee from Yemen's northwestern Hajjah Governorate while explaining the need to streamline his offerings on his website as his dogs Trick (bottom) and Joe bicker for his a

East Side Roasting’s owner Jeremy A. Jones, 53, of Orange, California, brews coffee from Yemen's northwestern Hajjah Governorate while explaining the need to streamline his offerings on his website as his dogs Trick (bottom) and Joe bicker for his attention in the kitchen of his house in Athens, Ohio, on Saturday, October 7, 2023. “This is a nano roastery I’m doing out of my garage, but I’m now offering coffee from 15 different countries on my website. I need to bring the choices down to the best eight, or less. I have drums of raw beans sitting in my living room, and I got to stick my labels here in the kitchen or while watching the TV. Sticking labels is so repetitive, I don’t like doing this Boys (the dogs) you got to behave yourself or you’re all going out!” (Photo by Loriene Perera)

East Side Roasting’s owner Jeremy A. Jones, 53, of Orange, California, brews coffee from Yemen's northwestern Hajjah Governorate in his kitchen in Athens, Ohio, on Saturday, October 7, 2023. Jones said he personally taste tests all his coffee bean o

East Side Roasting’s owner Jeremy A. Jones, 53, of Orange, California, brews coffee from Yemen's northwestern Hajjah Governorate in his kitchen in Athens, Ohio, on Saturday, October 7, 2023. Jones said he personally taste tests all his coffee bean offerings before putting them up for sale on his website. Jones currently offers 13 single-origin coffee options to customers but plans to streamline and reduce his range soon. (Photo by Loriene Perera)

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