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This coffee roaster from a local shop, once featured on Food Network, finds new home
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Barbara Cole and husband Michael Caruso started the North Star Coffee Company out of their Lake Lanier home using an old Diedrich Roaster Cole restored herself. The roaster, built in 1993, is the eighth roaster Diedrich built. - photo by Scott Rogers
St. Ives Coffee Roasters used to sit on the corner of Riverside Drive and Green Street. It was one of the only coffee shops and roasters in the area. Many Gainesville residents relied on it for their morning cup of joe and it was where many met with friends or did work.