Start Your Roastery
If you're launching a coffee roastery — whether as a side business or as your primary venture — the first setup decisions shape everything that comes next. We help new roasters choose equipment sized to your realistic first-year volume, your space constraints, and your growth plans, so you don't outgrow your investment in 12 months.
What This Stage Solves
The decisions and pain points we address with this solution path.
- How much capacity do I actually need in year one?
- Sample roaster vs shop roaster — which comes first?
- What grinder configuration matches my daily output?
- How do I package my first retail bags without over-investing?
- What power, ventilation, and space constraints do I need to plan around?
Recommended Equipment
Equipment categories commonly paired with this stage — shortlist what fits your operation.
Green-coffee profiling, cupping, and roast-curve development before you commit to production volume
Daily production at verified startup volumes; appropriate for cafés, farmers' markets, and small wholesale
Café-grade burr quality for QC lab and retail bag prep
First retail packaging setup with one-way valves for fresh-roast shelf life
Key Considerations
Practical factors to weigh before committing to a stage investment.
- Match roaster capacity to realistic day-one volume, not the volume you hope to reach in year two
- Confirm voltage, ventilation clearances, and any local certification requirements before purchase
- Plan growth: a roaster slightly oversized for year one beats replacing undersized equipment in year two
- Pair your roaster with a grinder capable of post-roast throughput and QC lab use
- Don't skip packaging — your retail bag is the first brand impression most customers will have
Next Steps
How we typically move from this stage definition to a working equipment list.
- Tell us your expected daily output and target end-use (retail bags, wholesale, on-site brew)
- We shortlist 2–3 roaster + grinder pairings sized to your operation
- Confirm voltage, certification, and shipping to your region — then request a formal quote