Guide

A used roaster's paperwork tells you more than its photos ever will. The problem is that most buyers get a folder of invoices, a few handwritten log pages, and a...

Scroll through any page of roaster listings, and you'll see three labels over and over: used, refurbished, and never used. They sound close. They aren't. Each one tells you something...

A used coffee roaster can save you a huge amount over buying new, but the machine's price tag is only half the story. Before you wire a deposit or schedule...

The listing price on a used commercial coffee roaster is not what it costs to get that roaster roasting in your space. Freight, rigging, gas and electrical work, venting, and...

A used commercial coffee roaster looks like an easy win on paper. You pay a fraction of the new price and start roasting within weeks. But the sticker price is...

Finding a used coffee roaster is only half the job. The harder part is figuring out where to buy a used coffee roaster from a seller you can trust, at...

The decision between an electric and a gas coffee roaster comes down to one core question: what do your space, batch size, and roasting style actually need? Both fuel types...

Coffee packaging can seem like a not-so-important fact, but it affects both your budget and the environment. A balance between sustainable coffee packaging costs and product quality depends on materials...

A commercial electric coffee roaster runs on an electric heating element instead of a gas flame, and for many cafes and small roasteries it removes the biggest barrier to roasting...