As specialty coffee businesses scale up, automation is increasingly moving beyond the roasting process itself and into weighing, conveying, filling, blending, and packaging. But what should roasters consider when deciding which parts of their workflow to automate? This article examines what parts of the roasting process – from labour and consistency to production volume, scalability, and ROI – should be automated and where human expertise remains essential. By Julian Mamaj

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