Finding ways to preserve coffee quality while maintaining cost and time efficiency is now a primary challenge for roasters. Solutions like color sorting machines allow roasters to automate the sorting process, which saves them time and money. This allows them to dedicate resources elsewhere to optimize their roastery operations.

To learn more about the value of a color sorting machine for roasters, we spoke to two coffee professionals.

Semi-automated coffee packaging machines help roasters quickly and consistently package roasted coffee bags, which saves time and money in the packaging process. 

To learn more, I spoke to Roman Nejedlý, owner of the Czech roaster Fiftybeans. He explained how he boosted his roastery’s profitability by using the Precision Fill Mini automated coffee packaging machine from SOVDA.

A color sorter machine for coffee has crucial benefits for roasters. It identifies green coffee & roast defects, helping them streamline operations.

As we head into 2025, dealing with the ups and downs in the green coffee market has become more challenging. We don’t have all the answers, and solving these issues will take the whole specialty coffee community working together. But one thing we do know about is specialty coffee equipment.

If we can share a few ideas to help roasters everywhere, we’d love to do so.

Behind every expertly roasted coffee is a physically demanding process that takes a toll on roasters. At Black and White Coffee Roasters, the challenges of repetitive scooping and heavy lifting became clear when roasters struggled with fatigue and injuries.

If you’re looking into color sorters, you probably love quality coffee.

You’ve likely seen machines that boast high accuracy rates. However, accuracy is one part of the process. And it’s just one factor that affects profits.

We met up with Jaroslav Tuček at the Doubleshot Coffee Roastery, just outside of Prague's city limits. Jaroslav is one of the founders of Doubleshot, the first specialty coffee roastery in the Czech Republic to source directly from coffee producers—a trait that still defines them today.

You are the coffee expert, and the Sovda Pearl Mini is a powerful tool for your specialty coffee business. By harnessing the capabilities of color-sorting, you have several opportunities to add value to your coffee. We've outlined some below.

We met Rob Clarijs, Founder of the Netherlands brand, A Matter of Concrete (AMOC) at the UNESCO World Heritage sight, the Van Nelle Factory in Rotterdam.