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Steal the perfect roast from someone who nailed it

Crowdsourced Parameter Library

Browse proven roast profiles from roasters who've dialed in your exact beans and gear, read their tasting notes, and try it yourself—free forever because equipment brands and suppliers sponsor the profiles you discover.

Market: S · up to 1KCapital: lowSponsors/advertisersContrarian mechanicCompetitive

Your roaster's quirks, everyone's upgrade

Product Performance Tracking

Track how your machine actually performs—temps, mods, when it hiccups—and share it anonymously so manufacturers can build better gear, all free because they license the data and send part of the fee back to you.

Market: S · up to 1KCapital: lowLicensable datasetUnique assetOpen space

Buy micro-lots like the big roasters do

Pooled Demand & Group Buying

Join other home roasters to unlock group pricing on estate and micro-lot beans you'd never afford alone—free to join, and the platform takes a small cut of each buy so farms get volume and you get wholesale prices.

Market: S · up to 1KCapital: medAggregated demandFramework transferCompetitive

Green beans you can actually trust

Credential-Verified Listings

Search suppliers whose certificates and import docs have been checked, not just claimed—free for you to browse, because verified importers pay to prove they're the real deal.

Market: S · up to 1KCapital: lowVerified presenceUnique assetOpen space

Every roast you track, coffee gets better

Crowdsourced Parameter Library

Log every roast—temperature curves, bean origins, how each cup tastes—in your free app, and watch patterns emerge across your batches while importers and roasteries pay to see what's actually working across thousands of home roasters like you.

Market: S · up to 1KCapital: lowAnonymized data reportsUnique assetOpen space