Coffee Crafters launches compact all-electric Duo roaster for small-batch roasting
Coffee Crafters priced the Duo at $2,995, targeting cafes and micro-roasters that want in-house roasting without a big-machine jump. It handles 200-gram to 2-pound batches on 240V single-phase power.
Coffee Crafters has rolled out the Duo, a $2,995 all-electric fluid-bed roaster built for 200-gram to 2-pound batches. The machine is aimed at hobbyists, cafes and micro-roasters that want to bring roasting in-house without jumping straight to a larger production drum or a costly infrastructure upgrade.
The Duo runs on 20-amp, 240V single-phase power in the United States, is rated at 3,550 watts and is designed to roast up to 10 pounds per hour. A roast takes 8 to 12 minutes and uses about 0.3 to 0.6 kWh per pound, depending on load size. The machine includes real-time console readouts for wattage, voltage, amperage and lifetime kilowatt hours, plus an integrated bean cooler and an exhaust duct kit. Optional accessories include a chaff cyclone and an exhaust blower. The roaster is UL and cUL listed, manufactured in the USA, and compact enough to stand alone or sit on an industrial cart. It stands 58 inches tall and weighs about 65 pounds.
Bryce Bull, Coffee Crafters’ vice president for sales, marketing and customer service, called the Duo an accessible upgrade for experienced hobbyists taking their first steps into commercial roasting.
Ken Lathrop founded Coffee Crafters in 2012 after conceiving the original roaster concept while living in Thailand, and the company began selling its Artisan V fluid-bed roaster in August 2013. The Duo returns to the same exposed, cone-bottomed cylindrical roast chamber design that Lathrop built the business on, while adding a brushless loft motor with RPM regulation and an AirSense safety system that only turns on heat after airflow is detected. Jason Scott bought the company from Lathrop in 2025. Scott is the founder of Hermetheus Coffee, and Chris Hammock is chief engineer and co-owner.
The roasters are manufactured and assembled in Post Falls, Idaho, and financing is available through ElmBlue Equipment Finance. Compared with the Valenta 15, which launched at $17,500 with 15-pound capacity, the Duo is built for operators who need to start smaller, spend less and roast on their own schedule.
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