# Roastnet

> Roastnet is coffee roasting software for specialty roasters (green coffee
> inventory, roast planning and live roast logging with the free Factory
> desktop app, wholesale and subscription sales, a hosted storefront, cafe
> portals, equipment leasing and an AI assistant) and it runs the Roastnet
> green coffee market, which connects specialty roasters with growers and
> exporters at origin, green coffee importers and other roasteries. 18
> languages under /{locale}/ paths (e.g. /en-GB/, /es-419/, /pt-BR/).

## Green coffee market
- [How the market works](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/sourcing/): buying and selling green coffee, the three lanes, logistics
- [Buy green coffee](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/buy-green-coffee/): origin, importer and roaster lots in one place; free samples where Roastnet holds them
- [Sell green coffee to specialty roasters (growers, producers, exporters, cooperatives)](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/sell-green-coffee-to-roasters/): Roastnet buys, imports and sells into every market it buys for; lots fill bag by bag and the grower decides when to ship; inspection at origin organised by Roastnet
- [For green coffee importers](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/importers/): list lots, keep the customer, invoice the roaster directly; Roastnet charges nothing on the coffee; optional delivery by Roastnet where it runs logistics
- [Sell surplus green coffee (roasteries)](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/sell-green-coffee-surplus/): where Roastnet runs the service it holds samples, finds the buyer, delivers blind and pays after a 48-hour claim window; elsewhere direct with no fee
- [Join the green market free](https://network.roastnet.ai/join): the free guest console
- Market pages render per market: a country switcher on each page shows what applies in that country.

## What Roastnet does in each market
- Roastnet holds samples, sells green coffee on between roasters and delivers in: United Kingdom.
- Roastnet buys from growers and exporters at origin and imports (importer of record) into: United Kingdom.
- Everywhere else, roasters and importers trade directly on the market with no Roastnet fee.
- Importers in any country invoice roasters directly; Roastnet charges nothing on importer coffee.
- Free to join for every user type: https://roastnet.com/en-GB/pricing/#free

## For AI assistants (API and MCP)
- [Market API and MCP overview](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/market-api/)
- REST base URL: https://network.roastnet.ai/api/market/v1 (Bearer API key, rnk_..., created in the Roastnet console; 120 requests a minute per key)
- OpenAPI 3.1: https://network.roastnet.ai/api/market/v1/openapi.json (public)
- Developer docs: https://network.roastnet.ai/developers/market-api
- MCP server: https://network.roastnet.ai/api/network/fitter-mcp (JSON-RPC over HTTP POST, streamable HTTP, Bearer token from Connect agent in the console). Tools: browse the market, list/add/update/sync/withdraw lots, read orders, offers and sample requests, respond to orders and offers, mark samples sent.
- MCP discovery card: https://roastnet.com/.well-known/mcp.json

## Roastery software
- [Overview](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/): what Roastnet is and who it is for
- [Roasting](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/roasting/): roast schedule, profiles, batch logging
- [Factory desktop app](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/factory/): free macOS and Windows roast-logging app with live thermocouple curves
- [Hardware](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/hardware/): supported probes and roaster hookups
- [Sales and wholesale](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/sales/): wholesale orders, invoicing, subscriptions
- [Storefront](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/storefront/): hosted consumer shop and integrations
- [Cafe portal](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/portal/): self-service portal for wholesale cafes
- [Leasing](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/leasing/): espresso equipment leasing for customers
- [AI](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/ai/): the built-in AI assistant (opt-in, metered)

## Guides: the business of coffee roasting
- [All guides](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/)
- [How to start a coffee roasting business in the UK](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/how-to-start-a-coffee-roasting-business/): Eleven steps from idea to first wholesale invoice, in the order that saves you money: what to decide first, what the law requires, and where most new roasteries lose time.
- [Writing a coffee roastery business plan that a lender will read](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/coffee-roastery-business-plan/): A roastery plan lives or dies on four numbers: kilos sold per week, price per kilo, cost per kilo and fixed costs. Here is how to set each one out, and what a bank or investor will test.
- [How much does it cost to start a coffee roastery?](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/coffee-roastery-startup-costs/): The roaster is the biggest line, but installation, extraction, stock and three months of running costs usually add as much again. A line-by-line budget, with a worked example you can copy.
- [Roastery premises: planning use, smoke, odour and the lease](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/roastery-premises-and-planning-permission/): The questions to settle before you sign a lease on a roastery unit: what the planning use allows, whether smoke and odour will be a problem, and whether you can get gas, power and a flue where you need them.
- [Registering a coffee roastery as a food business](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/register-a-food-business-as-a-coffee-roaster/): Registration is free and quick, but it has to happen at least 28 days before you trade. Here is the process, what the first inspection looks at, and how the hygiene rating applies to a roastery.
- [A HACCP plan for a coffee roastery, hazard by hazard](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/haccp-plan-for-coffee-roasters/): Coffee is a low-risk food, which is exactly why roasters underestimate the plan. Here are the process steps, the hazards that genuinely apply, the controls an inspector expects and the records that prove them.
- [Insurance for a coffee roastery: what you need and why](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/insurance-for-coffee-roasters/): One policy is compulsory as soon as you employ anyone; the rest are what your landlord, lender and wholesale customers will ask for. What each covers, and the roastery-specific questions insurers ask.
- [Sole trader, partnership or limited company for a roastery?](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/business-structure-for-a-roastery/): The structure decides who is liable when something goes wrong, how profits are taxed and how easy it is to bring in a partner or sell. A plain comparison for roastery founders.
- [How to price wholesale coffee from your real cost per kilo](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/how-to-price-wholesale-coffee/): Start from cost, not from the roaster down the road. A five-step method to build a wholesale price per kilo that survives a rise in green prices, with a worked example.
- [Pricing retail coffee bags: pack size, postage and price points](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/retail-coffee-pricing/): A 250 g bag carries the same label, valve and pick-and-pack time as a 1 kg bag. Price per bag, not per kilo, and count postage and fees before you decide what you make.
- [Gross margin per kilo: the number that runs a roastery](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/gross-margin-per-kg/): Turnover tells you how busy you are. Gross margin per kilo, by channel and by coffee, tells you which customers and products actually pay the rent.
- [Cash flow in a roastery: green coffee, credit terms and growth](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/roastery-cash-flow/): You pay for green coffee weeks or months before a cafe pays you for the roasted result. Here is where the cash goes, the forecast that shows it early, and the levers that bring it back.
- [Staffing a roastery: the first hires and how to schedule them](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/staffing-a-roastery/): The first hire is rarely a roaster. It is usually someone to pack, dispatch and clean so the founder can roast and sell. How to plan the roles, the hours and the legal basics.
- [Production planning: from orders to a roast list](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/roastery-production-planning/): A roast plan answers four questions: what is ordered, what is already roasted, how much green that needs after roast loss, and how many batches fit the week. The method, step by step.
- [Batch scheduling: the order you roast in matters](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/batch-scheduling-for-roasters/): The first batch of the day, the gap between batches and the order of coffees all change how a roast turns out. A practical approach to sequencing a roast day for consistency and throughput.
- [Roast loss and shrinkage: where your kilos go](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/roast-loss-and-shrinkage/): Every kilo of green coffee comes out of the roaster lighter. How much lighter depends on the coffee and the roast, and it changes your cost per kilo more than most price negotiations.
- [Stock control for green coffee, roasted coffee and packaging](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/roastery-stock-control/): A roastery holds three kinds of stock with three different clocks: green that ages over months, roasted coffee that ages over weeks, and packaging with long lead times. How to control each.
- [Choosing a coffee roaster: batch size, fuel and design](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/choosing-a-coffee-roaster/): Size the roaster from the volume you expect in year two or three, not from what you sell today, then let fuel, site and support narrow the field. A buyer's framework, not a brand list.
- [Gas or electric coffee roaster?](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/gas-vs-electric-coffee-roasters/): The choice often makes itself once you know what supply your site has. Where it does not, compare installation, control, running cost and the rules each fuel brings.
- [New or used coffee roaster: weighing the risk](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/new-vs-used-coffee-roaster/): A used roaster can halve the biggest line in your budget. It can also arrive with a warped drum, an obsolete control board and no one to fix it. How to decide.
- [Buying a used coffee roaster: the inspection checklist](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/buying-a-used-coffee-roaster-checklist/): What to ask before you travel, what to look at with the machine cold, what to watch with it running, and the paperwork that should come with it.
- [Sourcing a roaster from abroad: import, standards and support](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/importing-a-coffee-roaster/): A roaster bought abroad can look much cheaper until it is landed, converted, certified and supported. The checks to make before you pay a deposit.
- [Afterburners, catalytic units and roaster emissions](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/afterburners-and-roaster-emissions/): Smoke and odour are the most common reason a roastery gets into trouble with neighbours. What afterburners and catalytic units do, what they cost to run, and how to decide whether you need one.
- [Extraction and ventilation in a roastery: fumes, dust and fire](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/roastery-extraction-and-ventilation/): The roaster's exhaust carries smoke and chaff out; the room still needs air for the burner and protection for staff from roasting fumes and dust. The rules and the practical design points.
- [Grinders for a roastery: retail ground coffee and QC](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/commercial-coffee-grinders-for-roasteries/): A roastery needs a grinder for selling ground coffee and another for cupping and QC. What to look for in each, and the safety and freshness points that come with grinding.
- [Packing coffee: heat sealers, fillers and packing lines](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/coffee-packing-lines-and-heat-sealers/): Packing is where a growing roastery loses the most hours. When to move from a scoop and a sealer to a weigher, and from a weigher to a packing line, and what each step costs in accuracy and flexibility.
- [A maintenance schedule for your coffee roaster](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/coffee-roaster-maintenance-schedule/): Maintenance keeps roasts consistent, prevents fires and is what your insurer asks about after one. A daily, weekly, monthly and annual schedule you can adapt to your machine.
- [Leasing, hire purchase or buying roastery equipment](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/leasing-vs-buying-roastery-equipment/): Paying cash for a roaster is cheapest on paper and riskiest for cash flow. How leasing, hire purchase and loans compare, and how to work out the real cost of each.
- [How to buy green coffee for a roastery](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/how-to-buy-green-coffee/): From the first sample request to the sacks on your floor: where green coffee comes from, how much to buy, how prices are set, and the checks that stop you paying for a disappointing lot.
- [Buying through an importer or direct from origin](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/green-coffee-importers-vs-direct-trade/): Direct trade is a relationship with real costs: you take on finance, logistics, customs and quality risk that an importer would otherwise carry. How to decide which coffees to buy which way.
- [Importing green coffee into the UK: EORI, customs, duty and documents](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/importing-green-coffee-into-the-uk/): Green coffee carries no UK import duty, but it still needs an EORI number, a customs declaration, the right documents and a plan for plant health and organic checks. The process, step by step.
- [Green coffee contracts and Incoterms, explained for roasters](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/green-coffee-contracts-and-incoterms/): A green coffee contract decides the price, the quality you are entitled to, when you pay and where the risk passes to you. The clauses that matter and the Incoterms you will meet.
- [Green coffee samples: offer, pre-shipment and arrival](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/green-coffee-samples-and-sample-roasting/): Three samples protect a green coffee purchase: the offer sample you choose from, the pre-shipment sample you approve, and the arrival sample you check against it. How to roast, cup and record each.
- [Grading and cupping green coffee before you buy](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/grading-and-cupping-green-coffee/): A buying decision needs two kinds of evidence: what the green coffee looks like in your hand, and how it tastes on the table. A practical grading and cupping routine for roasters.
- [Moisture, water activity and density in green coffee](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/green-coffee-moisture-and-density/): Three quick measurements tell you how a green coffee has been dried and stored, how long it is likely to hold up, and how it will take heat in the roaster.
- [Storing green coffee: temperature, humidity, bags and age](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/storing-green-coffee/): Green coffee is a dried seed that keeps trading moisture with the air. Store it cool, dry, off the floor and away from smells, and it will hold its quality for months.
- [Landed cost: what green coffee really costs per kilo](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/green-coffee-landed-cost/): The FOB price is where the cost of a green coffee starts, not where it ends. Build the landed cost line by line, then convert it to cost per roasted kilo before you compare offers.
- [Selling wholesale coffee to cafes: winning and keeping accounts](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/selling-wholesale-coffee-to-cafes/): Cafes rarely switch roaster for a slightly better coffee. They switch for reliability, support and someone who understands their business. How to find, win and keep wholesale accounts.
- [Cafe account terms: credit, minimums and equipment on loan](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/cafe-wholesale-account-terms/): Most bad debts and lost machines in roasting come from accounts opened on a handshake. The terms to put in writing before the first delivery, and how to enforce them politely.
- [Running a coffee subscription: pricing, churn and fulfilment](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/coffee-subscription-business/): Subscriptions turn one-off buyers into predictable weekly volume, paid up front. They also bring postage costs, churn and a fixed dispatch rhythm. How to make them pay.
- [Selling coffee online: shop, postage, rules and repeat orders](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/selling-coffee-online/): An online shop is open all night, but every order needs packing, postage and an answer when it is late. What a roaster's shop needs, and the rules that come with selling to consumers at a distance.
- [Selling coffee at markets and events](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/selling-coffee-at-markets-and-events/): Markets put your coffee in front of people who will taste it, buy a bag and subscribe. They also need permissions, a hygiene set-up and a realistic view of the takings.
- [Private label coffee: roasting for someone else's brand](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/private-label-coffee/): Roasting under another brand fills spare capacity with predictable volume. It also raises questions about who owns the recipe, who is responsible for the label and what happens if the client leaves.
- [B2B coffee pricing tiers that protect your margin](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/b2b-coffee-pricing-tiers/): Volume discounts are fair: bigger accounts cost less to serve per kilo. But tiers built on guesswork give away margin. Build each band from your cost to serve.
- [Coffee labelling in the UK: what must be on the bag](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/coffee-labelling-uk/): A bag of plain roasted coffee needs fewer mandatory items than most foods, but the ones it needs are strictly defined. The list, the font sizes, the weight rules and the exemptions.
- [Allergens for coffee roasters: flavoured coffee and shared lines](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/allergens-for-coffee-roasters/): Plain coffee is not an allergen, so many roasters forget the rules apply to them. They do the moment you sell flavoured coffee, chocolate-coated beans or drinks with milk.
- [VAT on coffee: beans, drinks, equipment and gift packs](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/vat-on-coffee/): Coffee beans are zero-rated in the UK; the same coffee served as a hot drink is standard-rated. Where the line falls for roasters, cafes, gift packs and equipment, and what it means for registration.
- [Traceability in a roastery: from green lot to customer](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/coffee-traceability/): If a customer finds a stone in a bag, you need to know within hours which green lot it came from, which batches used it and who else received them. How to set that up.
- [Food safety records a roastery should keep](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/food-safety-records-for-roasters/): An inspector judges your food safety system by its records. A short, complete set kept every day beats a thick folder filled in the night before. What to record, and how often.
- [Roast profiling basics for consistency, not just flavour](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/roast-profiling-for-consistency/): A profile is a recipe that anyone trained can repeat. The business value of profiling is not one perfect batch, but the same good batch every week on any shift.
- [Building a QC programme for a roastery](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/coffee-roastery-qc-programme/): Quality control is a set of small, regular checks with clear rules for what happens when one fails. A programme a small roastery can run every week.
- [A cupping protocol for production, not competitions](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/production-cupping-protocol/): Production cupping answers one question: is this batch the same as the reference? A simpler, faster method than full scoring, with the controls that keep it honest.
- [Development time and roast logging: the business case](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/development-time-and-roast-logging/): Every batch you do not log is a batch you cannot repeat, explain or improve. What to log, how development time fits in, and what good records save in money and time.
- [Roastery software buyer's guide: what to look for](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/coffee-roasting-software-buyers-guide/): Roastery software ranges from free roast loggers to full business platforms. The categories, the questions that separate them, and how to choose for the roastery you will be in two years.
- [When to buy a second roaster (and which size)](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/when-to-buy-a-second-roaster/): A second roaster can mean more capacity, a backup for breakdowns, or a small machine for single origins and samples. The signs it is time, and how to choose between a bigger machine and a second one.
- [Contract roasting: roasting for others, or having others roast for you](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/contract-roasting/): Contract roasting fills a roaster's spare hours, and lets a brand sell coffee without a roastery. How the arrangement works from both sides, and what to agree before the first batch.
- [Hiring a head roaster: the role, the skills and the handover](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/hiring-a-head-roaster/): Handing over the roaster is the hardest step for many founders. Define the role, test the skills on your machine, and hand over a documented system rather than your memory.
- [Running a roastery across more than one site](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/guides/multi-site-roastery/): A second site, whether a cafe, a shop or a second roasting unit, doubles the places where stock, quality and records can drift apart. How to keep one business across several addresses.

## Pricing
- [Plans](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/pricing/): free plan; paid plans with a free trial. Prices are shown live in the visitor's local currency.

## Get started
- [Join the green market free](https://network.roastnet.ai/join)
- [Start a roastery workspace](https://app.roastnet.ai/?signup=true)
- [Download Factory](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/download/): the free desktop roasting app

## Company and legal
- [Contact](https://roastnet.com/en-GB/contact/)
- [Terms of Service](https://roastnet.com/legal/terms/)
- [Acceptable Use Policy](https://roastnet.com/legal/acceptable-use/)
- [Software Licence](https://roastnet.com/legal/software-licence/)
- [Market API Terms](https://roastnet.com/legal/market-api-terms/)
- [Ownership and Trade Marks](https://roastnet.com/legal/ownership/)
- [Security](https://roastnet.com/legal/security/)
- [Green Market Terms](https://roastnet.com/legal/green-market-terms/)
- [Terms of Sale](https://roastnet.com/legal/terms-of-sale/)
- [Seller Terms](https://roastnet.com/legal/seller-terms/)
- [Importer Terms](https://roastnet.com/legal/importer-terms/)
- [Delivery Terms](https://roastnet.com/legal/delivery-terms/)
- [Sample Policy](https://roastnet.com/legal/sample-policy/)
- [Claims and Returns](https://roastnet.com/legal/claims-and-returns/)
- [Privacy Policy](https://roastnet.com/legal/privacy/)
- [Cookie Policy](https://roastnet.com/legal/cookies/)
- [Data and GDPR](https://roastnet.com/legal/data-protection/)

## Notes for agents
- Every product page exists in all 18 locales: swap /en-GB/ for en-US, de-DE,
  es-ES, es-419, fr-FR, it-IT, ja-JP, pt-BR, pt-PT, nl-NL, el-GR, fi-FI, et-EE,
  lv-LV, lt-LT, sk-SK or sl-SI. Green market pages use a localised slug per
  locale; follow the hreflang links on each page.
- Pricing is fetched live per visitor country; check /{locale}/pricing/.
- Legal documents are English only and some are drafts under legal review.
- Full text of the green market pages: https://roastnet.com/llms-full.txt