Coffee Roasting as a Side Hustle

Want to Start a Side Hustle Roasting Coffee?

Roasting Coffee is a great way to bring in some extra income. It is very profitable, and you can make your side hustle as large or as small as you have time for.

It doesn’t require any prior experience to learn, and customers are generally easy to find. It makes a great first business or fast way to pay off debt.

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How Hard is it to
Learn to Roast?

Roasting coffee is fun and easy-to-learn. Believe it or not, you can learn to roast amazing coffee in just a couple of hours. Read about the basics of the RK method, and judge for yourself.

Learn About Roasting

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How Much Will It Cost to Start Up This Side Hustle?

Imagine creating your own coffee brand with a logo and your own name and showing your friends and family your coffee brand sitting on a store shelf. This is inexpensive to start and easy to learn, and you can get started this very weekend.

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Are businesses successful
with RK?

For the most part, any coffee you produce with RK equipment will be second to none in your town. People generally will fall over themselves to get at your coffee. Freshness is key to blowing away the competition and getting repeat orders.

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How Easy is it to Build a Customer Base?

One of the most intimidating aspects of starting any business is finding customers. But, coffee is something that nearly everyone drinks, and fresh roasted coffee is so much better than typical store-bought coffee that it almost sells itself.

Build A Customer Base

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How Will I Deliver Coffee to My Customers

You’re sold on the idea of starting a microroastery – Now what? Roasting coffee is only part of the business. After that, finding customers and getting the coffee into their hands is the next piece to figure out. And, there’s a lot of options.

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Explore RK Drums Roasting Kits

6LB RK Drums Everything Kit (7.5LB Max)

Interested in roasting coffee for friends and family or perhaps you’d like to start a side business roasting coffee on a budget? Then our 6LB RK Everything Kit is the one for you.

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8LB RK Drums Everything Kit (10LB Max)

Want to start a small business roasting coffee? The 8LB RK Everything Kit allows you to produce up to 30lbs of roasted coffee an hour. Begin your new venture and start producing the freshest, best-tasting coffee.

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12LB RK Drums Everything Kit (14LB Max)

Fully committed to to starting a micro roasting business? Want to start roasting as much as possible? The 12LB Everything Kit is capable of roasting up to 45 lbs of coffee an hour. Start roasting at a fraction of the cost of a commercial unit with the same or better roast quality.

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