Small Batch Coffee Roasters | The SF-6 Roasting Machine

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SF6: 6lb/3kg small batch commercial coffee roaster

The SF6 is one of the San Franciscan Roaster Company’s most popular roasters. Due to its robust platform which roasts from 2.2 pounds (1 kg) to 6.6 pounds (3 kg) of green coffee per batch, the SF6 is perfect for cafes and coffee houses. Our special farmers market kit gives roastmasters the ability to easily transport the SF6 to farmers markets, fairs, and festivals. The kit includes Amish-made hickory cartwheels with sealed bearings, rubber tires and steel axel, propane hookup and mount, and handles. This kit can be made to fit on existing SF6 roasters as well. The SF6 is robust and attractive, earning it an international reputation as one of the best small batch coffee roasters available today.

Quality Components and Ease of Maintenance

At the San Franciscan Roaster Company, we strive to offer the highest quality products to roastmasters all around the world. In order to achieve this distinction, we make use of only the highest quality materials and specifically design every roaster to make cleaning and maintenance as simple as possible. The SF6, as well as all our other roasters, is made with the finest motors and bearings as well as gas and electrical components. The SF6 comes equipped with self-igniting burners and a pressure gage to monitor BTU output. Not only are all the component that makes up the SF6 of the highest quality, but they are also implemented with ease of maintenance in mind. The motors, pipes, and cooling tray are removable for easy cleaning. Our roasters are known around the world for their superb roasting characteristics, remarkable reliability, and simplicity of use. Check out our small batch coffee roasters blog for more information.

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Combining Traditional Design With Advanced Technology

Not only is the SF6 robust and beautiful, but it’s also highly advanced. Just like all our other roasters, the SF6 includes temperature probes that measure bean mass and the temperature inside the drum. This information is displayed on a dual-digital meter simultaneously during the roast, providing the roastmaster with the exact knowledge they require in order to produce the best roast. Our small batch coffee roasters are compatible with most data-logging software for coffee roasting. The SF6 comes complete with a gas pressure gauge and hot-air control, as well. It will work on either natural gas or propane.

Choose the San Franciscan Roaster Company, Today!

The San Franciscan Roaster Company has been building beautifully hardworking roasters for specialty coffee professionals all around the world. Every single one of our roasters is meticulously handcrafted to precise specifications. We strive to make use of the best materials available in order to create a roaster that will last a lifetime. The SF6 is one of the best small batch coffee roasters available today. Contact the San Franciscan Roaster Company to learn more about the SF6!

Features of the San Franciscan Roaster™ Model SF-6

The San Franciscan Roaster is built completely in The United States of America.
Parts can be purchased in the USA or internationally.
Maintenance is easy and simple. The pipes and motors are exterior and can be taken off to clean. The cooling tray detaches for easy cleaning.
The chaff cyclone is in the cylinder that sets behind the roaster, making it much easier to clean.
With the design of our ashtray on the front of the machine, broken beans can be removed easily.
The roaster is automatically self-igniting and the burner is easily seen through a sight hole.
The roaster has RTD probes that measure the bean temperature and the environment temperature. The probes connect to a dual-digital display that shows both temperatures simultaneously during the roast.
A high-quality gas pressure gauge allows the user to closely monitor BTU input.
Our roasters are powder coated providing a very durable finish.
The San Franciscan Roaster and drum are hand-fabricated of 100% schedule 40 steel. This ideal material maintains excellent thermal transfer characteristics without becoming brittle over time.
Roasting time is 10-15 minutes depending on roast-master preference.
The face-plates are 1/4” steel.
San Franciscan roasters are fitted with well known high-quality American made motors, sprockets, bearings and other components by companies such as Baldor, Morris, Martin Bearings, Honeywell components, etc.
Comes complete with temperature probes for bean and environment temperatures, gas pressure gauge, and hot-air control.
San Franciscan Roasters are compatible with most data-logging programs and your choice of data logger can easily be built into your new roaster.

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"We love their old style look mixed with good electronics"

"We have two 25lb San Franciscan roasters named Frannie and Cisco. As Roastmaster, I love roasting on these two work horses. I roast simultaneously on both of them, with no problem. We love their old style look mixed with good electronics. If maintainence is kept up, they will work well. As a good companion, we roast all our samples on our 1lb San Franciscan, keeping them harmonious with our roasting process."

Paul Allen - Roastmaster Caravan Coffee

"They've built a world class team around their world class roasters"
"The San Franciscan Coffee Roaster Co. has built a world class team around their world class roasters. Every person we have had the pleasure of working with is extremely knowledgeable in their craft and it shows in their final product. We have been using the same workhorse SF-25 for almost 30 years, so when it finally came time to purchase a new roaster we had no doubt it would be another San Franciscan. The American craftsmanship and American steel insure we will have another 30 years with our new SF-25. The pride they take in their craft shows and it allows us to take pride in ours."

Nick Harris @petelumacoffee

"They took the roasting experience and perfected the process!"
San Franciscan Roaster Co. were so helpful and worked with us from the beginning (our first phone call with them) to our first roasting experience. They helped with deciding which roaster size would be best for our size business. We were put in contact with other coffee roasters who had purchased a San Franciscan Roaster to get feedback. We met some very awesome people who have had the San Franciscan Coffee Roaster for well over a decade and loved it!

The San Franciscan SF6 Coffee Roaster has been reliable and very easy on maintenance. Since we are in a very rural area (the mountains), they were able to guide us through standard maintenance and then some. We have been operating our SF6 Coffee Roaster now for 2 years and have not had any problems.

The roasting process with the San Franciscan is great...our coffee has had very high praise. They took the roasting experience and perfected the process!

If one day we decide to double our business we would definitely buy another San Franciscan Coffee Roaster!