Our Roastery

The IMF RM15 roaster at Warm Waves in Norcross, Georgia

Roasted on an IMF RM15, built in Italy

Every Warm Waves coffee is roasted in Norcross, Georgia, on an IMF RM15. We retired our Diedrich IR-12 to bring in this 15-kilo roaster from Italy, the same machine trusted by some of the most respected specialty roasters in the world.

Why the roaster matters

Exceptional green coffee can only taste as good as the roast allows. The RM15 applies heat cleanly and evenly and gives us precise control over every stage of the roast. That means each batch is repeatable, and each coffee tastes like the farm it came from, not like the roaster.

Freshly roasted coffee pouring from the cooling tray

How we roast

Small batches, roasted to order. Your coffee is roasted fresh, not pulled from a warehouse shelf.
A profile for every lot. A delicate washed Ethiopia and a jammy Peruvian natural need different roasts. We develop each one separately.
Cupped and dialed in. We taste our roasts side by side to make sure every coffee shows what makes it special.

Cupping notes and cups on the roastery table

From green to your cup

It starts with green coffee from producers we can name, bought through import partners who work with them year after year. You can read more about how we choose our coffees on our Sourcing page, or shop the current lineup.

Roasted to order

Small batches on our IMF RM15 in Norcross, GA.

Fully traceable

Every coffee names its producer and region.

Producers paid well

We publish what our producers are paid.

Two cafés

Taste every coffee on bar in Suwanee and Alpharetta.