Not exactly cheap at around £1750 with a low 50g greens capacity, but this is a surprised step from Ikawa by introducing the GO sample roaster model:



“The purpose of the Go was to make sample roasting more accessible for people,” Ikawa Managing Director Alexandra Allard told Daily Coffee News. “Last year when I was in Houston [at the 2025 SCA Expo], I heard a lot of feedback from farmers that they would love to own an Ikawa, but they just couldn’t. So since last year in Houston, we’ve been working on that model, making it more accessible for the farmer.”

While Ikawa’s top-of-the-line Pro100X is currently priced at about $7,000, the Go launched at $2,100. Allard said the lower price comes partly from savings in material and labor costs through the Go’s anodized aluminum case, versus the powder-coated cases of the Pro and ProX series.

The 50-gram-capacity Go also forgoes the hard-shell carrying case and built-in exhaust sensor included in other models, along with the humidity sensor and illuminated roast chamber available only on ProX machines.

“There are some components that are not inside the Go that are in the more premium roasters, but what we wanted to keep in mind was making sure that the quality of the machine is still there, that it’s still reliable and that you always get the same results,” Allard said. “Ultimately your roasting experience is very similar and the quality of your coffee is very similar.”

Go users also get access to the same online roast profile library, warranty and level of customer support.

Following this release, Allard said Ikawa intends to go bigger. The long-term R&D partnership between Ikawa and Swiss industrial equipment company Bühler has yielded a 7-kilogram shop roaster called the RoastMaster, providing 5–20kg batches, up to 70kg/hour now in the prototype phase, while a 1- or 2-kilogram Ikawa roaster is also in development. Allard said that project could reach the market by the end of next year at the earliest.