UNSPSC 23181801: Coffee roasting equipment

Equipment used in the coffee roasting process which follows coffee processing and precedes coffee brewing. The most common roasting machines are of two basic types: drum and hot-air, although there are others including packed bed, tangential and centrifugal roasters. Roasters can operate in either batch or continuous modes. The roasting process consists essentially of sorting, roasting, cooling, and packaging but can also include grinding in larger scale roasting houses.

UNSPSC 23181801 Coffee roasting equipment, a Commodity code, shows little relevant recent activity. The source lists six recent state and local contract opportunities, none of which involve coffee roasting equipment or related services. The opportunities instead cover water bottle rentals, miscellaneous kitchen supplies, kitchen equipment parts and repairs, trash bags, commercial coffee machine installation and maintenance, and food service equipment procurement—categories distinct from coffee roasting machinery. The code's nominal scope does not align with what state and local governments are actually soliciting in the recent record.

The mismatch between the code's definition and the opportunities tagged under it suggests either a cataloging inconsistency in the source data or that coffee roasting equipment commands minimal procurement activity within state and local government. No issuing bodies are placing bids for roasting equipment itself, and no geographic concentration or representative recent solicitations exist to characterize under this code. Business development professionals evaluating this code should confirm category alignment with their state and local customers before pursuing market development under UNSPSC 23181801.