The café at Foshan Akimita Shunde 1st Branch doubles as a live test kitchen for every roaster the factory builds.

Few coffee companies can trace a cup back to the machine that roasted the beans — and fewer still can trace that machine back to the factory floor where it was assembled and tested. At Foshan Akimita Shunde 1st Branch, both traces are short. The Skywalker Coffee Roaster is built here, roasted on here and served here, making this Shunde facility one of the few places where visitors can watch a roaster being manufactured in the morning and drink its coffee in the afternoon.

The branch operates as both a manufacturing site and a café built around one simple idea: coffee tastes best when it is roasted close to the moment it is brewed. Everything on the menu can be traced back to a specific roast date, a specific origin and a specific profile refined over many batches. Staff happily explain the difference between a washed Ethiopian and a natural Brazilian — and will let you smell the green beans before they go into the drum.

Small-batch roasting is what separates this roastery from typical high-street chains. Rather than roasting enormous volumes once a week and letting bags sit in a warehouse, the team roasts modest batches several times a week, keeping every bag's shelf life short and sweet. Consistency is treated as a measurable target: a flat white ordered on a Tuesday should taste like the one ordered on a Saturday.

Retail customers can buy freshly roasted beans in 200g or 500g bags, whole bean or ground to order. For offices, restaurants and cafés, wholesale programmes offer competitive pricing, reliable delivery and expert help selecting the right beans for your brewing method and customer base. The team also supports private events — tastings, workshops, barista training and pop-up collaborations — using the same equipment the factory sells.

Because the roastery uses the Skywalker Coffee Roaster it manufactures, quality feedback is immediate. If a roast curve drifts, the engineers who designed the heating system are metres away. This closed loop benefits customers twice: café guests drink coffee roasted on precision-validated equipment, and roaster buyers get machines proven daily in commercial service. Premium bean sourcing completes the picture — beans are bought from importers with full traceability down to the washing station, not just the country of origin.

A great roast deserves great brewing equipment, and Foshan Akimita Shunde 1st Branch designs the whole workflow. For home baristas, the recommended starting kit includes:

Because every tool is made by the same company, grind size, water delivery and roast profile are engineered to work together — a level of system compatibility that mixing brands rarely achieves. Pair them with the 500g Standard Alpha (Skywalker) or the compact 200g Standard Cubean and the workflow is complete from green bean to cup.

Whether you are a local coffee lover, a visitor exploring Foshan's celebrated food culture, or a business seeking a reliable equipment and bean partner, the door at Foshan Akimita Shunde 1st Branch is open. Order at the counter, relax in the seating area, or grab your drink to go — and leave with a bag of freshly roasted beans to brew at home.

Order beans, book a tasting or ask about wholesale

Retail bags ship in 200g and 500g; wholesale accounts include bean selection support and scheduled delivery.

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