Coffee equipment manufacturer Mago Maga has introduced Roma-X, its third-generation AI-powered home coffee roaster.

The appliance was announced for launch through a Kickstarter campaign on Thursday 23 July, giving users access to the product alongside a platform for sharing roast profiles and connecting with other home-roasting enthusiasts.

Roma-X represents a wider redesign of the company’s Roma Pro series, with updates to its physical structure, control systems, mobile application and overall user experience. According to Mago Maga, the appliance combines advanced roasting controls with automated features designed for use in domestic kitchens.

The machine can roast up to 300g of green coffee beans per batch and offers six preset roast levels, 266 profiles tailored to beans from different origins and a manual mode for creating customised profiles.

Users can control the appliance through a five-inch colour touchscreen, which supports English, Spanish and Chinese, or via iOS and Android apps. The mobile platform allows users to monitor and adjust roasts in real time, as well as upload, download and share profiles through an online community.

Roma-X also uses AI algorithms to control the roasting process, while cloud-based machine learning is designed to optimise profiles over time. Additional features and roast settings can be added through over-the-air software updates.

To make the appliance more suitable for indoor use, Mago Maga has incorporated a filtration system that it claims can reduce smoke and airborne particles by up to 90%. A dual-layer borosilicate glass chamber also allows users to watch the beans throughout the roasting process.

Mago Maga CEO Chifeng Lei said: “Fresh roasting is becoming a new trend in the home coffee experience. The launch of Roma-X will bring home coffee users an entirely new social sharing experience and the magical fun of AI machine learning.”

Roma-X has a planned retail price of $1,598, with early Kickstarter backers offered a discount of more than 50%.