Here we’ll provide the latest details on the production and availability of the Bullet R2 and R2 Pro.
We receive a lot of emails inquiring about Bullet R2 availability, so to save you the trouble of messaging us asking for the latest news, we’ll provide latest updates here. We’ll do our best to share what we know about Bullet R2 availability (timelines, etas, and stock numbers) as well as updates on production (issues, changes, and fixes) as we learn them. Our goal is to get this information to you quickly and transparently, but as things are rather fluid please realize that things can change and these comments are only based on what we know at the time of writing.
You can also check our product pages where we will post current updates as well:
May 15, 2025:
The first 15 (of 60 total) PRO cooling trays are in transit to Sweet Maria’s with an expected delivery of May 20th, and we are pressing Aillio to expedite the delivery of the remainder. This first shipment of 15 will allow us to begin sending cooling trays to the very first customers who ordered their R2 PRO from us in December 2024. We will be sending cooling trays to our customers based on order date, starting with the earliest orders from December 2024 and working forward. We feel, as you probably feel, that the fulfillment of the PRO cooling tray has left a lot to be desired, but we’re doing our best to be transparent about where we’re at with delivery and to relay any new information we get from AIllio as soon as we get it.
May 1 2025:
We have received our 55 units of the Bullet R2 from Taiwan. We are preparing them for shipment in our warehouse and anticipate starting sales in the next few days. Make sure you’re signed up for back in stock notifications on the product page. We will communicate when ordering will open to that list first, followed by social media and then our newsletter shortly thereafter.
On Pricing: Unfortunately, we have had to increase the price of the Bullet R2 by $100 to help us offset increased costs incurred from tariffs and shipping. Even with the price increase, we are not fully covering the increased costs — in other words, we are still making less money on each sale of a Bullet R2 than anytime earlier this year. We debated our ability to completely eat the cost increase on your behalf, but in the end we decided it was not possible to do that. If the situation changes and the costs decrease for future orders, we will reduce our price as well.
April 23 2025:
We will have 55 units of the Bullet R2 (120v) departing Taiwan imminently, being shipped by air frieght. These should be available to offer around May 5 or sooner. Check our product page to see: Aillio Bullet R2
Pro Cooling Tray update for those waiting for them: They will have 40 ready for shipping from Taiwan in about 10 days. Stay tuned for details on this
April 16 2025:
We have news that a shipment of Bullet R2 roasters (120v) will be ready to ship by air next week. Bullet has been checking them individually for the “green coffeeGreen coffee refers to the processed seed of the coffee tree fruit. Coffee is a flowering shrub that produces fruit. The seeds of the fruit are processed, roasted,... ...more leaking from the front” issue. They say a modified drum will be available soon as well. The mixed shipment of R2 Bullet Pro, more R2 120v version and R1 V2 is still delayed but should be ready to ship in May. We don’t have a new ship date for Pro Cooling Tray yet … was supposed to be in April but here we are at the 16th with no news.
April 4 2025:
- AIllio Bullet R2: Aillio briefly paused production to investigate an issue where some coffee beans were exiting the bean door of the Bullet R2 during roasting. Of the R2 units we sold, we only have 1 reported case of this issue, but Aillio decided to stop distribution to definitively solve this problem. We believe that simply adding weight to the door handle could resolve it, but Aillio has found that a combination of factors might be at play. For some users it was resolved with “drum seasoning,” meaning it lessened and disappeared after doing successive roasts that coated the drum interior with some residue. They also found that moving the front drum blade to a slightly different position seemed to help. They are currently updating the drums to this new spec, and we await an update from Aillio about Bullet R2 availability next week.
- AIllio Bullet R2 Pro: The issue impacting the R2 roaster doesn’t seem to be an issue with the R2 Pro model. However, our next shipment of R2 Pros is scheduled to be a mixed container with R2, R2 Pro, and R1 V2 roasters, so the production impacts on Bullet R2 availability also affects the shipment of the R2 Pro roasters.
- Pro Cooling Tray: While we were originally told they would ship in March, we have not been notified of any shipments yet. The latest news from Aillio is that a small number of cooling trays entered production in March and that they expect production to begin ramping up in April.
