I suppose I have a different take than others here. Whether or not it's "worth it" isn't black and white. I would day "it depends" and for me the answer is as an occassional for fun thing yes, fur regular all the time use no. If you roast yourself you can save money (the raw beans are like half the price, maybe more of you buy fancy), you can of course roast to your exact preference, and you get a really high quality cup. The thing is it's a lot more work to do right than simply put in a popcorn machine and set a timer. It's really easy for them to start smoking and set off your smoke alarm, you've got to be on it. You need to be able to do it outside or be prepared to air out your kitchen. It's not just the smoke alarm either; the smell is intense and not nearly as pleasant as the smell of brewing coffee (is not atrocious, but it's not what you would want in your house either, and lingers a long time). And then when you're ready to grind you have to go back and take the skin off of each bean, which can be tedious. But you do end up with a great cup. I have heard at least some of this fuss goes away with specialty roastng equipment, but entry level to that is a few hundred dollars at least going way up from there. If you had a space to roast like a barn kitchen or florida room that would make it a lot more worthwhile. But as is it is an occassional thing that is somewhere between novelty and treat, but too much effort for daily drink coffee. I suppose if you had a big house of big coffee drinkers savings in scale would be a factor. I put it on par with making your cheese or brewing your own beer etc. It's good, very customizable. But the money saved in doing it goes back into a lot more work than is worth it for most people for their daily use, and is really more of an occassional fun project.