The Roaster Library
WHO ROASTS YOUR COFFEE?
Roasters are the translators of the coffee world — the first hands in the chain that didn't grow it. This library documents roasters through our own reviews, outside reviews and published information, with roaster-provided claims labeled as exactly that.
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Verve Coffee Roasters
Santa Cruz, California, USA
Santa Cruz, California roaster with direct-trade sourcing across Latin America and East Africa.
88 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Counter Culture Coffee
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Durham, North Carolina roaster founded in 1995.
71 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Onyx Coffee Lab
Rogers, Arkansas, United States
Arkansas roaster founded by Andrea and Jon Allen.
38 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Red Bird Coffee
Bozeman, Montana, United States
19 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Black & White Coffee Roasters
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Specialty roaster based in Raleigh, North Carolina, known for its science-driven roasting and an extensive range of single-origin and co-fermented lots.
8 coffees in index1 outside reviews
Rogue Wave Coffee Roasters
Edmonton, Canada
Edmonton roastery and retailer with a science-forward approach, offering detailed variety and processing notes on every lot.
7 coffees in index0 outside reviews
49th Parallel Coffee Roasters
Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver roastery with direct-trade sourcing across origins from Kenya to Yemen.
7 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Intelligentsia Coffee
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Chicago-based specialty roaster founded in 1995.
5 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Klatch Coffee
Los Angeles, California, United States
5 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Partners Coffee
Brooklyn, New York, United States
5 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Dark Woods Coffee
Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Yorkshire roastery based at Holme Mills, known for a broad specialty catalog spanning micro-lots and experimental processes.
5 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Sey Coffee
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Brooklyn micro-roaster focused on ultra-light roasting.
4 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Coffee Collective
Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen roastery founded in 2007 by four pioneers of the Nordic coffee scene, known for direct-trade relationships and bright, clean roasts.
4 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Market Lane Coffee
Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne roastery and café group built on long-term producer relationships, publishing origin, variety, process and producer for every coffee.
3 coffees in index0 outside reviews
The Barn
Berlin, Germany
Berlin roastery known for strict sourcing standards and bright, Nordic-style roasting.
3 coffees in index0 outside reviews
April Coffee Roasters
Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen roastery focused on aromatic, clean single origins.
3 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Cat & Cloud
Santa Cruz, California, USA
Coffee brand, bar and roastery from Santa Cruz, California, also known for its industry podcast.
3 coffees in index0 outside reviews
George Howell Coffee
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Pioneer of the US specialty-coffee movement, based in the Boston area.
2 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Grace Farms Foods
New Canaan, Connecticut, United States
Coffee program of the Grace Farms Foundation, a Connecticut nonprofit.
2 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Sweet Bloom Coffee Roasters
Lakewood, Colorado, USA
Lakewood, Colorado roaster working directly with producers across Latin America and East Africa.
2 coffees in index1 outside reviews
Panther Coffee
Miami, Florida, USA
Miami roaster founded by Joel and Leticia Pollock, focused on direct relationships.
2 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Heart Coffee Roasters
Portland, Oregon, USA
Portland, Oregon roaster with a Nordic approach to light roasting.
2 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Press Coffee Roasters
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Scottsdale, Arizona specialty roaster.
1 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Coffee Bros.
Rochester, New York, United States
Rochester, New York roaster focused on single origins.
1 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Atomic Coffee Roasters
United States
1 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Amavida Coffee Roasters
Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, United States
Florida roaster with direct-trade and organic focus.
1 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Cala Coffee Co
United States
1 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Kaldi's Coffee Roasting Co.
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
St. Louis, Missouri specialty roaster and café company.
1 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Stone Street Coffee
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Brooklyn-based roaster.
1 coffees in index0 outside reviews
OZO Coffee Roasters
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Boulder, Colorado specialty roaster.
1 coffees in index0 outside reviews
For Five Coffee Roasters
Queens, New York, United States
Queens, New York specialty roaster and café company.
1 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Origin Coffee
London, United Kingdom
UK specialty roaster with an award-winning sourcing program and direct-trade relationships.
1 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Tim Wendelboe
Oslo, Norway
Oslo roastery and espresso bar founded by Norwegian barista champion Tim Wendelboe, sourcing and roasting light, transparently documented lots, including from i
1 coffees in index1 outside reviews
Drop Coffee
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm roastery sourcing through long-term producer relationships.
1 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Passenger Coffee
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Lancaster, Pennsylvania roaster focused on fresh-crop single origins.
0 coffees in index0 outside reviews
La Cabra Coffee
Aarhus, Denmark
Aarhus-born specialty roaster with a New York presence.
0 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Sweet Bloom Coffee Roasters
United States
Colorado roaster led by roasting champion Andy Sprenger.
0 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Methodical Coffee
Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Greenville, South Carolina roaster and café company.
0 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Terraform Coffee
Shanghai, China
Shanghai specialty roaster.
0 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Meron Coffee
Location not documented
0 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Larry's Coffee
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Raleigh, North Carolina roaster with cooperative sourcing.
0 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Death Wish Coffee
Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
0 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Sightglass Coffee
San Francisco, California, United States
0 coffees in index0 outside reviews
Mother Tongue Coffee
USA
Small-batch US roastery focused on traceable single origins.
0 coffees in index0 outside reviews
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