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CoRo Coffee Room

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for CoRo Coffee Room; not a documentary photograph
IndependentRoasts its own coffeeSourcing: Limited public info
TagsCoRo Coffee RoomCalifornia coffee roastersIndependentRoasts in-house
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CoRo is a unique Berkeley-based coffee hub that operates as both a collaborative roasting facility for independent brands and a retail cafe. By providing shared production space and professional equipment, the company helps small-scale roasters launch and grow their businesses. Their associated cafe, the CoRo Coffee Room, serves as a showcase for the diverse roasts produced by their member community.

Ownership
CoRo is an independent, collaborative coffee roasting facility and cafe founded by Floy Andrews and others to support small-scale coffee brands.
Founded
2016
Roasting
Reported to roast in-house.
What it's known for
CoRo is known for being a collaborative roasting facility that provides shared production space, equipment, and training for dozens of independent coffee brands. It also operates the CoRo Coffee Room, a retail cafe that features a rotating menu of coffees roasted by its member companies.
Farm-level sourcing
CoRo functions primarily as a collaborative roasting facility for various member brands, and while they offer their own branded coffee, they do not provide detailed public transparency regarding the specific farms or producers for their own house-roasted offerings.
Notable coffees
  • — CoRo 10th Anniversary Blend
  • — Maybeck Blend
  • — Morgan's Blend
  • — CoRo Decaf - Ethiopia Tokuma
Documented coffee offerings

Coffees researched from CoRo Coffee Room

These are examples recorded during editorial research on Oct 30, 2026. They are not a live product feed. The coffee, lot, price, and availability may have changed. We have not necessarily brewed these coffees ourselves.

CoRo 10th Anniversary Blend

Colombia & Guatemala · Honey Co-Ferment & Washed

This blend combines dark-roasted Guatemalan notes of chocolate and smoke with a bright, peach-forward Colombian coffee.

Original roaster or listing source

External customer, cafe, marketplace, and class ratings are not comparable measures of the quality of an individual coffee. We do not convert them into original tasting scores or brand-wide star ratings. Our independent reviews are published separately after a coffee has actually been brewed and evaluated.

In the news

Recent news and media coverage about CoRo Coffee Room, as documented by outside outlets. We link to the original reporting and do not rewrite or endorse it.

Sources used in this deep dive
Research disclosure — this profile was compiled from public online sources on 2026-10-17. This company overview is not a tasting review. Original tasting reviews are labeled separately when they exist. Ownership, roasting and sourcing details are attributed to documented sources. While CoRo publishes the names of some of their own branded coffees, they do not provide specific farm or producer details for these offerings on their website.

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