This month we are excited to partner with Quills Coffee from Louisville, KY, a barista founded roaster that has been growing in the Kentucky area since they were founded in 2007. Quills frequently visits their producers all across the world not only to gauge the quality of crop but also to verify the sustainability and ethical practices of the farms they collaborate with.

This month we have the pleasure of teaming up with Partners Coffee from Brooklyn, NY. Founded in 2012, Partners set out to make the best coffee they could while creating a supply chain that respected everyone involved, from farm to barista. Not only do they look for their investments in farmers to create better and better coffee each season, but also increase the quality of life for them each year.

This month we are working with Cartel Coffee from Tempe, AZ. They were founded around the idea of building community through coffee, thus the name “Cartel,” meaning a group of people working together for a common cause.

This month we have selected Flight Coffee Co from Bedford, NH. A new and upcoming roaster, the people at Flight have been hard at work creating a supply chain that respects people and coffee from start to finish.
Founder and head roaster Claudia Barrett seeks to tell each coffee’s story individually.

Originally from Melbourne, Australia, Common Room Roasters now call Long Beach, California its home. In 2017 the founders decided they didn’t think the coffee scene in Southern California was quite up to their standards coming from Melbourne. So they decided to change that. Common Room is named after the room in some schools were students can hang out and build community outside of class. Their vision for their roastery was not just to make excellent coffee but to use coffee as a tool to build community. In building that community, Common Room frequently partners with local artists, athletes, influencers and more to bring people together and encourage a positive culture in their local community.

This month we have selected Mostra Coffee from San Diego as our roaster. They have a unique origin story. 2 of their founders went to the Philippines with a non-profit and were struck by the poverty they saw. Being of Filipino background, they felt a strong connection with the people there and they began to look into how they might be able to help. After reaching out the non-profits, aid workers, and even local governments they decided the best way for them to help was to create ways to bring income into the country.

This month we are heading back to the east coast to Atomic Coffee Roasters from Salem, MA. Atomic is “old” for a coffee roaster, being launched back in 1993 by two brothers who were professional cyclists. They’ve grown and changed a lot over time, eventually branching out from just a cafe to a company that roasts coffee to order and buys only the best coffee out there.

This month we yet again return to sample coffee from San Francisco’s coffee scene. Sightglass coffee started 2009 with a rickety coffee cart in San Francisco’s SoMa district. They served coffee with some Chemex brewers and a used espresso machine and were surprised when people kept returning for more. Now they have cafes in both San Francisco and Los Angeles, with companies selling their beans wearing it as a badge of honor, and fans making pilgrimages from all over to try their coffee.

We’re happy to have selected Temple Coffee Roasters for our roaster this month. Founded in 2005, Temple now has 8 coffee shops and a roasterie. Founder Sean Kohmescher continues to strive to fulfill his vision for when he founded Temple: good vibes, great service, and exceptionally well-prepared coffee.

This month we are excited to be working with the recepient of the 2022 Micro Roaster of the Year Little Waves Coffee Roasters. Little Waves, from Durham, NC, chose that name because they hope the small decisions they make as a company – from sourcing to roasting – can have small but impactful effects on communities throughout the world.