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27 roasters · 478 coffees

Black & White Coffee Roasters

Charlotte, NC

22 coffees

Charlotte-based roaster known for precise, transparent sourcing and clean cup profiles. They work directly with producers across Ethiopia, Colombia, and beyond, publishing detailed lot information for every coffee they offer.

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Ceremony Coffee Roasters

Annapolis, MD

13 coffees

Annapolis-based specialty roaster with a deep focus on education and community. Ceremony sources single-origin lots from established relationships and runs a robust training program out of their roastery café.

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Counter Culture Coffee

Durham, NC

13 coffees

One of the pioneers of the third-wave movement, Counter Culture has been setting the bar for sustainable sourcing and barista education since 1995. Based in Durham with training centers across the country.

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Flower Child Coffee

Portland, OR

6 coffees

Portland roaster with a commitment to seasonal, relationship-driven sourcing. Their rotating lineup skews toward naturally processed and experimental lots, with a relaxed aesthetic that matches the city.

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George Howell Coffee

Acton, MA

39 coffees

George Howell helped define specialty coffee in America before launching his eponymous roastery in Massachusetts. The company is known for exceptional terroir-driven lots and meticulous roasting that honors the bean above all.

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Heart Coffee Roasters

Portland, OR

8 coffees

Portland institution with Scandinavian roots. Heart's light-roast approach and minimalist aesthetic have made it a staple of the Pacific Northwest specialty scene since 2009.

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Huckleberry Roasters

Denver, CO

16 coffees

Denver-based roaster with a reputation for expressive, origin-forward coffees. Huckleberry sources from a tight network of producers and offers a rotating menu of single origins alongside approachable blends.

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Hydrangea Coffee

Portland, OR

15 coffees

A small-batch roaster focused on distinctive, carefully selected lots. Hydrangea keeps their offering tight and rotates seasonally, with an emphasis on process-forward coffees.

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Ilse Coffee

Brooklyn, NY

9 coffees

Brooklyn roaster with a refined, editorial approach to sourcing and presentation. Ilse favors unusual origins and anaerobic or fermentation-forward processing, and their packaging design is some of the best in the industry.

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Intelligentsia

Chicago, IL

14 coffees

One of the founding names in American specialty coffee, Intelligentsia pioneered direct trade in the early 2000s and remains a benchmark for quality and sourcing rigor. Based in Chicago with cafés nationwide.

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Inugami Coffee

Atlanta, GA

6 coffees

A small independent roaster with a focused, rotating lineup of single-origin coffees. Inugami sources with care and keeps things unpretentious — good coffee without the noise.

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Olympia Coffee Roasters

Olympia, WA

19 coffees

Pacific Northwest roaster known for delicate, high-clarity light roasts and a long-running direct trade program. Olympia's sourcing relationships span multiple years with many of their farm partners.

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Onyx Coffee Lab

Rogers, AR

37 coffees

Award-winning roaster out of Rogers, Arkansas. Onyx has won more Good Food Awards and competition titles than almost any other American roaster, with a sourcing program that reaches into some of the world's most remote growing regions.

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Perc Coffee

Savannah, GA

12 coffees

Savannah's flagship specialty roaster, Perc has built a loyal following through consistent quality and a roster of coffees that balance accessibility with nuance. A Southern anchor in the specialty coffee map.

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Prodigal Coffee

Chapel Hill, NC

10 coffees

Chapel Hill roaster with a focus on traceable, relationship-sourced coffees. Prodigal's lineup is small and intentional, with an emphasis on washed African and Latin American origins.

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Proud Mary Coffee

Portland, OR

15 coffees

Originally from Melbourne, Proud Mary brought their Australian approach to specialty coffee to Portland and has been pushing boundaries ever since. Known for rare lots, striking photography, and a reverence for the full supply chain.

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S&W Craft Roasting

Columbus, OH

50 coffees

Columbus-based micro-roaster with a passion for single-origin lots and transparent sourcing. S&W keeps their menu tight and rotates frequently, chasing the best seasonal offerings from each harvest.

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SEY Coffee

Brooklyn, NY

8 coffees

Brooklyn's most meticulous roaster. SEY sources with extreme care — often working with single producers on experimental micro-lots — and roasts to showcase the most delicate aromatic compounds the bean has to offer.

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Stumptown Coffee Roasters

Portland, OR

16 coffees

A Portland original and one of the most recognizable names in specialty coffee. Stumptown helped bring third-wave coffee to a mainstream audience and continues to source excellent single-origin lots alongside their beloved blends.

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Sweet Bloom Coffee

Wheat Ridge, CO

12 coffees

Colorado's preeminent specialty roaster, Sweet Bloom has quietly built one of the most respected sourcing programs in the country. Their coffees consistently place in national competitions, and their approach to roast development is widely studied.

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Verve Coffee Roasters

Santa Cruz, CA

25 coffees

Santa Cruz-born roaster that has expanded to a national presence without losing its California sensibility. Verve's sourcing is farm-forward and their roasting style lets terroir lead.

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Boxx Coffee Roasters

Los Angeles, CA

5 coffees

Los Angeles roaster focused on direct trade relationships and traceability. Known for sourcing from Ethiopia, Guatemala, Peru, and Rwanda with an emphasis on producer transparency.

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Ruby Coffee Roasters

Nelsonville, WI

14 coffees

Wisconsin roaster celebrated for meticulous sourcing and transparency. Their rotating single-origin lineup spans Ethiopia, Colombia, Rwanda, and beyond, with tasting notes that lean fruit-forward and process-driven.

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Passenger Coffee Roasters

Lancaster, PA

32 coffees

Lancaster, PA roaster known for deep, long-term producer partnerships in Ethiopia, Colombia, Peru, and beyond. Their Foundational lineup offers consistent access to relationship coffees alongside rotating reserve and education lots.

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Brandywine Coffee Roasters

Wilmington, DE

24 coffees

Wilmington, Delaware roaster known for hand-screen-printed bags and a playful, weird-coffee-loving sourcing program. Brandywine leans into experimental processes and rotates a deep lineup of single origins from Ethiopia, Colombia, and beyond.

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Little Waves Coffee

Durham, NC

26 coffees

Durham, North Carolina roaster focused on high-clarity, relationship-driven coffees. Little Waves rotates a tight lineup of exceptional single origins, often featuring competition lots and direct-trade relationships with producers in Colombia, Ethiopia, Yemen, and beyond.

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Subtext Coffee Roasters

Toronto, ON

12 coffees

Toronto roaster built around a simple conviction: quality in the cup is inseparable from the people and land that produced it. Subtext puts the producer's name on every bag, never blends or renames coffees, and avoids dark roasting — deliberate rejections of traditions that anonymize where coffee comes from. Their sourcing spans filter, espresso, and reserve tiers, all traced to the farm and season. In the roastery, they back this philosophy with serious measurement: moisture and density analysis, hundreds of colorimeter readings per roast, and refractometer testing of every profile.

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