As specialty coffee consumption continues to grow throughout the United States, the number of new companies and facilities devoted to turning green coffee brown has spread precipitously. Simultaneously, existing coffee brands have continued to invest in new roasting production facilities in order to meet rising demand.
Some of the new roasting operations we covered this year focus on coffees grown in particular countries or regions; some are obsessed with exploring new advances in post-harvest processing; some aim to provide additional services to the industry; and some boast business models designed to support local communities or communities abroad.
Continuing our 2023 Year in Review, here are 24 new roasters — or new roasteries from existing brands — poised to provide high-quality coffees in 2024:
Postscript is a Fresh Addition to San Francisco’s Coffee Scene
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A new cafe, specialty food market and juice bar called Postscript is adding to a previously sleepy corner of the Financial District of San Francisco. The new spot notably includes an in-house roasting operation led by Director of Coffee John Laird, formerly of AKA Coffee.
Mississippi’s Umble Coffee Takes Pride in New Starkville HQ
With a high-quality green coffees, a popular podcast and a firm belief in the health benefits of coffee, Mississippi-based roaster Umble Coffee Company has opened a new headquarters in Starkville… read more
Trio of Related Coffee Businesses Spreading China-Grown Beans in the US
Ben and Kina Wilde founded an import company called Pacifica Renew in Cedar City, Utah, in 2020, offering green coffees from China and parts of Southeast Asia. The couple has since launched the Cedar City-based roasting brand Quichapa Coffee, as well as Los Angeles-based Chinatown Coffee Roasters following the family’s move there in 2021… read more
Now Roasting in Sacramento: Anchor & Tree Coffee
Anchor & Tree was launched by Donovan Albert, a former barista manager as well as former account manager for the coffee-focused software company Cropster. Albert currently rents a warehouse space in downtown Sacramento that now houses an electric Bellwether roasting machine… read more
Talitha Coffee Helps Trafficking Survivors Rewrite Their Stories in San Diego
A San Diego roasting startup called Talitha Coffee is cranking out colorfully packaged, fresh-roasted, specialty-grade beans. Yet behind each bag is a deeper commitment to creating opportunities and support systems for survivors of sex trafficking… read more
NYC’s Ninth Street Espresso Has Opened the Micro Roastery of Its Dreams in LIC
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After committing to the space in 2019, then facing two years of pandemic-related delays, the Ninth Street leadership team brought a wealth of combined experience to bear on the new roastery and adjoining coffee bar… read more
Neptune’s Fury Makes a Mighty Splash with Norfolk Roastery Cafe
Just steps from the banks of the Elizabeth River, Neptune’s Fury’s place in the Dominion Tower boasts floor-to-ceiling windows with views of boats beneath the Berkley Bridge and the occasional pod of happy-go-lucky dolphins. Meanwhile, the streams of fresh coffee moving through the shop are roasted onsite through a Probat L12 roaster… read more
With Huge New Roastery, Conscious Cup Coffee Has Growth in Mind
Approximately 45 miles northwest of Chicago, Conscious Cup’s new 5,700-square-foot headquarters is anchored by a Probat P25-2 roaster, doubling the company’s previous roasting capacity… read more
Dope Coffee Opens Roastery, HQ and Event Space in Metro Atlanta
Hip-hop-infused Atlanta-area roaster Dope Coffee Company has launched operations inside a new 6,000-square-foot headquarters and event space in South DeKalb… read more
Quality Coffee Flows in Florida at the Pumphouse Pouratorium
Photo by Jake Takos (@jakobbtakos), courtesy of Pumphouse Coffee Roasters.
Pumphouse Coffee Roasters is fully primed with the opening of the Pouratorium, an approximately 7,700-square-foot flagship roastery, coffee bar, kitchen and training center in West Palm Beach, Florida… read more
Refugee-Roasted Kavka Coffee Sends Support from Maine to Ukraine
A new company in Maine called Kavka Coffee has started roasting and selling Ukrainian-style blends while donating at least $1 from each purchase to humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.
Kavka Coffee owner Maksym Isakov, a refugee from Ukrainian city of Vinnytsya, launched the website for the company in December of last year, roughly four months after relocating with his young family to Lincolnville, Maine… read more
Quarrelsome Coffee Has No Qualms About Experimentation in St. Louis
The owners of St. Louis, Missouri-based custom beer yeast provider Omega Yeast have inoculated the local coffee scene with a lively new roasting operation and cafe called Quarrelsome Coffee… read more
Mbingo Mountain Gives Rise to Great Coffee in Central Maine
The immigrant-owned startup launched this month with a focus on coffees grown by smallholder farmers in numerous African countries. The continent holds a special place in the heart of company founder and roaster Churchill Elangwe, who grew up in Limbe, Cameroon, on the coffee and cocoa farms owned by his parents… read more
Virginia’s Happ Coffee Finding Good Fortune in Waynesboro
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Approximately 600 square feet of Happ Coffee’s section is devoted to a new roastery and a coffee education center, while the remaining 2,500 square feet houses the retail cafe… read more
Elliott & Murrey Offers Coffees ‘Roasted by Mom’ in Hillsboro, Oregon
The slogan and blend name comes from Elliott & Murrey Coffee Roasters, which offers other blends with names like Hot Mess Mama, Bad Ass Mama and Mom Goes Nutty! The brand was founded by roaster Keri Elliott, who has a 7-year-old son… read more
Tapestry Coffee Looms Large in Lakeville, Minnesota
Previously known as Mainstreet Coffee, the reimagined coffee shop about 20 miles south of the city, in Lakeville, offers new furniture and upgraded equipment within its 2,200-square-footprint… read more
Portland’s Nossa Familia Coffee Launches Roasting Operation in Brazil
The move completes a coffee circle for Brazilian-born Nossa Familia Founder Augusto Carneiro, whose extended family continues its fifth generation of ownership and operations of coffee farms in Brazil from which Nossa Familia continues to source coffee… read more
Thunder Coffee Rolls Into Larger Roastery and HQ in Fargo
Business is booming at Thunder Coffee in Fargo, North Dakota, where two coffee shops and a growing wholesale business precipitated a move into a new production roastery and headquarters…
From Greens to Brews, Subjective Coffee Fulfills Multiple Objectives Outside Denver
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Within these new digs, Subjective can offer green coffee services such as collaborative buying, brokering, importing, climate-controlled storage and local transport. The company plans to coordinate with farmers and buyers to help fill containers, while also providing logistics assistance to larger buyers… read more
Steel Oak a Welcome Canopy for Coffee Community Along Florida’s Atlantic Coast
A new specialty coffee hub has sprouted along Florida’s Atlantic coast with the public opening of Steel Oak Coffee’s gleaming new production headquarters, cupping lab and lounge. Steel Oak Coffee Founder Carl Dupper told DCN that the decision to open the roastery doors was in large part to support the local professional coffee community, including baristas… read more
Born From Condor Chocolates, Ecuador-Focused Choco Coffee Soars in Athens, GA
With a growing number of coffee shops in the United States reflecting a new generation of Ecuadorian coffees, cocoa and culture, Georgia-based Choco Coffee and its sibling company Condor Chocolates have established themselves as trusted suppliers… read more
South Carolina’s Methodical Coffee in Monumental New Manufactory
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Methodical’s new manufacturing footprint comes in at a whopping 39,500 square feet in the town of Travelers Rest, a short drive north from the company’s three retail outposts… read more
It’s Wheels Up for Pinup Coffee Roasters in Virginia Beach
Pinup Coffee Co-Founder and Head Roaster Steph Wein now helms the control panel of a shiny new Probat P12 III machine inside the company’s production roastery, which opened last August following a vision that’s been building for more than a decade… read more
Luminous Coffee Flashes with Darling Design and Rarefied Retail
Offerings through the Luminous e-commerce and wholesale programs consist of fruity and floral coffees with a focus on unusual and experimental post-harvest processing techniques. The brand amplifies the excitement of these coffees by limiting their availability to a weekly product drop… read more
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