This year, dozens of new facilities dedicated to roasting specialty coffee opened across the United States. While some are led by seasoned industry veterans and others by newcomers, nearly all the businesses have stated a commitment to quality and sustainable sourcing as core priorities.
Country-specific programs launched with connections to Peru, Puerto Rico, Guatemala and more, while several new companies this year are catering to demand in the luxe coffee market, browning high-priced competition winners as well as coffees subjected to evermore inventive processing methods.
Continuing DCN’s 2024 Year in Review, here are 25 exciting new roasters and roasteries to support in 2025. For all the latest coffee roasting news, subscribe to the DCN Newsletter.
West Coast
Nice Coffee is All Smiles with New Roasting Operation in LA
The concept comes from a trio of seasoned LA-based coffee professionals — Chris Owens, Doug Meils and Elliott Lau — each of whom has ties to the influential former coffee brand Handsome Coffee Roasters… read more
Nice Coffee Roasters Owners Chris Owens, Doug Meils and Elliot Lau. Courtesy photo.
With New Roastery, the Sky is Clear for Pink Cloud Coffee in LA
The forecast is looking sunny for Southern California-based Pink Cloud Coffee, which recently moved from shared roasting facility and into a private roastery with a brand new and bright pink Primo Roasting Equipment Ranger-Xr5 machine… read more
The new Primo machine inside the new Pink Cloud Coffee roastery in Southern California. Courtesy photo.
San Diego Coffee Legend Returns with Chuck’s Roast and Patton Consulting
Chuck Patton, who founded San Diego’s Bird Rock Coffee Roasters in 2002 and grew it into an award-winning roastery and small cafe chain, last month launched a boutique roasting brand called Chuck’s Roast. The sibling business is Patton Coffee Consulting, through which Patton will offer cuppings, coffee evaluations, roasting classes and other services… read more
Chuck Patton at the helm of a Giesen WS1 inside a shared space at the Coffee Cycle roastery in San Diego. Courtesy photo.
British Columbia Startup Kea Coffee Roasters Offers Plenty to Explore
Canadian specialty coffee hatchling Kea Coffee Roasters has spread its wings in mountainous British Columbia, offering freshly roasted coffees guided by a spirit of curiosity… read more
A lineup of Kea Coffee Roasters coffees. Courtesy photo.
Groovy Goose Coffee Takes Flight in San Carlos, California
Like water’s curved course through a gooseneck kettle’s spout, Groovy Goose Coffee has wound its way into a permanent roastery and coffee shop in the San Francisco Bay Area… read more
Groovy Goose coffees on display at the new shop in San Carlos. Courtesy photo.
LA Roaster Angelino’s Coffee is Buying the World’s Most Prized Coffees at All Costs
In an unprecedented high-end buying spree, California roasting company Angelino’s Coffee has purchased all 11 top-scoring coffees from the 2024 Cup of Excellence (CoE) program… read more
Inside the cupping and quality control lab at the Angelino’s Coffee roastery in Los Angeles. Courtesy photo.
The Origin Story of Turtle Island Coffee in Victoria, B.C.
A new Indigenous-owned coffee company based in Victoria, British Columbia, called Turtle Island Coffee has launched with the goal of exposing more people to high quality specialty coffee and Indigenous culture… read more
Bags of Turtle Island Coffee. Courtesy photo.
Outer Dark Coffee Lights Up its First Cafe in Tacoma
A new coffee roasting company called Outer Dark Coffee founded by Seattle craft beer industry veteran Mike Murphy just opened a cafe in downtown Tacoma, Washington… read more
Inside the new Outer Dark Coffee shop in Tacoma, Washington. Courtesy photo.
San Francisco’s Sāe Coffee Sets Sights on Superluxe Coffees
Sāe is currently leading an unprecedented crowdsourced buying opportunity, whereby anyone can contribute $125 with the promise of receiving a 150-gram tin of Ecuador Cup of Excellence-winning coffee and related perks… read more
Sāe Coffee Studio Founders Luis “Luchi” Pincay and Christina Minju at The Crown in Oakland, California. Courtesy photo.
From a Renovated Farm in Puerto Rico Comes Cafe Don Mateo
A new coffee company called Cafe Don Mateo recently launched with direct sales of coffee that is grown and roasted in in Puerto Rico… read more
A rainbow view at Hacienda Don Mateo in Puerto Rico. Courtesy photo.
Sacramento’s Opal Coffee Club Introducing One Coffee Gem at a Time
Sacramento, California-based Camellia Coffee Roasters has introduced an independent sub-brand called the Opal Coffee Club, designed to promote exceptional coffees that might not fit into Camellia’s normal roster… read more
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Southwest / Mountains
Odd Box Coffee Stacks Up In Santa Fe
Sourcing high-quality and traceable green coffees, Santa Fe-based Odd Box brings the coffee career of founder Tom Patton full circle… read more
The Odd Box roastery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Courtesy photo.
New Roaster Theo’s Roast Opens its Doors North of Dallas-Fort Worth
A new Ethiopian-owned roasting company called Theo’s Roast is bringing fresh roasts of high-quality greens to the north Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs… read more
Bags of Theo’s Roast coffees. Courtesy photo.
Powder Hounds Coffee Offers Peak Freshness in Park City, Utah
Founded by avid skier and children’s yoga instructor Mark Robinson, the company recently launched with a selection of blends and single-origin coffees that borrow names from the skiing and yoga lexicons, including darkly roasted Brazilian coffee named Heli Drop and a Warrior II blend… read more
Inside the Powder Hounds Coffee roastery in Park City, Utah. Courtesy photo.
Pomarrosa Coffee Lab in Denver Finds Beauty in Coffee and Life
A new small-batch roasting company in Denver called Pomarrosa Coffee Lab (Instagram) is extending a family legacy in coffee that spans more than three decades and touches three generations… read more
Pomarrosa Coffee Founder Sebastian Legner at the recent Roast Summit Chicago. Photo by Daniel Mendoza.
Central
Sputnik Coffee Goes Supernova with Huge New Roastery Cafe in Chicago
The new 2,000-square-foot cafe boasts red Mazzer grinders and a white La Marzocco espresso machine mirroring the bright red color of a 60-kilo-capacity IMF roaster and six white silos visible through a 25-foot glass wall… read more
Inside the new Sputnik Coffee roastery and cafe in South SIde Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood. Courtesy photo.
Blueprint Coffee Has Big Plans for its New Roastery in St. Louis
Inside an 11,000-square-foot building that formerly housed a Kroger grocery store in the Tiffany neighborhood, the new roastery is exponentially increasing Blueprint’s roasting and storage capacities, while allowing for a new cafe, bakery and offices… read more
Photo by Roy Brady, courtesy of Blueprint Coffee.
In Michigan, Mo Coco’s Rural Roasts Offers Full City and Much More
The mother-daughter team of Maureen and Chloe Woods has brought the wide world of specialty coffee home to the small town of Merrill, Michigan, with the opening of their roastery cafe and bakery, Mo Coco’s Rural Roasts… read more
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New Day Dawns for Monday Coffee with Flagship Roastery Cafe in Chicago
At one end of the new bar, in full view of guests, is the 1994 Probat L5 roaster that Monday purchased from its previous roasted coffee supplier, Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Littlefoot Coffee… read more
Monday Coffee Founders Felton Kizer and Amanda Christine at the new shop in Chicago. Courtesy photo.
East
Look Alive Coffee Springs to Life in St. Petersburg, Florida
Heads up, coffee drinkers in St. Petersburg, Florida: A new roasting company called Look Alive Coffee is kicking out fresh roasts with a dash of surf and punk attitude… read more
The Look Alive Coffee roastery in St. Petersburg, Florida. Courtesy photo.
From Peru, Artidoro Rodriguez Café Makes US Launch
Peruvian coffee roaster and exporter Artidoro Rodriguez Café recently launched in the United States, opening a coffee bar in Virginia while selling wholesale roasted coffees. The company is also planning to launch a U.S. importing business for green coffees later this year… read more
Bagged roasted coffees from Artidoro Rodriguez Café. Courtesy photo.
Charlotte’s Pure Intentions Coffee Loyal to Wholesale with Huge New Roastery
Expanding its unadulterated pursuit of quality wholesale coffee and service in and around North Carolina, Pure Intentions Coffee recently inaugurated a 16,000-square-foot production headquarters in southwest Charlotte… read more
The new Probat roaster inside the Pure Intentions Coffee headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. Courtesy photo.
Maryland’s Aveley Farms Coffee Plants New Roastery Alongside Beer and Pizza
Aveley Farms Coffee Roasters is heading into a bountiful winter with the opening of its new roastery and coffee bar, part of an all-day coffee, beer and pizza collaboration just outside Baltimore in Timonium, Maryland… read more
The new Aveley Farms Coffee roastery in Timonium, Maryland. Courtesy photo.
RocketCup Coffee is Fuel for Revitalization in Western NY
After months of counting down, RocketCup Coffee is taking off with a new roastery and “speakeasy” concept at its home in the small Western New York village of Cattaraugus… read more
At the new Rocket Cup roastery and “speakeasy” in the Village of Cha in Western New York. Courtesy photo.
Inclusive Roastery Innovations Give 321 Coffee Liftoff in Raleigh
The company’s growing roasting operation now supports multiple 321 retail locations in the Raleigh-Durham area, while providing tools that allow staff with intellectual and developmental disabilities to succeed… read more
Accessible technology was made possible at the 321 roastery through partnerships with tech giant Lenovo and the nonprofit Engage NC. Courtesy photo.
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