Coffee favorites

Portland, OR, USA

A Portland pioneer of the bright, Nordic-leaning roast style.

Brooklyn, NY, USA

Bushwick roaster with a serious lineup of delicate, transparent lots.

San Jose, CA, USA

Competition-grade light roasts, including some exceptional Geshas.

Portland, OR, USA

The Portland classic that helped define US third-wave coffee.

Portland, OR, USA

Precise, clean single origins out of a beautiful Portland brew bar.

San Francisco, CA, USA

A San Francisco mainstay, roasting in the Mission since 2005.

Olympia, WA, USA

Washington roaster with consistently sweet, well-developed coffees.

Seattle, WA, USA

Seattle roaster with polished downtown cafés.

Seattle, WA, USA

Pioneer Square micro-roaster with a light, clean house style.

Seattle, WA, USA

Longtime Capitol Hill roaster-café with free public cuppings.

Seattle, WA, USA

Greenwood neighborhood roaster, going since 2003.

Seattle, WA, USA

Small Ballard roaster with a thoughtful rotating menu.

Seattle, WA, USA

Roasting arm behind Seattle's Café Hagen; clean, sweet coffees.

Annapolis, MD, USA

Maryland roaster with a wide, dependable single-origin range.

Hyattsville, MD, USA

DC-area roaster-café with a strong neighborhood following.

Nashville, TN, USA

Nashville roaster and café focused on education and sourcing.

Kingston, NY, USA

Nordic-style roastery in upstate New York.

North Canaan, CT, USA

Connecticut roaster with a precise, filter-forward style.

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Philadelphia roaster with carefully sourced single origins.

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Vancouver microroastery and café for the deeply curious.

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Design-forward Vancouver roaster-café with a strong bakery.

Stittsville (Ottawa), ON, Canada

Ottawa-area microroastery with a competition pedigree.

Taipei, Taiwan

Berg Wu's Taipei roaster-café; Berg is a former World Barista Champion.

Kula (Maui), HI, USA

An upcountry Maui estate growing, processing, and roasting its own coffee.

Boston, MA, USA

A New England institution from a coffee legend; clean, classic, and expertly sourced.

Rogers, AR, USA

Arkansas powerhouse with a competition pedigree and a stunning flagship.

London, England, UK

London roaster (wholesale and online, no walk-in café) behind much of the UK's modern coffee scene.

Shanghai, China

A Shanghai roaster-café (Loring-roasted) with serious direct-trade sourcing.

Anyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

A small-batch roastery south of Seoul, doing clean, delicate washed Ethiopias. Reaches the US through Airworks.

Copenhagen, Denmark

Patrik Rolf's Copenhagen roastery and store, roasting in Solrød Strand. Also makes the flat-bed brewers a lot of light-roast people brew on.

Copenhagen, Denmark

Direct-trade pioneer founded in 2007 by Klaus Thomsen, Peter Dupont and Casper Engel Rasmussen, known for clean, bright filter coffee. Day Made in Pioneer Square pours it.

Barcelona, Spain

Producer-first sourcing and a strong filter program, roasting in Barcelona since 2014. Three bars in the city; the pin is the Passatge Sert one.

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Producer-focused, competition-adjacent coffees from Ben Morrow and Esther Maasdam, roasting in Rotterdam since 2017. Wholesale and online, with no walk-in café.

Wake Forest, NC, USA

Founded in 2017 by US Barista Champions Kyle Ramage and Lem Butler, with a café in downtown Wake Forest and nationwide shipping.

RA/CR #3 Natural Gesha

Moonwake Coffee Roasters · Panama (Boquete) · Natural

About as expressive as a natural Gesha gets.

Colombia Bayter Sidra

Café Hagen · Colombia (Tolima) · Anaerobic natural

A loud, fruit-forward Sidra.

Jose & Roger Ureña

Mirra Coffee · Costa Rica (Tarrazú) · Washed Gesha

Delicate and floral, beautifully clean.

El Burro Lot #17

Hydrangea Coffee Roasters · Panama (Chiriquí) · Washed Gesha

Classic washed-Gesha jasmine and bergamot.

Salma Bermudez

Hydrangea Coffee Roasters · Colombia (Piendamó, Cauca) · Anaerobic washed Gesha

Mango from the moment you grind it, with dulce de leche and elderflower behind.

Mora Azul Blueberry

Hydrangea Coffee Roasters · Colombia (San Adolfo, Huila) · Blueberry co-fermented washed

Fermented blueberry at full volume, with raspberry and milk chocolate behind it.

Lemon Squeeze

DAK Coffee Roasters · Ethiopia (Arbegona, Sidama) · Washed

Sweet lemon up front, nectarine as it cools, a soft floral finish. A clean, high-grown washed heirloom.

Faysel Abdosh Triple Fermentation

Big Sur Coffee · Ethiopia (Hambela Wamena, Guji) · Triple fermented washed

Floral and lychee you can name without hunting, from Testi's newest Guji station. Roasted very light, and it keeps changing as it cools.

Sewda Premium

Big Sur Coffee · Ethiopia (Oddo Shakisso, Guji) · Washed

A plain washed lot from a Testi mill its other buyers know for naturals. Florals and peach first, bergamot once it cools.

Shyira

La Cabra · Rwanda (Nyabihu) · Washed

Bright, structured, and very tidy in the cup.

Estate Coffee

O'o Farm · Maui, Hawaii · Honey

A rare estate-grown Hawaiian honey lot.

Doi Saket

Fulcrum Coffee Roasters · Thailand (Chiang Mai) · Anaerobic natural

A reminder that Thailand grows excellent coffee.

Habtamu Fikadu

Heart Coffee Roasters · Ethiopia (Yirgacheffe) · Washed

Textbook washed Yirgacheffe: floral and tea-like.

Clinton Ossa Micro Lot

Olympia Coffee Roasters · Colombia · Washed

Sweet, balanced, and easy to love.

Nancy Mendoza

Poem Roasting · Peru (Cajamarca) · Washed Gesha

A quieter, elegant take on Gesha.

Janson Washed Gesha #999

Cozy Monster Coffee Roasters · Panama (Chiriquí) · Washed Gesha

Jasmine, sweet orange, and cocoa with a long oolong-tea finish, a standout washed Gesha.

Gesha IPA

Cozy Monster Coffee Roasters · Colombia (Circasia, Quindío) · Black honey, mosto IPA

Enormous floral and stone-fruit aroma off the grinder, still clean and tea-like in the cup.

Cardoon

Seattle, WA, USA

A Ballard multi-roaster café bar with a rotating single-origin list.

Analog Coffee

Seattle, WA, USA

A no-frills Capitol Hill room serving rotating local roasters.

Coffee TAB

Seattle, WA, USA

A Belltown nonprofit café running a barista apprenticeship.

Freya Bakery & Cafe

Seattle, WA, USA

Coffee and excellent pastry near Pike Place.

Offline Coffee

Seattle, WA, USA

A Capitol Hill newcomer with a globally-minded menu.

Slow Day Coffee

Seattle, WA, USA

A Belltown pour-over bar with a rotating multi-roaster list; recent pours from September, Mirra, and DAK. Hours are limited (open daily 7 to 2), and it's not an easy stop with a stroller.

Slo Coffee

Vancouver, BC, Canada

An easygoing Vancouver café on Fraser Street.

Akamai Coffee Co.

Kahului (Maui), HI, USA

Reliable specialty coffee with a few spots around Maui.

Santo Coffee

Seattle, WA, USA

A Roosevelt café pouring all-Colombian coffee.

Café Hagen

Seattle, WA, USA

A cozy Scandinavian café in South Lake Union—hygge interior, in-house pastry, and coffee from Hagen Roasters.

Olympia Coffee – Downtown Seattle

Seattle, WA, USA

Olympia's first downtown café, in the US Bank Centre near the convention center—their sweet, well-developed roasts on 5th Ave.

Olympia Coffee – West Seattle

Seattle, WA, USA

A bright, welcoming West Seattle café on California Ave SW pouring Olympia's award-winning coffees.

Medio Cafe

Friday Harbor, WA, USA

Inside Friday Harbor Suites on San Juan Island, pouring three single-origin hand pour-overs off a Stereoscope lineup. Closed Wednesdays, and there is a wooden toy espresso machine in the corner for small children.

Day Made Kaffe Bar

Seattle, WA, USA

A one-person Copenhagen-inspired bar in Pioneer Square, pouring Coffee Collective and Olympia. One size, no flavored syrups, and weekdays only, 7 to 4.