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.

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.

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.

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.

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.