Shared Roasting News Today

London, England-based specialty coffee chain WatchHouse Coffee opened its first location in the United States in New York City

Now answering the call for warm drinks, wholesome treats and friendly service is Hey Coffee People, a compact coffee shop in Hoboken.

Photo courtesy of Confident Coffee Roasters, which came to life with a new shop this year in Northwest Arkansas (see story below). While the COVID-19 pandemic made 2020 an unspeakably brutal year for many existing coffee roasting companies large and small — especially those that leaned heavily on wholesale — a fresh crop of roasting startups managed to sprout up through the trampled dirt. A number of these new roasters are leveraging their founders’ personal and familial connections to sp...