2020 Roaster of the YearCafe Kreyol Gets Bigger with 10,000-Square-Foot HQ in Virginia
Virginia-based Café Kreyol, the 2023 Roast magazine Roaster of the Year in the macro category, recently relocated into an expanded production facility.
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Business OperationsRoastology Reimagined in Richmond with New Roastery and Cafe
Richmond, Virginia-based Roastology is diving deeper into the sweet science of coffee with a new roastery and cafe in the Scott’s Addition neighborhood. While smaller overall than Roastology’s original roastery...
Adolfo SalazarLa Coop Coffee Returns to DC with Flagship Roastery Cafe
Washington D.C.-based La Coop Coffee has a homecoming for the holidays with the opening of its flagship roastery cafe in the Manor Park neighborhood, just blocks away from its first...
AlexandriaHypergoat Coffee Brings Fresh Energy to Alexandria VA
Now welcoming giddy herds of customers into its first brick-and-mortar cafe is Hypergoat Coffee Roasters, which just opened in Alexandria, Virginia. Natural light streams into the cafe through skylights in...
Artidoro Rodriguez CaféFrom 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...
Back Bay Brew HouseVirginia Beach’s Pinup Coffee Finds a Spot at the Back Bay Farmhouse
About a year and a half after christening its full-fledged production roastery, Virginia Beach, Virginia-based Pinup Coffee Co. is moving full speed ahead into retail waters, opening its first coffee...
bakeriesBroad Porch Coffee Swings Into Flagship Bakery and Cafe in VA
A former dive bar has transformed into a Broad Porch in Harrisonburg, Virginia, with the opening of the flagship cafe of Broad Porch Coffee. Featuring a full commercial kitchen and...
AlexandriaDC-Area Chain Call Your Mother Answers the Call to Roasting
Washington, D.C.-area fresh bagel and deli chain Call Your Mother has been dialing in a coffee roasting operation to supply the brand’s 13 cafes. Serving eight shops in D.C., two...
Aaron MalloryVirginia’s Happ Coffee Finding Good Fortune in Waynesboro
The people behind the former Farmhaus Coffee are bringing coffee-fueled new life to a historic building in the Shenandoah Valley city of Waynseboro, Virginia, under the new name Happ Coffee. ...
Business OperationsGladheart Wine & Brews Now Happily Roasting in Roanoke
Bags of beans have popped up alongside the many bottles at Gladheart Wine & Brews in Roanoke, Virginia, courtesy of a new roasting operation led by coffee competitor and roaster...