Two sisters and best friends run Groovy Coffee, a female-founded family business built around a decade-long search for a bold, smooth cup that never tastes burnt. Its signature touch is cinnamon roasted directly into Colombian Supremo beans, with the finished coffee packed in reusable, plastic-free tins and offered to wholesale partners.
Kosher
Sunday Morning Coffee CompanyFounded by Savannah Mitchell, Sunday Morning Coffee Company is a Black woman-owned roaster producing specialty Arabica blends that are roasted locally and shipped fresh. Its coffee grew from a bootstrapped brand into Sunday Morning at Savannah’s, a coffee lounge and hospitality destination set in a 200-year-old manor in New Windsor, Maryland. The company works with small-scale family farmers in coffee-growing regions worldwide and frames its coffee as part of a broader effort to expand Black representation in specialty coffee and hospitality.MILLERSVILLE, MD
Matriarch CoffeeRooted in a Rwandan coffee-farming family, Baltimore-based Matriarch Coffee roasts specialty coffee sourced from Gasharu Farms and serves it through retail, wholesale, office-coffee, and café channels. The company’s story centers on Marie Mukamurenzi, who has used Gasharu Farms with her husband for more than 30 years to support their family and community, while Matriarch roasts distinctive coffees such as its 72-hour anaerobically fermented Ireme. Matriarch directs 10% of its profits to community programs and initiatives that financially empower women coffee farmers.BALTIMORE, MD
Homestead Coffee RoastersFrom a 19th-century barn beside Pennsylvania’s Tow Path and the Delaware River, Homestead Coffee Roasters has been sourcing and roasting coffee since 2006. Now a second-generation coffee roaster, the family-run company works exclusively with small farms and cooperatives, refining its coffees through careful tasting while using recyclable boxes and backyard-compostable bags. It also supports wholesale partners with equipment, training, and ongoing coffee-program guidance.UPPER BLACK EDDY, PA
Fresh Roasted CoffeeFounded in 2009, family-owned Fresh Roasted Coffee roasts specialty-grade coffee to order at its Pennsylvania facility, using eco-friendly Loring Smart Roasters before packaging and shipping it fresh. The company also offers wholesale and co-packing/private-label programs, and states that its facility is SQF, OU Kosher, and USDA Organic certified.SUNBURY, PA