Started by home cook and coffee roaster Angelina after she developed her roasting idea in 2019, Humble Mornings Coffee Co. is a locally owned Cleveland roaster producing small-batch coffee on demand. The company sources beans from minority female farmers around the world and offers both single-origin coffees and imaginative flavored Arabica coffees, including its Baklava blend. Its Cleveland-roasted subscriptions also include recyclable, Nespresso-compatible espresso pods.
Driftaway CoffeeBrooklyn-based Driftaway Coffee is an immigrant-owned, woman-led small-batch roastery that fresh-roasts coffee for personalized subscriptions, tastings, and everyday brewing. Founded by Anu Menon and Suyog Mody as a 2012 passion project, the company puts smallholder producers at the center of its work by prioritizing women-owned farms and minority producers. Driftaway also makes specialty coffee approachable through guided virtual tastings and educational resources, without the usual snobbery.BROOKLYN, NY
Goldberry Roasting CompanyStarted by Doug Cooper as a basement hobby in 2010, Goldberry Roasting Company now produces small-batch specialty coffee at its family-owned roastery in Ashland, Ohio. Doug’s son Pete joined in 2019, turning the business into a family legacy built around carefully developed roast profiles and close relationships with coffee farmers, including partners in Mexico’s Sierra Norte region. Goldberry also works through its sister nonprofit, Coffee Growing Community, to help farming families improve the quality and market value of their coffee.ASHLAND, OH
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
Florin CoffeeIn Columbus, Ohio, Hans and Joelle Hochstedler roast specialty coffee and run a coffee bar built around making good coffee simpler to enjoy. Florin has been roasting for more than 10 years, selecting limited-supply coffees and test-roasting them until their distinct flavors come through, then shipping the beans just after roasting. The family also turns its house blend into instant coffee and offers subscriptions for drinkers who want a steady supply at home.COLUMBUS, OH