Best Coffee Roasters in New York

Joe Coffee Company was founded by Jonathan Rubinstein in 2003 in New York City’s West Village.

At first, the company was a small coffee shop that sold other brands' coffee. But in 2013, everything changed: Joe Coffee began purchasing and roasting green coffee beans on its own.

The company now has 19 cafes in New York City. It roasts its coffee in Long Island City and sells it in cafes and online.

Joe Coffee Company works directly with coffee farmers. The direct trade model eliminates intermediaries between the grower and the roaster, which makes the relationship between them more trusting and leads to better quality control.

Joe Coffee works with farmers from Africa, Central America, and South America and sources coffee beans from the best coffee-growing regions: Brazil, Colombia, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. We recommend that you start with coffee from these regions.

Some of the coffees are organic, fair trade, and Rainforest Alliance certified. You can find these coffees by checking the label on the packaging.

Best Offer: Solidarity Blend

This is a blend of two Arabica varieties—Brazilian Peaberry and Congolese Bourbon. Separately, these two lots already taste great, but by combining them, Joe Coffee has created something completely new. This delicious coffee has flavors of dark chocolate, caramel, and cherry. Part of the proceeds from each purchase of this coffee goes to charity.

Joe Coffee supports specialty coffee culture, so the company tends to lean more toward light roasts that better emphasize the unique flavors coffees get from their place of origin. These flavors are particularly well revealed when brewed in a Chemex, an AeroPress, a cold brew coffee maker, etc.

But if you are a fan of the classic roast or darker, there are good options for you too. Joe Coffee offers all types of coffee roasts, from the lightest to the darkest. You will find coffee for drip coffee makers and espresso machines. You can even order decaf coffee.

The company roasts its coffee Monday through Friday and ships it the day you place your order.

The company offers free shipping on orders over $40. If you subscribe, delivery will always be free. Joe Coffee ships all over the US and also to Canada.

This company is named after its creator, Oren Bloostein. In 1986, Oren founded a small coffee shop. From the very beginning, he bought green coffee and roasted and brewed it on his own.

Orens Coffee has a wealth of experience in roasting and preparing coffee. However, the company only has two coffee shops in New York and is therefore more focused on selling coffee online.

Orens works directly with coffee producers. This allows the company to control the quality of the coffees and choose exactly the ones they deem worthy for their store.

Orens buys beans from every continent where coffee is grown. The best countries are Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Indonesia—specifically the island of Sumatra.

Unfortunately, we could not find organic, fair trade, or other certified coffee at Orens Coffee. But there is a wide selection of Swiss Water decaf coffee beans that have had their caffeine removed without the use of chemicals.

Best Offer: Costa Rica La Minita

This is a single-origin coffee from Costa Rica. This Arabica Caturra variety is one of the best in the region. The medium roast has sweet flavors of milk chocolate and honey.

The company places great emphasis on dark roasts, which are ideal for espresso. You can find the darkest roast—Italian—which has a pronounced bitterness and almost no acidity.

The company roasts its coffee within 24 hours of your order and ships it to you. Delivery is available across the US and is free on orders over $40. You can also pick up coffee from local stores if you're in New York.

This company is named after Irving Place. It was here, not far from Gramercy Park, that David Elwell and Steve Leven founded their first café in 1996.

The venture was successful, and the two men soon began roasting their own coffee. In 2002, they were awarded "Best Coffee" by New York Magazine.

The company now has six cafes in Manhattan, as well as one original café and a huge modern roasting and cold brewing facility in Millerton, NY.

Irving Farm specializes in coffees with a balanced and sweet flavor profile.

To achieve this, the company is leaning more toward the classic medium roast and is also creating blends. For over 20 years, Irving Farm has created the highest quality coffee blends, and one of the very best is the 71 House Blend.

However, the company also sells single-origin coffee beans. We advise paying special attention to its organic coffee beans from Peru and Ethiopia.

Best Offer: Konga

This organic coffee is from Ethiopia—the birthplace of coffee. Yirgacheffe is used by many coffee companies around the world, including big brands like Starbucks. This medium roast coffee has a light taste with flavors of white peach, jasmine, and citrus.

Once you have placed your order, the coffee is roasted and prepared within 1-2 business days. The coffee is then immediately shipped to you.

Shipping is free within the US for orders over $40. For smaller orders, the shipping cost is calculated based on package weight, delivery address, and delivery method.

Irving Farm ships coffee all over the world. But keep in mind that delivery will cost more and the delivery time will be increased when you order from outside the US.

Gimme! Coffee was founded in 2000 in Ithaca, New York. From its first days, it roasted and brewed coffee.

Gimme! is a pioneer in the third-wave coffee industry, which focuses on coffee as a craft drink made by masters. In 2006, the company was named one of the best espresso bars in New York City by the New York Times.

The company had coffee shops in New York City, but those had to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Now, Gimme! has two espresso bars in Ithaca and Trumansburg.

Gimme! is committed to a sustainable coffee business model. Most of the coffees in its range are organic, fair trade, or otherwise certified. The company has had direct-sourcing relationships with some coffee farmers for over nine years.

Gimme! offers coffees from all the continents on which coffee beans grow. Many of the varieties are considered rare, and the company blends them to create unique flavor profiles.

Best Offer: Eternal Flame

This is a fair trade-certified coffee blend of four gourmet Arabica varieties. It's a dark roast with flavors of dark chocolate and toasted nuts. It's not acidic and is ideal for making espresso.

The company delivers coffee across the US. Delivery is free from $20 in and around Ithaca and free from $30 to the rest of the US.

It is also possible to pick up coffee from the coffee shops in Ithaca and Trumansburg.

This young company was founded in late 2014 in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Now City of Saints has three coffee shops in New York and New Jersey. The roastery is located in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn.

Unlike most local roasters, City of Saints purchases green coffee beans through resellers. But these are proven and reliable suppliers that work in the specialty coffee industry. They include Genuine Origin, Crop to Cup, Onyx Green Coffee Importers, and others.

City of Saints emphasizes medium-roasted coffee. Its coffee is balanced and good for those who love classic flavors.

Best Offer: Denizen

This is City of Saints's medium roast flagship blend. It has a balanced taste with a pleasant acidity and sweet flavors of caramel. It's well suited for both drip brewing methods and espresso machines.

City of Saints coffee is shipped every Wednesday from a roaster in Brooklyn. The company advises placing your order before 9 am Tuesday if you want coffee that week.

The company ships coffee using USPS Priority Mail. Depending on the state in which you live, delivery will take 1 to 3 days.