Shawn Anderson in headphones and a plaid shirt at a radio mic, bags of Old Town coffee on the table beside him

Blame Shawn.

Shawn Anderson started Old Town Roasting in 2011 with a small roaster and a big idea: coffee, community and compassion. Every batch gets roasted by hand, in small batches, only after somebody orders it. AI is never used in making the coffee.

From green to gone.

  1. A handful of green coffee beans

    Green

    Ethically sourced beans wait here until somebody orders.

  2. A hand on the roaster

    Roast

    By hand, in small batches, only after an order.

  3. Roasted beans dropping into the cooling tray

    Cool

    Even a tough guy needs a minute to cool down.

  4. A Good Morning Beautiful bag beside its inked block

    Stamp

    Every bag gets hand-stamped with the day it left the roaster.

  5. Stacked Hey There Tough Guy bags ready to go

    Ship

    It goes out USPS Priority Mail within 24 hours of roasting.

Old Town Roasting bags laid out on kraft paper, each with its own block-printed label

Shawn and his friends design the labels, and artificial intelligence is never used in making the coffee.

Our recyclable bags are hand-stamped for each customer when you order and shipped within 24 hours of being roasted.

Meet the cast

Bags in the wild.

An arm holding a bag of Hey There Tough Guy down a brick alleyA small white dog lying next to a bag of Good Morning BeautifulTwo people pouring coffee at a table full of Old Town bagsA hand holding up a bag of Morning WouldOld Town bags on a shelf under a Locally Roasted Coffee signA bag of Old Town on a table in front of big marquee letters on a stageA bag of Half Calf held up against bright pink flowersShawn and a friend with a pour-over setup in a busy cafeA gift box with a bag of Rocket Fuel, a mug and cookiesA steel mug next to a bag of Donuts CoffeeShelves of Old Town bags in a shopOld Town artwork: a skull with a mug and the words Sleep when you are dead

20% goes back out.

20% of profits fund interest-free Kiva.org micro-loans for coffee farmers and support local charities. Coffee first. Schemes later.