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Direct Trade From Day One

On Nov. 22, 1978, Danny O’Neill picked his first batch of coffee beans in the mountainous, coffee-growing region around the Poás volcano while studying abroad in Costa Rica. Right then and there, he fell in love with the country, the people and the coffee—especially the coffee. Fifteen years later, when Danny founded The Roasterie in his basement in one of Kansas City's great neighborhoods, Brookside, it just made sense that he would partner directly with farmers and pay above market values to get the best of the best coffee beans.

Today, direct trade makes more sense than ever. The Roasterie still believes in partnering with farmers at origin, in mutually beneficial direct trade relationships — removing the middle man from the equation. By doing this, our farmers get much higher prices for their coffees than they would with other conventional and non-conventional trade systems.

One of the most renowned specialty coffee roasters in the nation, nobody else does it like we do. We are committed to finding the best coffees from around the world, for a fair price. Those beans are then roasted using a convection air-roasting method, instead of the more traditional drum-roasting method, to ensure superior consistency and a tastier, smoother cup of coffee.

Quality, freshness, education. That's what The Roasterie is about. Try any of our coffees and you'll be able to taste and smell the difference our commitment makes.

The Roasterie Café

In 2005, The Roasterie Café was opened in Brookside. The Café has been voted the “Best Coffee Shop” in Kansas City by "KC Magazine" five out of six years in operation. After great success in Brookside, in 2010 The Roasterie opened a second Café at One Nineteen in Leawood, KS. Read more about The Roasterie Cafe.

QUICK FACTS:

• The Roasterie imports only 100-percent Arabica Specialty Grade coffees from 31 different producing countries.
• Each coffee bean purchased by The Roasterie has been picked by hand.
• The Roasterie is a strong advocate for Fair Trade, Rainforest Alliance, Organic, Smithsonian Bird Friendly® certifications and more.
• Since January of 2010, nine of The Roasterie's coffees have received a ranking of 90 or higher on CoffeeReview.com, the premier international coffee-buying guide.

OUR MISSION:

1. To buy the best beans we can find in the world,

2. To roast them the best way known to man (air roasting),

3. To deliver them as fast as humanly possible.

RECENT PRESS:

435 South Magazine, June 2011
Behind the Beans (PDF, Courtesy 435 South Magazine)