“That was the aha moment-that this is probably going to take me down a huge rabbit hole for a very long time,” says Workman, who opened Kaha in 2018. When Tyler Workman immigrated, he was having a hard time finding the style of coffee he had loved in his native New Zealand, so he started roasting his own beans-in a hot air popcorn popper. Kaha Coffee Roasters, Amesbury From Popping to Roasting

Pick up Little Wolf at their shop in Ipswich, online at ffee, or at retailers around the North Shore.

“We will always source coffee from these particular farmers to continue those relationships, ensuring we begin our yearly menu planning around these coffees,” Gatti says. While they source from all over the world to present a range of different coffees, they also work with a handful of farmers year after year to support and improve their harvests. Therefore, we put a special emphasis on working with quality-focused farmers and building those relationships so that we can carry the most expressive and unique coffees at any given time.”īecause of that, he says, Little Wolf tends to stay on the lighter side of the roasting spectrum, to preserve the natural flavors found in raw beans. “To us, coffee can only be as special as the work the farmer puts. “Roasting coffee began as a natural progression in our love for brewing coffee,” Gatti says, noting that carefully sourcing their green coffee gives them a lot of control over the entire process. Or try it by the cup at Boston King Coffee in Woburn.Ĭoffee started as a pastime for Chris Gatti, owner and roaster at Little Wolf Coffee, and his business/romantic partner Melissa Bartz. Mocha Connection micro-roasts the green beans in small batches and sells at their online store at or at farmers markets in Andover and Westford, among other places. “We aim to bring back the glory of Yemeni coffee by introducing sustainable financial and educational programs, and emphasizing the importance of product quality through incentives,” Mahesri explains, noting that, grown with no synthetic fertilizers or pesticides, the coffee is naturally organic. They are working directly with organizations on the ground in Yemen to create economic opportunities in the region through really delicious coffee roasted on the North Shore.Ĭoffea Arabica originated in Yemen, and partners Moiz Bhindarwala, Idris Dahod, Khozaima Shakir, and Nishreen Mahesri note that they work with some 800 small coffee farmers who benefit from a unique microclimate and soil conditions that infuse the beverage with deep chocolaty tones, while natural processing contributes a dynamic winy note that gives dimension and nuance. Launched in September 2019, this Westford company is working to support sustainable agriculture in Yemen, a country in the Middle East ravaged by civil war and a deep humanitarian crisis. Mocha Connection, Westford Coffee with Conscience Want to find your own perfect cup? Northshore rounded up a few local joe experts to share what makes them special. “We’ve all started to really seek out locally made, craft-quality food and beverages, and perhaps the only beverage more widely consumed than beer is coffee! It’s only natural that locally made, small-batch coffee is being sought more, and there are more roasters getting into the game because of it.” Why the local interest? “I think there are some similarities to the craft beer movement,” Mahoney says.

Now many area connoisseurs are putting their own stamp on those greenish seeds-and Atomic is exploding, preparing to open a new roasting facility in Peabody with 10 times the capacity of that original machine. When Atomic, the OG of North Shore coffee production with 15 years of experience, started roasting in their original Beverly café back in the early aughts, they were somewhat of a novelty. “A roaster itself is a beautiful machine that really toes the line between manufacturing and craft.” “I always love bringing someone into our roastery who has never seen how coffee is roasted,” says Spencer Mahoney, vice president of operations for Atomic Coffee Roasters in Salem. Beans from Atomic Coffee Roasters in Salem

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