Support Black-Owned Coffee Businesses – the Future of Coffee Depends on it.

Now more than ever, at a time when Black America is protesting and fighting for equality, it is important that we support Black-owned coffee businesses – especially those whose mission advances the well-being of our communities. At Bold and Gritty, we believe in the importance of building something that is bigger than ourselves – so we’ve decided to publish a list of our peers that share in our mission to make the world a better place for Black and Brown people. If you like to stay caffeinated with a good cup of coffee, here is a list of black-owned coffee companies that you can purchase from right now!

Coffee Roasters and Online Retailers:

Bold and Gritty Coffee

Website: https://www.boldandgritty.com
Instagram: @bold_gritty
Description: Bold and Gritty is a Black-owned coffee-focused lifestyle brand that highlights Black coffee and Black culture. Coffee is the vehicle by which they tell amazing stories of people doing inspiring things, particularly Black men who have overcome tremendous odds to be successful in life. As a company, they are building an audience that is conscious about the conversations they have around their daily cup of coffee.
Location: Rochester, NY

Boon Boona Coffee

Website: https://www.boonboonacoffee.com/
Instagram: @boobboonacoffee
Description: An exclusively African Coffee Roaster based in Renton, Washington. Boon Boona looks to leave more added value in an equitable way to African Coffee Producers while providing a welcoming space for all in their Cafe.
Location: Renton, WA

Cxffeeblack

Website: https://cxffeeblack.com/
Instagram: @cxfeeblack
Description: Black-owned Coffee Brand. “What If we loved Black people like we love black coffee.” This is the premise for Cxffeeblack – a lifestyle coffee company that focuses on reconnecting the Black community to coffee and the history of coffee.
Location: Memphis, TN

Deadstock Coffee

Website: http://www.deadstockcoffee.com/
Instagram: @deadstockcoffee
Description: Founded by a former Nike shoe designer, Deadstock Coffee is a sneaker-themed coffee shop and roastery. Their goal is to be a hub for anyone creative or who is seeking a judgment-free, barbershop feel.
Location: Portland, OR

Dope Coffee

Website: https://www.realdope.coffee/
Instagram: @realdopecoffee
Description: Coffee, culture and Hip Hop. Dope coffee aims to show the world that premium coffee and Black culture go hand in hand. They also run Dope Coffee Music to provide talented artists with a platform to be authentically themselves and publish their work to the world.
Location: Atlanta, GA

Red Bay Coffee

Website: https://www.redbaycoffee.com/
Instagram: @redbaycoffee
Description: Red Bay Coffee is working to develop the fourth wave of coffee – where high quality and sustainable coffee serves as a vehicle for diversity, inclusion, social and economic restoration, entrepreneurship and environmental sustainability.
Location: San Francisco, CA; Oakland, CA

Three Keys Coffee

Website: https://threekeyscoffee.com/
Instagram: @threekeyscoffee
Description: If Dizzy, Basquiat, & Elijah McCoy roasted coffee, it would taste like Three Keys. Houston-Based Craft Coffee Roaster
Location: Houston, TX

Black White Coffee Roasters

Website: https://www.blackwhiteroasters.com/
Instagram: @blackwhiteroasters
Description: Black & White Coffee Roasters started as an idea that developed over a decade of hard work and dedication to understanding the coffee value chain in two parts; 1.) to create opportunities for coffee professionals to expand their careers, and 2.) to make Specialty Coffee more approachable to the masses.
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina

Big Up Brew Coffee
Website: https://bigupbrew.com/
Instagram: @bigupbrew
Description: “Big Up” is a Jamaican expression that translates to congratulating and honoring yourself. The Black-owned Connecticut-based online specialty coffee company was inspired by the owner’s mother, who is an immigrant from Portland, Jamaica.

MULTI-ROASTER COFFEE SHOPS

Drip Coffee NYC

Website: https://www.dripcoffeenyc.com/
Instagram: @dripcoffeenyc
Description: Pourover coffee shop and espresso bar. Multi-roaster specialty coffee and retail outpost.
Location: Brooklyn, NY

Concept Coffee Shops with a Community Focus

Coffee Hip Hop and Mental Health

Website: https://chhamh.com/
Instagram: @coffeehiphopandmentalhealth
Description: Founded by Christopher LeMark, a Chicago Native and Hip Hop artist, CHHAMH runs a concept shop. Proceeds from coffee sales raise funds to deliver 500 bags of groceries and gifts to 500 Chicago area families on Christmas eve. The space is used to host conversations about mental health in all communities. If you are not in Chicago, consider donating to their cause.
Location: Chicago, IL

South LA Café

Website: https://www.southlacafe.com/
Instagram: @southlacafe
Description: Black-owned, Family-owned, South LA coffee shop, market & cultural center. They are committed to building community through workshops, art, music, activism, and food drives. They sponsor South LA Grocery Boxes to that are distributed to local families in need. If you are not in Los Angeles, you can support their efforts by sponsoring a grocery box for a local family.
Location: Los Angeles, CA

Coffee Consultants:

Barista Life LA

Website: https://www.baristalifela.com/
Instagram: @baristalifela
Description: A full-service brand based in Los Angeles, CA – Barista Life LA offers training and educational work to individuals and companies. They offer consultations, host private events and home demonstrations. Founded by LaNissa Williams, Barista Life LA also spotlights Black Excellence in the coffee industry under the hashtag, #blackinbrew. They are currently in the process of establishing The Hustler’s Cup, a brick-and-mortar location in Los Angeles. Follow them on Instagram and support their GoFundMe page.
Location: Los Angeles, CA