An Oregon coffee road trip, one roaster's counter at a time

The route in brief

This Oregon coffee road trip strings together the towns where roasters we list pour their own coffee: Hillsboro, Portland and Lake Oswego first, then Newberg, Eugene and Ashland to the south, then Bend, Redmond and Sisters in Central Oregon. Every stop is a cafe, tasting room or roastery counter the roaster runs itself, with the street address from its own locations page, checked on 2026-09-27.

We give no drive times. We give a distance only where Wikipedia states one, and we name highways the same way. Plan the road between legs yourself, and check each stop's hours on the day, because hours change.

Leg one: Hillsboro, Portland and Lake Oswego

Hillsboro. Start at Dapper & Wise, 317 E Main St, where the roastery sits behind its sister cafe, Insomnia Coffee Co. The roasting staff keep weekday hours, 8am to 3pm, and invite people to stop by. Hillsboro is about 17 miles west of Portland, according to Wikipedia, and the MAX Blue Line has reached it since September 12, 1998, so you can start this leg by train. Try the Stag Espresso Blend, a dark roast of Nicaraguan and Peruvian coffees.

Portland. Give the city a full day. Nine roasters we list run 23 cafes here, from Coava's roastery brew bar at 1015 SE Main St to Sterling's single cafe at 518 NW 21st Ave. Our guide to where to drink Portland roasters' coffee lists every one by side of the river. If you pass on a Monday or Tuesday, stop at Trailhead's roastery at 350 SE Mill St, where staff are in for in person sales on those days.

Lake Oswego. Roseline's only cafe outside Portland is at 16398 Boones Ferry Rd. It is a good last cup before heading south.

Leg two: south through the valley to Ashland

Newberg. Newberg sits on Oregon Route 99W, about 25 miles southwest of Portland, per Wikipedia. Caravan's tasting room at 2750 E Ninth St is open Monday to Saturday (weekdays 7am to 3pm, Saturday 9am to 3pm when checked) and offers coffee flights, guided tastings and tours. Order the traditional espresso flight, or the Northwest Pine Latte, made with a house syrup of pine, juniper and vanilla. The company began in the 1990s in a garage cafe down the street from George Fox University.

Eugene. Interstate 5 connects Portland to Salem, Eugene and Medford, according to Wikipedia. In Eugene, Wandering Goat's cafe at 268 Madison St was open every day from 7am to 3pm when we checked, with indoor and outdoor seating. Every coffee it roasts is certified organic through Oregon Tilth. Buy whole beans at the counter; the cafe doubles as the pickup point for online orders.

Ashland. Stay on I-5, which runs through Oregon from the Washington state line in north Portland to the California line near Ashland, 308 miles in all by Wikipedia's count. Its 11 mile mountain section runs along Siskiyou Pass in southern Oregon. Noble's Coffeehouse and Roastery is at 281 Fourth St in the Historic Railroad District, open seven days a week, 7am to 5pm, year round. Roasting, packing and brewing all happen in that building. Order the Ki-Saya from Mexico, which Noble roasts as a single origin espresso.

Leg three: Bend, Redmond and Sisters

Bend. Bend lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 20 and U.S. Route 97, according to Wikipedia, and it has the most roaster-run cafes of any town outside Portland on our list. Pick a few:

• Lone Pine, downtown at 910 NW Harriman St #150 and on the east side at 1462 NE Cushing Dr, Suite 160. Both open every day, and the downtown cafe runs evening aperitif hours on Friday and Saturday.
• Backporch, with its downtown flagship at 550 NW Franklin Ave, Suite 168, cafes at 706 NE Greenwood Ave and 1052 NW Newport Ave, and a drive-up window at 1075 SE 15th St.
• Thump, whose York Roastery and Bakery at 549 NW York Dr, Suite 200 is also a cafe. It has cafes at 25 NW Minnesota Ave and 921 NW Mount Washington Dr, and one inside the Deschutes Public Library's Central Library at 61956 SE Santorini St, open to anyone who wants a coffee.
• Sisters Coffee's two Bend cafes: the Old Mill Cafe at 450 SW Powerhouse Dr, Suite 400, along the Deschutes River, and the Jackstraw Cafe at 310 SW Industrial Way, Suite 110.

Redmond. Backporch's Redmond Cafe is at 3750 SW Badger Ave, in a space it shares with its friends at Bonta.

Sisters. End in the town where Sisters Coffee, which calls itself Central Oregon's first specialty coffee roaster, started in 1989. The Sisters Coffee flagship cafe sits in a cabin at 273 W Hood Ave in downtown Sisters and is open daily. The roasting facility on Sun Ranch Dr lists tours and a cafe as coming later, so go to the downtown cafe. In town, U.S. Route 20 and Oregon Route 126 merge briefly to form Cascade Avenue, per Wikipedia, and the town sits at 3,189 feet. Order Black Butte Gold, the dark, caramelized blend.

Every stop in one table

One roaster we list is missing on purpose. Sleepy Monk's coffee shop in Cannon Beach has closed for good. The roastery still roasts but is closed to visitors, so its coffee comes by mail or from its wholesale accounts on the coast.

Bringing the trip home

Each of these stops is a small business in a small town or a Portland neighborhood, and the cup you buy pays that town's roasters, baristas and bakers. Buy a bag at every counter and the trip keeps paying them after you are home. We wrote more on why local roasters matter.

For the roasters you could not reach, our club sends a bag from a different independent Oregon roaster in each box, roasted to order and shipped in the roaster's own bag with our packing slip. $16.99 a bag, first bag free, you pay $7.99 shipping. Build a box.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Interstate 5 in Oregon (length, towns served, Siskiyou Pass)
• Wikipedia: Hillsboro, Oregon (distance from Portland, MAX Blue Line)
• Wikipedia: Newberg, Oregon (Route 99W, distance from Portland)
• Wikipedia: Bend, Oregon (U.S. Routes 20 and 97)
• Wikipedia: Sisters, Oregon (Cascade Avenue, elevation)
• Cafe addresses, hours and notes: each roaster's own locations page, read 2026-09-27, as summarized on our Oregon roaster profiles.