What a roaster needs to be on our list
The club chooses roasters that are independent, roast their coffee in Oregon, and were operating when we last checked. That is the whole filter. Size does not matter: a roaster with seven cafes and one with a single tasting room both pass.
- The business is independent and roasts its own coffee.
- The roastery is in Oregon, even when a cafe or an owner has ties elsewhere.
- It was operating on the date we checked its own pages and public listings. A roaster that closes or moves production out of state comes off the list.
Oregon has 178 independent roasters by the Roast Local directory count (September 2026), so the pool is wide. The roasters on this site run from Cannon Beach on the coast to Ashland in the south and Bend and Sisters east of the Cascades.
What a listing means, and what it does not
The roasters named on our roasters pages are local favorites we list because we like their coffee and think Oregonians should know them. A listing does not mean a roaster is part of the club, has agreed to anything, or will roast a box. Each roaster page says so in plain words.
A cafe is not required either. Sleepy Monk closed its Cannon Beach coffee shop and still roasts on the edge of town, selling online and to wholesale accounts on the coast. Trailhead lists no cafe; its staff sell in person at the Portland roastery on SE Mill St. Both still roast in Oregon, so both are on the list.
How roasters are treated
A roaster that roasts for the club names its own wholesale price. It roasts to order and ships in its own bag and packaging, with our packing slip carrying its name, its shop, its story and what to taste for. You see exactly whose coffee you are drinking, and you know where to buy the next bag.
That is the point of the whole thing. A bag bought from Sisters Coffee or Wandering Goat pays wages in Sisters or Eugene. Wandering Goat buys wind power from its local utility and gives its grounds to neighborhood gardeners, so the purchase keeps doing good after it leaves the roastery. More on why local roasters matter.
Our four promises
- Roasted and shipped within 3 days.
- Free replacement if a bag disappoints.
- A reminder email 3 days before each box.
- Your ratings steer the next bag.
The last one is how the club learns what you like. Rate a bag after you drink it. If you rated a bright light roast highly and a dark blend low, your next bag leans toward the first. You still get a different Oregon roaster each box.
How we write about roasters
Joe McRose writes the roaster pages. Every fact on them comes from the roaster's own public pages first, then from public sources such as the Roast Local directory, local press and Wikipedia. Each page carries the date its facts were checked, because coffee menus change with the season.
We write in our own words and keep quotes short. We do not post ratings, review scores or anything a roaster has not made public. When a fact cannot be checked, we leave it out rather than guess. Once we have a contact at a roaster, we send them the page to check.
Corrections and removals
If you roast coffee in Oregon and something on your page is wrong, email roasters@multnomahcoffeeclub.com with the page and the fix. If you would rather not be listed at all, say so at the same address and we take the page down.
Readers who spot a mistake can use the same address. We correct the page and update its checked date.