Northbound Coffee Roasters

Northbound roasts THE BEST coffee on the West Coast, hands down. I’ve been brewing coffee and pulling shots with professional grade machines for over 10 years, and am trained in a variety of methods and roasts. In specifically comparing other artisinal roasters around California, such as Blue Bottle, Intelligentsia, Ritual, Four Barrel, etc., Northbound wins hands down. Their Mainline blend is an easily accessible way to enter their world, as it’s a mild, flavorful, smooth, chocolatey blend suitable for press or pour. They also offer a coffee club, a monthly subscription service so the adventurous can sample a variety of beans and blends from around the world, all roasted in tiny batches on their vintage 1950s roaster. Once you try these beans you’ll never want to drink anything else again! (Note: their address is only a roastery, not a coffee shop. Although if you’re in the Mt. Shasta area, rumor has it fans can stop by and have a shot pulled or a pot brewed… report back here if you partake.)

There are a plethora of artisan coffee roasters in the country these days, which is a great thing. Yet, not all of them are worth the time to write a review… and order direct from them wherever I am in the country (I split my time between Oregon and Southern California).
I gotta say, Northbound does a GREAT job. The Lamplighter, a MokaJava blend is fantastic! A perfect balance with light bright acidity and enough depth from the Java to give it enough weight.
Kudos Northbound Coffee!

Whenever I’m in the Mount Shasta area, I pick up a bag of beans from this quality local roaster.
Highest quality fresh coffee beans roasted on site using classic vintage Probat roaster.
Northbound roasts a range of single origin beans and blends from lighter to darker roasts.
I have to give them credit for their Happy Camper blend being one of the most tasteful dark roast coffees I’ve ever had.
I recently went into their roastery and bought a bag of their beans. Friendly service. Rock bottom prices compared to trendy big city roasters.
FYI, this is not a café. You buy the beans and brew them at home.