Nearly twenty years of gratitude, one roast at a time.

Grateful Roast Coffee started long before there was a café, a production roastery, or even much of a specialty coffee scene in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

Brian and Sarah met in 2000 and, after spending time traveling the country together, eventually put down roots near Sarah’s hometown in NEPA. Brian had grown up in Portland, Oregon, where good coffee was simply part of everyday life. In their new home, it was considerably harder to find.

So in 2006, he decided to do something about it.

What began with a small 2-kilo coffee roaster on the sunporch of their home became Grateful Roast Coffee. Brian roasted for friends, family, coworkers, and anyone willing to try what he was working on—learning the craft one batch at a time and building the company through relationships rather than a grand business plan.

In 2016, Brian and Sarah took the next leap. A former car-detailing stall and office in Nanticoke was transformed into Grateful Roast’s first brick-and-mortar café and roastery. It wasn’t fancy. It was built with a lot of work, a limited budget, and a belief that a small coffee company could become part of the community around it.

Today, Grateful Roast has grown to two NEPA cafés, a production roastery in Nanticoke, wholesale partners throughout the region, and relationships with coffee producers and professionals around the world. But the idea behind it hasn’t changed much.

We believe coffee is ultimately about people—the hands that grow it, the people who roast and serve it, and the communities that gather around it. We roast in small batches, work to understand where our coffees come from, and try to treat every relationship along the way with intention and respect.

Nearly twenty years later, we’re still learning, still roasting, and still grateful that something started on a sunporch became something we get to share with other people.

Practice gratitude and drink good coffee