From the highlands where coffee began.
Coffee as a drink began in Yemen. More than five hundred years ago it was grown on terraces cut into the western highlands: dry-stone walls stacked by hand, step above step, holding thin soil to the mountainside. The cherries were dried in the sun on rooftops and stone floors, then carried down the passes to the port of Mocha and out to the rest of the world. Before coffee belonged to anyone else, it belonged to Yemen.
Mornings in that country start in mist. It fills the valleys before dawn, wraps the stone villages on the ridgelines, and burns off by midday to bare rock and hard blue sky. The trees grow slowly up there, and the work is still done by hand.
Above the terraces live the Nubian ibex: sure-footed on bare rock, at home where the air is thin. The ibex has been carved into the stone of South Arabia for thousands of years. We took it as our mark. It stands for high ground, patience, and holding on.
Why our coffees carry Yemeni names
Each roast is named for a coffee place or tradition in Yemen. Haraaz is for the terraced Haraz mountains. Khawlan is for the high country of the north. Yafi Dark is for the mountains of Yafa' in the south. Ismaili is for an heirloom name Yemeni growers still use. Matari Dark is for Bani Matar, whose Mattari coffee was known in ports around the world. Read about the highland names →
The names honor where coffee began. Each product page lists plainly where the beans in that bag are grown.
Small by choice
Five coffees, like five terraces on one slope. Each one has a job: a bright everyday medium, a smooth cocoa cup, a breakfast blend you'll reorder without thinking, and two dark roasts for people who like their coffee deep. We would rather know a few roasts well than fill a shelf.
Roasted after you order
We work with a specialty roasting partner, and nothing sits on a shelf waiting for you. Your bag is roasted after you order, ships within 1–5 business days, and arrives in about 3–5 business days with Standard shipping (1–2 with Express) anywhere in the U.S.
Pour a cup. Let it go quiet, the way the mountains do at dusk. Find your roast.