Fresh is the whole point
Emberway is a small-batch specialty coffee roaster shipping direct to your door. We source single-origin lots from farms we know by name, roast to order in Portland, Oregon, and ship within 24 hours of the roast date stamped on every bag. Whole bean or ground to your brewer, one-time or subscribe-and-save.
Est. 2017From a Portland garage
Emberway started in 2017 on a one-kilo sample roaster in a Portland garage, chasing a single idea: coffee tastes best a few days off the roast, not a few months. We built a brand around the roast date — every bag is stamped, every order ships within a day of roasting, and nothing sits in a warehouse going stale. Today we roast in small batches five days a week and ship to all fifty states, but the conviction hasn’t changed: fresh is the whole point.
We are not the cheapest coffee you can buy, and we’re fine with that. We pay our farmers more, we roast in batches small enough to taste every one, and we refuse to ship anything that isn’t fresh. If a bag ever lets you down, our Fresh Promise makes it right.
A short timeline
- 2017
A garage and a 1kg roaster
We started chasing one idea: coffee tastes best a few days off the roast, not a few months.
- 2019
The roast-date promise
Every bag started shipping within 24 hours of roasting, with the date stamped on the label.
- 2022
Direct relationships
We began buying farm-gate lots from producers we know by name, paying above Fair Trade.
- 2026
Fifty states, still small-batch
We roast five days a week and ship nationwide — but nothing sits in a warehouse going stale.
Our values
- Roasted to orderEvery order is roasted in small batches and ships within 24 hours, with the roast date stamped on the bag.
- Sourced with namesWe buy from farms and washing stations we know, paying above Fair Trade for quality and relationship.
- Better for the planetRecyclable bags, carbon-neutral shipping, and a take-back program for spent grounds and gear packaging.