Fourteener Coffee Club
Coffee in Boulder County
Boulder has its own page, but the county's roasting reaches well past the city. Longmont and Louisville each have several roasters on the Roast Local directory, and Lafayette and Nederland have one apiece. Ampersand roasts out in Gunbarrel. The club behind this site mails a bag from a different Colorado roaster each time, county line or not.
Roasters in Boulder County, by town
Longmont
Nimbus Coffee Roasters, Resq Coffees and Traction Coffee. OZO Coffee also runs a Longmont cafe on South Hover Road; OZO roasts in small batches on Diedrich and Gothot roasters, with a roast profile tuned for each coffee.
Louisville
Giovannitti Coffee Roasters, Pauls Coffee Tea Louisville and The Coffee Roasting Co at Bittersweet.
Lafayette
Otis Craft Collective. Conscious Coffees supplies coffee to Red Wagon, a community supported agriculture farm in Lafayette, and to Cure Organic Farm in Boulder.
Gunbarrel
Ampersand Coffee Roasters runs its cafe and roasting in Boulder's Gunbarrel area. Its coffee is poured or sold at Boulder Fire Rescue Station 6, Niwot Market and St. Vrain Market in Lyons, among other places.
Boulder
Boxcar Coffee Roasters roasts on heavily modified vintage Probat drum roasters paired with modern roasting software. Brewing Market, Dragonfly, Bona, Carabiner and Deep Canyon are in the city too. All of them are on the Boulder page.
Nederland
Roast Local lists one roaster in Nederland.
Boulder County's coffee story
The county's roasting names go back decades. Silver Canyon Coffee, a Boulder roaster, was established in 1985.
The Unseen Bean was started in 2004 by Gerry Leary, a roaster who had been blind since birth. It has since closed.
Ampersand's start was a career change. Kurt Hans left a job at a private equity firm in 2015 to start it in Gunbarrel, beginning with a roasting space and a tasting room. In late 2019 it became a coffee vendor for Patagonia Provisions, which sold its coffee nationally from 2020 to 2023.
Conscious Coffees has bought from some cooperatives for a long time: Maya Vinic in Chiapas, Mexico since 2001 and Rio Azul in Guatemala since 2006.
A county like this stays full of roasters when the people who live here buy from them. A bag from Longmont or Louisville pays a roaster in Longmont or Louisville. We explain the rest on why local roasters matter.
Boulder County coffee questions
Are there coffee roasters in Longmont?
Yes. Roast Local lists Nimbus Coffee Roasters, Resq Coffees and Traction Coffee in Longmont, and OZO Coffee runs a Longmont cafe (read 2026-09-27).
Where does Ampersand Coffee roast?
In Boulder's Gunbarrel area, where Kurt Hans started it in 2015 with a roasting space and tasting room.
What was the Unseen Bean?
A Boulder roaster started in 2004 by Gerry Leary, who was blind since birth. It has closed.
Which roasters are in Louisville?
Roast Local lists Giovannitti Coffee Roasters, Pauls Coffee Tea Louisville and The Coffee Roasting Co at Bittersweet.
Where can I buy Boulder County roasted coffee in Lyons or Niwot?
Ampersand's coffee is sold at St. Vrain Market in Lyons and Niwot Market, according to its own list of stockists.
Getting Colorado coffee delivered in Boulder County
The club takes you past the county line. Every 2 or 4 weeks a 12 oz bag arrives from a different independent Colorado roaster, roasted to order and packed in the roaster's own bag with our packing slip. Bags are $16.99, any roast. The first bag is free and you pay $7.99 shipping on the first box. Skip, pause or cancel online.
- 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.
Nearby
Sources
- Wikipedia, The Unseen Bean
- Daily Camera, Ampersand Coffee and Patagonia Provisions
- Roast Local, Colorado roaster directory, read 2026-09-27
- Silver Canyon Coffee, its own home page, read 2026-09-27
- OZO, Conscious Coffees, Ampersand and Boxcar: the roasters' own pages as summarized on our roaster profiles, checked 2026-09-27