Durango's coffee roasters

Who roasts coffee in and near Durango?

3 coffee roasters work in and near Durango, Colorado: 3 in Durango itself, by our count on 2026-09-27. Among them: Durango Coffee Company, Desert Sun Coffee Roasters and Easy Coffee Roasters. Fourteener Coffee Club is a Colorado coffee subscription: a 12 oz bag from a different independent Colorado roaster in every box, roasted to order. First bag free. Then $22.90 a bag. Skip or cancel anytime.

Coffee in Durango

We list three roasters in Durango. Durango Coffee Company has sold roasted coffee since 1984, longer than any roaster we profiled in depth. Desert Sun buys all organic coffee through a cooperative its members own. Easy Coffee Roasters roasts once a week inside 81301 Coffee House on Main Avenue.

Fourteener Coffee Club is a Colorado coffee subscription, and each box comes from a different independent roaster in the state.

Roasters in Durango

• Durango Coffee Company, 730 Main Avenue. The shop and kitchen store are downtown, and the roasting happens at the Durango Tech Center. It buys direct trade lots from Las Lajas, a family farm in Costa Rica known for honey and natural processing.
• Desert Sun Coffee Roasters, Sawyer Drive. A member owner of Cooperative Coffees, it roasts only USDA organic coffee. Its blends carry Four Corners names, and the Mesa Verde Blend was first roasted just for Mesa Verde National Park.
• Easy Coffee Roasters, 3101 Main Avenue. Easy is the name its two owners use for the coffee they sell outside southwest Colorado. The Easy Rider espresso, a mix of Guatemala, Brazil and Colombia, is the same blend the coffee bar pulls.

Durango's coffee story

It starts with a chef. Carl Rand was cooking seasonally around Durango in 1982 when he decided to roast coffee and sell it to local restaurants. On May 1, 1984, he began wholesaling from his home in Hermosa, and his first account was Maria's Bookshop. Three years later he was roasting in the back of the Upper Crust Bakery, where he was also the pastry chef, before he bought 730 Main Avenue.

In 1990 Rand split the business into retail and wholesale and moved roasting to the Durango Tech Center. He sold the shop in 2004, and the company marked 40 years in May 2024.

Desert Sun works through its co-op, which lets it deal with farmers directly. Through that co-op it shared in the Specialty Coffee Association's 2020 Sustainability Award in the business model category.

Easy is the newest owner story. Brice and Matt spent close to six years at 81301 Coffee House as general manager and roaster, then bought it in July 2022. The coffee house is named for the town's zip code.

Getting Colorado coffee delivered in Durango

We list three roasters in Durango and many more across the state. The club sends you a 12 oz bag from a different independent Colorado roaster every 2 or 4 weeks, roasted to order and shipped in the roaster's own bag. First bag free. Then $22.90 a bag. 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.

Build your plan. Durango belongs to our southwest Colorado and San Luis Valley region. The nearest other city page is Grand Junction. Durango's tap water sits in the moderately hard band, and our post on Colorado tap water for coffee covers what that means for brewing.

Every roaster we list in and near Durango, by town

Each link opens our profile: the roaster's story, what it roasts, its address and where to drink it.

Durango

• Durango Coffee CompanyDurango, CO. Their own pages, read 2026-09-27

  Founded 1984 by Carl Rand.

• Desert Sun Coffee RoastersDurango, CO. Their own pages, read 2026-09-28

  Blends carry Four Corners names such as Mesa Verde and Southwest Morning, and the about page traces each bean's trip to Durango.

• Easy Coffee RoastersDurango, CO. Their own pages, read 2026-09-28

  The site says its coffee is roasted at 6,512 feet in Durango, and the coffee house is named after the town's zip code.

Other city pages: Grand Junction coffee roasters. Region: Southwest Colorado and the San Luis Valley. All Colorado roasters we list.

How we chose these roasters

Every roaster here roasts in Colorado and was operating when we read its own site, on the date its card shows (the list itself was last checked 2026-09-27). Facts come from each roaster's own pages, written in our words; we take nothing from reviews and show no ratings. No roaster pays to be listed, and a listing does not mean the roaster is part of the club. Run a roaster here and something is off? Email coffee@fourteenercoffeeclub.com and we correct or remove the page.

Sources: each roaster's own pages, and durangoherald.com, read on the dates shown. Facts are written in our words; we link none of them from here.

Durango coffee questions

Which Durango roaster is the oldest?

Durango Coffee Company. Carl Rand began wholesaling roasted beans on May 1, 1984, and Maria's Bookshop was his first customer.

Can I visit a roastery in Durango?

Desert Sun's roastery and office on Sawyer Drive is open Monday to Thursday, with Friday visits by appointment. Durango Coffee Company's roastery is a production site, so its Main Avenue shop is the place to go.

Which Durango roaster sells only organic coffee?

Desert Sun Coffee Roasters. All of its coffee is USDA organic, bought through the Cooperative Coffees importing co-op.

Where is Easy Coffee roasted?

Inside 81301 Coffee House on Main Avenue, which doubles as the roastery. The roasting happens once a week.