Fourteener Coffee Club
How the club chooses roasters
A roaster has to pass three tests before we list it: it is independent, it roasts its coffee in Colorado, and it was operating when we last checked. Colorado has 156 independent roasters on the Roast Local directory, and we start from roasters people here already seek out.
The in-state test is strict. We checked a roaster with a Colorado name whose own home page now says its production moved to Houston, Texas. It no longer roasts here, so it is not listed. Another well-known roaster had closed, with its domain parked and its shops marked closed, so it is off the list too. Everything we list was checked on September 27, 2026, and every roaster page carries its own date.
What a listing means
A listing means we like the roaster and think Colorado coffee drinkers should know it. A listing does not mean the roaster is part of the club and we never say a listed roaster is in a box.
We list roasters because buying from them matters. A roaster like Wagon in Denver, which hires women in recovery, or Switchback in Colorado Springs, which pours pay what you can drip coffee, stays in business when people buy its beans. Why local roasters matter.
How roasters work with the club
Roasters set their own price.
The roaster roasts each bag to order and ships it from its own roastery, in its own bag and packaging. We send a packing slip for each order that names the roaster and its shop, tells its story and lists the tasting notes. That is all we add to the box.
Whatever roaster fills a box, the same four promises hold:
- 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.
How your ratings steer the next bag
Your roast level and style set the range. Inside that range, each rating tells us what you liked, and we choose the next roaster's coffee with that in mind: more fruit-forward single origins if those earn your best marks, fewer smoky ones if they fall flat. Since no roaster repeats in your first year, your ratings help choose which new roaster's coffee comes next.
If a bag disappoints outright, tell us and we replace it free.
Editorial policy
Joe McRose writes the roaster pages. Each one is written in our own words from the roaster's own public pages first, then from public sources such as directories and encyclopedia entries. We do not copy their text, we do not publish ratings or review scores, and we do not guess: a fact we could not check is left out.
- Every roaster page shows the date its facts were checked. What a roaster sells changes, so the coffees on a page are dated too.
- Once we are in touch with a roaster, we send its page to the roaster for a check before we treat it as settled.
- A roaster page lists the roaster's street address and cafes. It does not publish a website or email address.
Corrections and removal
How does a roaster ask for a correction or removal?
Email roasters@fourteenercoffeeclub.com with the page and what needs to change. We correct errors, and we remove a roaster's page when the roaster asks.
Can a roaster ask to be considered for the club?
Yes. The same address works, and for roasters explains how an order runs.