Since 2018 · Portland, Oregon
Roasted with intention.
Small-batch specialty coffee, sourced from farmers we know by name and roasted slowly enough to get it right.
- Founded in a SE Portland garage
- 2018
- From roaster to shipping box
- 48h
- Origin countries, visited every harvest
- 3
- Batches cupped before they ship
- 100%
Our story
From a garage roaster to your kitchen
Brew Element started in a Portland garage with a secondhand 5-kilo roaster, a notebook of cupping scores, and a stubborn idea. Seven years later the roaster is bigger and the notebook is a spreadsheet, but the idea hasn't changed.
Coffee tastes better when nothing about it is rushed.
We roast in small batches every Monday, source directly from farmers we know by name, and taste every batch before it ships. The brew gear on our shelves is the same gear on our counters at home — we sell what we use, and nothing else.
What we stand by
Three promises on every bag
01
Roasted weekly
Every bean we sell is roasted on Monday and shipped within 48 hours. If it's older than two weeks, it never leaves the building.
02
Sourced directly
We pay above fair-trade rates and visit our partner farms in Ethiopia, Colombia, and Guatemala every harvest season.
03
Gear we actually use
Every brewer, grinder, and kettle in the shop earns its place on our own brew bar first. No filler, no gimmicks.
Milestones
The journey so far
Slow growth, on purpose — every step earned a place on the brew bar first.
2018
The garage years
A secondhand 5-kilo roaster, a notebook of cupping scores, and our first bags sold at the Saturday farmers market.
2020
First direct contracts
We shook hands with our first partner farm in Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia — paying above fair-trade rates from day one.
2022
Alder Street opens
The roastery and café open their doors in downtown Portland, with public cuppings every Saturday morning.
2024
Three origins, one promise
Direct relationships now span Ethiopia, Colombia, and Guatemala — every farm visited at harvest, every lot cupped here.
2026
The online shop
The same Monday roasts and the gear from our own brew bar, shipped fresh across the United States.