Best seller Ember Dark Roast
$18 / 12 ozSumatra, Indonesia
Dark chocolate · cedar · molasses
Roasted in Portland · Shipped within 48 hours
Coffee roasted with fire, patience, and a little oak smoke.
Small-batch roasting from direct-trade farms, brewed into something worth slowing down for. Taste the difference 48-hour-fresh coffee makes.
Direct-trade sourcing
We buy straight from family farms and pay well above fair-trade prices.
12 kg batch roasting
Every roast is cupped and logged by hand before it earns a bag.
Shipped in 48 hours
Your beans leave the roastery at peak freshness, never from a warehouse shelf.
Our Story
From one borrowed roaster to Portland's morning ritual
Ember & Oak began in 2016 with a secondhand 2 kg drum roaster in a garage on SE Alder Street and a stubborn idea: coffee tastes best when the people who roast it know the people who grew it.
Today we roast on a 12 kg Loring, visit our partner farms every harvest, and still cup every single batch before it ships. The garage is gone — the stubbornness stayed.
- 9
- Partner farms across 4 countries
- 40+
- Cafés on wholesale
- 48h
- From drum to doorstep
Our Coffees
This week's lineup
Rotating seasonal releases and three year-round favorites, roasted to order and shipped at peak freshness.
Best seller 
Medium roast Morning Ritual
$19 / 12 ozHuila, Colombia
Red apple · caramel · toasted almond
Light roast Oak & Honey
$21 / 12 ozYirgacheffe, Ethiopia
Honey · bergamot · stone fruit
Wholesale and subscriptions available — tell us what you need.
Brew Guides
Brew it like we do
The exact recipes our baristas use behind the bar, simplified for your kitchen.
Pour-Over
- Time
- 3–4 min
- Ratio
- 1:16
- Grind
- Medium-fine
- 1 Rinse the filter and preheat your dripper with hot water.
- 2 Add 22 g of coffee, pour 60 g of water to bloom for 45 seconds.
- 3 Pour slowly in circles to 350 g total water; aim to finish by 3:30.
French Press
- Time
- 4 min steep
- Ratio
- 1:15
- Grind
- Coarse
- 1 Add 30 g of coarse-ground coffee to the press.
- 2 Pour 450 g of 200°F water and steep for 4 minutes.
- 3 Skim the crust, press slowly, and decant immediately.
Espresso at Home
- Time
- 28–32 sec shot
- Ratio
- 1:2
- Grind
- Fine
- 1 Dose 18 g into the basket and tamp level and firm.
- 2 Pull a 36 g shot in 28–32 seconds at 9 bars.
- 3 Taste first, then adjust grind finer or coarser by small steps.
Reviews
Loved by kitchens and cafés
“The Ember Dark Roast ruined every other coffee for me. You can taste the difference that fresh roasting makes — it arrives still fragrant from the drum.”
Marguerite D.
Subscriber since 2023
“We serve Ember & Oak in all three of our cafés. Their wholesale team dials in recipes with us and the quality never drifts, batch after batch.”
Sam Okafor
Owner, Alder Street Café
“The Saturday cupping session was the best hour I spent in Portland. They teach you to taste without ever making you feel like a beginner.”
Priya R.
Tasting guest
Visit
Come taste at the source
Our roastery and tasting bar sit on SE Alder Street, where you can watch the drum spin while you sip. Saturdays at 10 am we host a free public cupping — no reservation needed, just curiosity.
Hours
- Monday – Friday
- 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Saturday – Sunday
- 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Cupping sessions
- Saturdays, 10:00 am
☕ Free public cupping every Saturday at 10 am — first come, first poured.
Contact
Get in touch
Questions about an order, wholesale pricing for your café or office, or booking a private tasting? Send us a note and we'll reply within one business day.
- • Wholesale partners get dedicated account support and barista training.
- • Office coffee service starts at 5 lbs per week, delivered fresh.
- • Private tastings seat up to 12 guests — perfect for teams and events.
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