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Stumptown Coffee Roasters

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Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryCoffee
Founded1999 (1999)
FounderDuane Sorenson
HeadquartersPortland, Oregon
ProductsCoffee
OwnerJAB Holding Company
Number of employees
220 (2024)[1]
ParentJDE Peet's
(2015–present)
Websitewww.stumptowncoffee.com

Stumptown Coffee Roasters is a coffee roaster and retailer based in Portland, Oregon, United States. The chain's first location opened in 1999. Three other cafes, a roastery and a tasting annex have since opened in Portland, as well as locations in Seattle, New York, and Pasadena.[2] Stumptown is owned by Peet's Coffee,[3][4] which in turn is owned by JAB Holding Company. The company was an early innovator with cold brew coffee in nitro cans and have continued to develop other cold brew product innovations.[5]

History

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Founder Duane Sorenson and Stumptown Coffee Roasters have been labeled as part of the third wave of coffee movement.[6][7] Sorenson and his employees visited coffee farms in person and reportedly paid high prices for beans, occasionally three or four times the fair trade price.[8] He once set the record for highest price ever paid for coffee beans.[9][10][11]

Sorenson also offered atypical perks to his employees such as paying for a compilation album to be produced of their various bands,[12] and hiring a full-time on-staff massage therapist.[13] Stumptown received the Roaster of the Year 2006, an award from a technical trade magazine called Roast Magazine[13]

In January 2014, the company began selling coffee, pre-mixed with milk, in grocery stores.[14] In 2015, Stumptown Coffee Roasters was bought by Peet's Coffee for an undisclosed amount.[4]

Locations

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Stumptown operates five cafes in Portland. They are located on SE 45th & Division St., SE 34th & Belmont, downtown at SW 3rd & Ash St., inside the Ace Hotel at 1022 SW Stark Street, and at the Portland International Airport. The company also owns a roasting facility and a retail annex inside their headquarters at 100 SE Salmon St. The original location on SE Division was previously a hair salon called "The Hair Bender," whose name Stumptown adopted for one of their signature espresso blends.[citation needed]

In November 2007, Stumptown opened two cafes in Seattle.[15] In September 2009, the company also launched a cafe in New York's Ace Hotel.[16] A temporary "pop-up" location appeared in Amsterdam's De Pijp neighborhood in May 2010.[17] Opened by Sorenson, he claimed it was never intended to be permanent and closed its doors that same year.

In 2013, Stumptown opened a second New York City café and a café/roaster in Los Angeles.[18] Additional cafes have also opened in Chicago and New Orleans. Stumptown opened their third New York cafe in a historic Brooklyn firehouse in the summer of 2018.[19] A location at the Portland International Airport opened in 2024.[20][21]

Reception

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Stumptown won in the Best Coffee (Locally Roasted) category of Willamette Week's annual 'Best of Portland' readers' poll in 2006.[22] It was a runner-up in the Best Coffee Shop category in 2017 and won in the Best Coffee Roaster category in 2018.[23][24] Stumptown was a runner-up and ranked second in the Best Coffee category in 2020 and 2022, respectively.[25][26]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "With West End Move, Stumptown Bets Big on Downtown". April 22, 2024. Archived from the original on May 30, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
  2. ^ Jackson, Reed (August 29, 2012). "Stumptown Coffee Opens New Headquarters". DJC Oregon. Archived from the original on September 20, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
  3. ^ "The Founder of Stumptown Is Launching an Independent Coffee Company". Eater. Archived from the original on October 5, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  4. ^ a b Strom, Stephanie (October 6, 2015). "Peet's Buys Stumptown Coffee Roasters". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on August 1, 2019. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  5. ^ Bennett, Sarah (April 27, 2015). "Stumptown's Cold Brew in Nitro Cans Is Beer-Inspired Coffee Innovation". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  6. ^ Dundas, Zach (October 11, 2006). "Bean Town". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on March 21, 2008. Retrieved February 16, 2008.
  7. ^ Skeie, Trish R. "Third Wave". Barista Magazine. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2008.
  8. ^ DiStafano, Anne Marie (June 30, 2006). "Stumptown's blend". The Portland Tribune. Archived from the original on June 23, 2009. Retrieved February 16, 2008.
  9. ^ Clarke, Kelly (December 8, 2004). "Unwrapped". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved February 16, 2008.
  10. ^ Griswold, David (September–October 2004). "Worth Its Weight". Roast Magazine. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved February 16, 2008.
  11. ^ Ozersky, Josh (March 9, 2010). "Is Stumptown the New Starbucks...or Better?". Time Magazine. Archived from the original on March 10, 2010.
  12. ^ "CD Review: Worker's Comp: Stumptown Sessions Vol. 1". The Portland Mercury. March 14, 2002. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved February 16, 2008.
  13. ^ a b "2006 Roaster of the Year". Roast Magazine. October–November 2005. Archived from the original on April 13, 2006. Retrieved February 16, 2008.
  14. ^ Rothman, Max (January 10, 2014). "Stumptown Gives Dairy Aisle Cold Brew Boost". BevNET.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
  15. ^ Dizon, Kristin (November 15, 2007). "Get perking: Portland's highly-regarded Stumptown Coffee comes to Capitol Hill". Seattle Post Intelligencer. Retrieved November 24, 2007.
  16. ^ Strand, Oliver (September 16, 2009). "A Seductive Cup". New York Times. Archived from the original on September 3, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
  17. ^ "Going Dutch Stumptown Coffee in Amsterdam". The Oregonian. March 18, 2010. Archived from the original on July 28, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  18. ^ "Stumptown Coffee Roasters Website - New York Cafés". Archived from the original on June 28, 2022. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
  19. ^ "Stumptown Opens Third New York Cafe in Historic Brooklyn Firehouse". Daily Coffee News by Roast Magazine. July 30, 2018. Archived from the original on September 6, 2018. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  20. ^ "Stumptown at 25: Execs talk growth, innovation and coffee". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  21. ^ Wong, Janey (July 27, 2023). "The Best Restaurants, Bars, and Cafes at Portland International Airport (PDX)". Eater Portland. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
  22. ^ "Best of Portland: READER'S POLL". Willamette Week. August 9, 2006. Archived from the original on August 18, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
  23. ^ "Here are the Winners of the Best of Portland Readers' Poll 2017". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on January 6, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
  24. ^ "Here are the Winners of the Best of Portland Readers' Poll 2018". Willamette Week. July 11, 2018. Archived from the original on January 6, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
  25. ^ "FOOD, DRINK, RESTAURANTS". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on November 15, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
  26. ^ "Drink Winners". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on July 15, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2025.

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