Red Light Roastery Coffee House

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Small batch, craft coffee roasted in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas
Coffee is loved by so many for just as many reasons. To wake up, something to drink with friends, a special treat. You can make coffee as simple or as complex as you desire. Buy it pre- ground, scoop it, add hot water, BOOM, coffee! Buy it whole bean from the spot in the world that you choose, grind it by hand in a mortar and pestle, heat your water over a fire to the perfect temperature, put the two together in such a way that makes your cup the best that it can be. Red Light Roastery can help you find the brew that works for you!

Confession time: I've never been reliant on a morning cup of coffee as a stimulant and never really liked coffee to be perfectly honest. UNTIL, last year when I had a single origin medium roast from Guatemala. It had an amazing complexity that I never really felt from another cup of coffee. I found some similarities of flavor that I have sensed in some great craft beers. Then I tried some dark roasts, medium & light roasts that possessed a completely different flavor profile than the dark roast. I started researching home roasting. It was intriguing to me that I can take a raw bean, apply heat over time and find that particular bean's full potential of flavor and feeling. SO, instead of obsessing over a new hobby that might take away from my current hobbies, I decided to take a leap into the coffee business. We started with a small, 1kg commercial roaster that got us going on this adventure. Now we roast with a 10kg machine and have built a roastery in an 1881 bungalow that we are currently renovating.
I start with the best ingredients that I can find and create a final product that pleases me. Then I offer it to you. There is a lot of experimentation with green coffee bean conditioning and storage prior to roasting to enhance the bean's final flavor profile. Like aging beer, wine & spirits in barrel to add to its complexity and flavor experience, we do the same with some of our coffee beans. So check in with us from time to time, let me know if you have any questions, and stop by 1003 Park Avenue to check out our progress.
Cheers!
-Adam