We spoke with the 5THWAVE team as part of their “Coffee Entrepreneur” series, discussing the evolution of New York’s specialty coffee scene over the past 15 years and our decision to prioritize our wholesale and roasting operations in the early days of our company. “Focusing on wholesale became a natural extension for us. It wasn’t just the path of least resistance in those early days, but it was also a path that naturally fit with [our focus] on origin.” - AJ Walzer, Co-Founder & CBDO   In the conversation, we touch on what we see as opportunities for further innovation within New Y ..read more

Our Santa Bárbara Producer Series and Santa Bárbara Set are now available to order. This series celebrates the exceptional producers that grow specialty coffee around the Santa Bárbara mountain in northwestern Honduras. The set includes one eight-ounce box each of Honduras El Guaco, Honduras El Pino, Honduras La Colmena, and Honduras La Manzanita, producer info cards with portraits by Rich Gilligan, and a crisp copy of our latest volume of Parchment.⁠ Parchment Volume 003 takes us to the Santa Bárbara mountain in the company of our exporting partners at Beneficio San Vicente. Among other thi ..read more

Visit us at the New York Coffee Festival this weekend! Our team will be back in the booth Friday, October 6 - Sunday, October 8 serving complimentary espresso drinks and plenty of filter coffee and cold brew to go around. ⁠ We'll have free copies of our brand new volume of Parchment (hot off the press!) as well as early access to four new coffees from Santa Bárbara, Honduras. Our entire lineup of whole bean offerings, Cold Brew on Tap, and select Parlor merch will also be available for purchase all weekend long. We can't wait to share these special offerings and their stories with you.⁠ As our ..read more

­­­­We are thrilled to announce the release of Kings County Distillery's Coffee Whiskey, made in close collaboration by our longtime friends and Brooklyn Navy Yard neighbors. Obsessively crafted just a stone's throw from our roastery from a blend of Kings County's finest whiskeys and our ready-to-drink Cold Brew, Coffee Whiskey sets out to define a more elegant and thoughtful flavored spirit. With a balance, complexity, and depth of flavor that is as suited for cocktail backbars as it is late-night neat pours, this hyper-local whiskey aims to represent the forefront of  ..read more

When I set out to build a business at the age of twenty-two, I was merely an energetic barista working for a burgeoning third-wave coffee brand. I had come to New York City two years prior, filled to the brim with ideals and enthusiasm—especially about coffee. New York had only recently become a town where you could find a well-extracted espresso; it was still early in its transition out of an era in which deli coffee reigned supreme, a time when many New Yorkers saw coffee as little more than fuel for the morning commute, often ordered "light and sweet" and rarely costing more than a dollar ..read more

We're very happy to announce the arrival of our refreshed 8-ounce packaging! No longer divided in terms of blends and single-origins, our packaging helps differentiate between our ongoing perennial offerings (in the colorful boxes) and our limited-release seasonal offerings (found in the copper-foil, natural brown boxes). While all coffee is inherently seasonal, our perennial offerings consist of six coffees that we’re proud to be able to serve year-round: our blends, Wallabout and Prospect; our newly named decaffeinated selection, Ravine Decaf; and three relationship coffees that we can keep ..read more

Café-quality cold brew, conveniently on tap.   Seasonally sourced, expertly roasted, precisely brewed, and boxed up to take wherever you may need a pick-me-up. Parlor Cold Brew on Tap boasts rich chocolate tones balanced by delicate vanilla top notes. Originally developed for New York City’s busiest and most discerning cafés, Parlor Cold Brew is sourced and roasted by our team with the same standards as any of our whole-bean offerings, then brewed and packaged with the utmost precision. Consider this simple to use, multi-serving tap box your one-stop (coffee) shop: a convenient cold brew ..read more

Our team is venturing out from the roastery for some very exciting events this month. We can't wait to see you!   SATURDAY, JUNE 4 4:30 - 6:30pm Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce Street, NYC Join us this Saturday, June 4th to support abortion rights at the Cherry Lane Theater. The sensational Alison Leiby and bake-sale-extraordinaire Natasha Pickowicz have assembled a lineup of chefs that you’re not going to want to miss. All proceeds to support The Brigid Alliance. Come stuff your faces and pick up some Parlor Cold Brew for a good cause! AJ and Stephanie will be ..read more

If there’s one thing we want you to know about our team, it’s that we’re experts with an uncompromising taste for quality. We know—we use the word "quality" a lot. But that’s because we believe it encompasses everything we do as a company. We source coffees from high-altitude microclimates supported by a precise balance of soil composition, moderate temperatures, sufficient rainfall, and abundant sunlight. The producers we partner with work rigorously within these precise conditions to grow, pick, and process their coffee to the highest standards.  As Maria Bercelia Martinez, owner o ..read more

We've closed up shop on our weekend Canteen. Our last day of service was Sunday, December 19. Every Sunday since the spring of 2014, we’ve opened our roastery to the public as a tasting room. In the summer of 2020, navigating the new terrain of a constrained service industry, we reimagined the experience as a streetside canteen between the open doors of our carriage house. Continuing to share coffee and origin stories with our neighbors has been a consistent highlight of our week. We’ll miss seeing your faces, but rest assured that behind our closed doors we’re working harder than ever to roa ..read more