Most bags on grocery shelves were roasted 3-6 months before you opened them. Coffee peaks in flavor 3-14 days after roasting, then declines fast — by week 6 it's a shadow of what it was.

We started Roast & Ridge because we got tired of paying premium prices for beans that had already lost their best days in a warehouse somewhere. Everything we roast ships within 48 hours. No stockpiling, no distributor middlemen, no six-month-old "fresh roast" labels.

If you want to actually taste the difference between a bag roasted last week vs last quarter, that's the whole pitch. We've got a rotating single-origin, a house blend, and a monthly subscription if you don't want to think about reordering. Happy to answer questions about roast levels, origins, or brew methods below.