About
Mae Coffee Roasters is a specialty coffee roastery based in Portland, Oregon’s Central Eastside in the heart of the industrial district. Founded by Alex Olson in the spring of 2022, Mae Coffee Roasters is focused on being a creative, artist expression that creates community, meaning and love through beautiful, delicate and unique coffees.
Mae Coffee Roasters’ values are based around community, transparency and amazing coffee. We do this by sourcing coffees with our partner producers at heart. The relationships we have built throughout the years are beautiful, and with the help of our partners in the importing sphere, we are able to come back to the table year after year to connect with farmers to share with our guests some truly spectacular offerings.
Whether it be in step with our wholesale program, at events, in a cafe or at the roastery, we are committed to providing not only the best hospitality, but also genuine connection. People are the backbone of our philosophy, and we feel creating beautiful spaces, quality products and intentional interactions, love can be spread through the work we provide.
Roasting + Sourcing
At Mae Coffee Roasters, we believe in light, bright and delicate profiles which bring out coffee’s natural and unique flavors. Each coffee is beautiful and different, and each coffee have many hands who have spent years cultivating the land and producing these offerings.
The reason we roast the way we do is based around our philosophy which is that coffee is unique and delicate. Our goal in roasting and sourcing is to find offerings that are special to us, and roast them in a way not to glorify ourselves, but the producers who grew these coffees.
When sourcing coffees, we work with our partner importers to ensure all coffees are paid for in an ethical and traceable manner. It is also important for us to create long lasting connection and relationships with our producers, so you may notice that we tend to go back to producers year after year.
Quality
When bringing on coffees to our menu, we ensure it fits a strict sourcing checklist to ensure it will meet our quality standards. While coffee is our main product, it is not the only thing we do. Through our art, merch and pop ups, any product you receive from us must be of the highest quality.
Service
When we talk about the values of Mae, we intentionally always say community is our first value. This is because hospitality, and customer service are the backbone of our entire business. Whether it be the farmers we purchase our coffee from, or the customer at the other end of the counter whom we serve, we hope to bring an interaction that is worth remembering. Our goal is through the shared love of specialty coffee, we can brighten your day, and share something truly beautiful.