St. Ives Coffee Roasters, Inc. began as a small coffee house in Northeast Georgia. At the heart of the coffee house is a Diedrich Roaster that is capable of roasting 25lbs of coffee in 20 minutes. By roasting our own coffee, and buying coffees from some of the finest farms from around the world, we ensured that our coffee was second to none.

Our coffee was so good, in fact, that other coffee shops began ordering their roasted coffee from us. And so began the wholesale side of the company. The growth of our wholesale accounts provided the need to move those accounts into a new building with a new roaster. The new Roaster is capable of roasting around 400 lbs. of coffee in 15-20 minutes. While the efficiency and magnitude of the new roaster (also a Diedrich) has increased ten-fold, our focus has always been on the quality and consistency of the roast as the quality of our coffee will never be compromised. Our goal is to make specialty coffee readily available for everyone. We would like nothing more than for people to know and love a truly great cup of coffee.

Proud member of Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA)

What is a great cup of coffee?

This is a good question. There are thousands of professional coffee tasters and coffee experts who are more than willing to tell you exactly what they think the answer is, and you can be sure that only a few of these people will agree. The truth is that a great cup of coffee is one that pleases you. There are many different coffees in the world, and each have subtle nuances that makes them unique. St. Ives Coffee Roasters offers a wide variety of coffees for this reason. We want to deliver a perfect coffee to our customers. To do so, we roast every order separately and on demand. This guarantees that the coffee that we send out is the freshest available. This also enables us to roast to the specification of the customer. Some people prefer their coffee to be a bit darker, and some like their coffee to be a bit lighter than our normal roasts. We welcome these differences because it shows that the customer has found what makes that perfect cup for them.