Stumptown Coffee Roasters

{{Infobox company

| name = Stumptown Coffee Roasters

| image = StumptownCoffeeDivision.jpg

| logo = Stumptown Coffee Roasters logo.jpeg

| type = Subsidiary

| image_caption = The original Stumptown Coffee Roasters location in Portland, Oregon (February 2008)

| foundation = {{start date|1999}}

| location = Portland, Oregon

| founder = Duane Sorenson

| industry = Coffee

| num_employees = 220 (2024){{cite web | url=https://oregonbusiness.com/with-west-end-move-stumptown-bets-big-on-downtown/ | title=With West End Move, Stumptown Bets Big on Downtown | date=April 22, 2024 | access-date=May 20, 2025 | archive-date=May 30, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530090122/https://oregonbusiness.com/with-west-end-move-stumptown-bets-big-on-downtown/ | url-status=live }}

|owner = JAB Holding Company

|parent = JDE Peet's
(2015–present)

| revenue =

| net_income =

| products = Coffee

| homepage = {{URL|www.stumptowncoffee.com}}

}}

Stumptown Coffee Roasters is a coffee roaster and retailer based in Portland, Oregon, United States. The chain's first location opened in 1999. Three other cafes, a roastery and a tasting annex have since opened in Portland, as well as locations in Seattle, New York, and Pasadena.{{Cite news |last=Jackson |first=Reed |url=http://djcoregon.com/news/2012/08/29/stumptown-coffee-opens-new-headquarters/ |title=Stumptown Coffee Opens New Headquarters |date=August 29, 2012 |access-date=August 30, 2012 |publisher=DJC Oregon |archive-date=September 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920021147/http://djcoregon.com/news/2012/08/29/stumptown-coffee-opens-new-headquarters/ |url-status=live }} Stumptown is owned by Peet's Coffee,{{Cite news |url=https://www.eater.com/2017/6/21/15845470/stumptown-founder-is-launching-coffee-puff |title=The Founder of Stumptown Is Launching an Independent Coffee Company|first=Monica |last=Burton |work=Eater |access-date=October 5, 2017 |archive-date=October 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005202913/https://www.eater.com/2017/6/21/15845470/stumptown-founder-is-launching-coffee-puff |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Strom |first=Stephanie |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/07/business/dealbook/peets-buys-stumptown-coffee-roasters.html |title=Peet's Buys Stumptown Coffee Roasters |date=October 6, 2015 |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 17, 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=August 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801210711/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/07/business/dealbook/peets-buys-stumptown-coffee-roasters.html |url-status=live }} which in turn is owned by JAB Holding Company. The company was an early innovator with cold brew coffee in nitro cans and have continued to develop other cold brew product innovations.{{Cite web|first1=Sarah|last1=Bennett|date=April 27, 2015|title=Stumptown's Cold Brew in Nitro Cans Is Beer-Inspired Coffee Innovation|url=https://www.laweekly.com/stumptowns-cold-brew-in-nitro-cans-is-beer-inspired-coffee-innovation/|access-date=October 8, 2021|website=LA Weekly|language=en-US|archive-date=October 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008174042/https://www.laweekly.com/stumptowns-cold-brew-in-nitro-cans-is-beer-inspired-coffee-innovation/|url-status=live}}

History

Founder Duane Sorenson and Stumptown Coffee Roasters have been labeled as part of the third wave of coffee movement.{{Cite web |url=http://www.wweek.com/editorial/3249/8078/ |title=Bean Town |last=Dundas |first=Zach |date=October 11, 2006 |publisher=Willamette Week |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080321175738/http://wweek.com/editorial/3249/8078/ |archive-date=March 21, 2008 |access-date=February 16, 2008}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.baristamagazine.com/Issues/VolumeII/AprilMay06/aprilmay06-third.html |title=Third Wave |last=Skeie |first=Trish R. |publisher=Barista Magazine |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728105723/http://www.baristamagazine.com/Issues/VolumeII/AprilMay06/aprilmay06-third.html |archive-date=July 28, 2012 |access-date=February 16, 2008}} Sorenson and his employees visited coffee farms in person and reportedly paid high prices for beans, occasionally three or four times the fair trade price.{{Cite web |url=http://www.portlandtribune.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=115110013977690800 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623181738/http://www.portlandtribune.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=115110013977690800 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 23, 2009 |title=Stumptown's blend |last=DiStafano |first=Anne Marie |date=June 30, 2006 |publisher=The Portland Tribune |access-date=February 16, 2008}} He once set the record for highest price ever paid for coffee beans.{{Cite web |url=http://www.wweek.com/story.php?story=5814 |title=Unwrapped |last=Clarke |first=Kelly |date=December 8, 2004 |publisher=Willamette Week |access-date=February 16, 2008 |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929104859/http://www.wweek.com/story.php?story=5814 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.roastmagazine.com/backissues/septoct2004/worthitsweight.html |title=Worth Its Weight |last=Griswold |first=David |date=September–October 2004 |publisher=Roast Magazine |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012170333/http://www.roastmagazine.com/backissues/septoct2004/worthitsweight.html |archive-date=October 12, 2007 |access-date=February 16, 2008}}{{Cite news |last=Ozersky |first=Josh |url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1970653,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310222005/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1970653,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 10, 2010 |title=Is Stumptown the New Starbucks...or Better? |date=March 9, 2010 |publisher=Time Magazine}}

Sorenson also offered atypical perks to his employees such as paying for a compilation album to be produced of their various bands,{{Cite web |url=http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Content?oid=26550&category=22158 |title=CD Review: Worker's Comp: Stumptown Sessions Vol. 1 |date=March 14, 2002 |publisher=The Portland Mercury |access-date=February 16, 2008 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927003611/http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Content?oid=26550&category=22158 |url-status=live }} and hiring a full-time on-staff massage therapist.{{cite web|url=http://www.roastmagazine.com/backissues/novdec2005/roasterofyear06.html|title=2006 Roaster of the Year|date=October–November 2005|publisher=Roast Magazine|access-date=February 16, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060413191802/http://www.roastmagazine.com/backissues/novdec2005/roasterofyear06.html|archive-date=April 13, 2006}} Stumptown received the Roaster of the Year 2006, an award from a technical trade magazine called Roast Magazine

In January 2014, the company began selling coffee, pre-mixed with milk, in grocery stores.{{cite web |last1=Rothman |first1=Max |date=January 10, 2014 |title=Stumptown Gives Dairy Aisle Cold Brew Boost |url=http://www.bevnet.com/news/2014/stumptown-gives-dairy-aisle-cold-brew-boost |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305081940/http://www.bevnet.com/news/2014/stumptown-gives-dairy-aisle-cold-brew-boost |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |accessdate=October 30, 2015 |website=BevNET.com}} In 2015, Stumptown Coffee Roasters was bought by Peet's Coffee for an undisclosed amount.

= Locations =

Stumptown operates five cafes in Portland. They are located on SE 45th & Division St., SE 34th & Belmont, downtown at SW 3rd & Ash St., inside the Ace Hotel at 1022 SW Stark Street, and at the Portland International Airport. The company also owns a roasting facility and a retail annex inside their headquarters at 100 SE Salmon St. The original location on SE Division was previously a hair salon called "The Hair Bender," whose name Stumptown adopted for one of their signature espresso blends.{{Cn|date=May 2025}}

In November 2007, Stumptown opened two cafes in Seattle.{{cite news | first = Kristin | last = Dizon | title = Get perking: Portland's highly-regarded Stumptown Coffee comes to Capitol Hill | url = http://www.seattlepi.com/food/339784_coffee16.html | publisher = Seattle Post Intelligencer | date = November 15, 2007 | accessdate=November 24, 2007 }} In September 2009, the company also launched a cafe in New York's Ace Hotel.{{cite news | first = Oliver | last = Strand | title = A Seductive Cup | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/dining/reviews/16brief-001.html | work = New York Times | date = September 16, 2009 | accessdate = January 20, 2009 | archive-date = September 3, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110903222333/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/dining/reviews/16brief-001.html | url-status = live }} A temporary "pop-up" location appeared in Amsterdam's De Pijp neighborhood in May 2010.{{Cite news|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/going-dutch-stumptown-coffee-in-amsterdam/|title=Going Dutch Stumptown Coffee in Amsterdam|work=The Oregonian|date=March 18, 2010 |access-date=May 7, 2025|language=en-US|archive-date=July 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728212910/https://archive.nytimes.com/tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/going-dutch-stumptown-coffee-in-amsterdam/|url-status=live}} Opened by Sorenson, he claimed it was never intended to be permanent and closed its doors that same year.

In 2013, Stumptown opened a second New York City café and a café/roaster in Los Angeles.{{cite web| url=https://www.stumptowncoffee.com/pages/locations-new-york-greenwich-village| title=Stumptown Coffee Roasters Website - New York Cafés| accessdate=June 10, 2022| archive-date=June 28, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628054435/https://www.stumptowncoffee.com/pages/locations-new-york-greenwich-village| url-status=live}} Additional cafes have also opened in Chicago and New Orleans. Stumptown opened their third New York cafe in a historic Brooklyn firehouse in the summer of 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://dailycoffeenews.com/2018/07/30/stumptown-opens-third-new-york-cafe-in-historic-brooklyn-firehouse/|title=Stumptown Opens Third New York Cafe in Historic Brooklyn Firehouse|date=July 30, 2018|work=Daily Coffee News by Roast Magazine|access-date=September 5, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906015623/https://dailycoffeenews.com/2018/07/30/stumptown-opens-third-new-york-cafe-in-historic-brooklyn-firehouse/|url-status=live}} A location at the Portland International Airport opened in 2024.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2024/11/05/stumptown-coffee-peets-growth.html|first=Malia|last= Spencer|title=Stumptown at 25: Execs talk growth, innovation and coffee|work=Portland Business Journal|accessdate=May 7, 2025|language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Janey |date=July 27, 2023 |title=The Best Restaurants, Bars, and Cafes at Portland International Airport (PDX) |url=https://pdx.eater.com/23810747/best-portland-international-airport-pdx-food-restaurants-bars-guide?utm_campaign=eater-dashhudson&utm_content=PDX-facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawKZkC9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFHd1FLc0lVZ0Q4ZGRPcTNZAR5cTajcCNEY9i5zs6STnDAczuTbRf4JpllYPVF8XvCYd3X2yHIe8cv1fMpzZg_aem_sBWBajFEzasM-Yvsg1_qEA |access-date=May 20, 2025 |website=Eater Portland |language=en}}

Reception

Stumptown won in the Best Coffee (Locally Roasted) category of Willamette Week{{'s}} annual 'Best of Portland' readers' poll in 2006.{{Cite web |date=August 9, 2006 |title=Best of Portland: READER'S POLL |url=https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-5927-best-of-portland-readers-poll.html |access-date=May 20, 2025 |website=Willamette Week |language=en |archive-date=August 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818160221/https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-5927-best-of-portland-readers-poll.html |url-status=live }} It was a runner-up in the Best Coffee Shop category in 2017 and won in the Best Coffee Roaster category in 2018.{{Cite web |title=Here are the Winners of the Best of Portland Readers' Poll 2017 |url=https://www.wweek.com/promotions/2017/02/16/best-of-portland-readers-poll-2017/ |access-date=May 20, 2025 |website=Willamette Week |language=en |archive-date=January 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106055250/https://www.wweek.com/promotions/2017/02/16/best-of-portland-readers-poll-2017/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=July 11, 2018 |title=Here are the Winners of the Best of Portland Readers' Poll 2018 |url=https://www.wweek.com/culture/2018/07/10/here-are-the-winners-of-the-best-of-portland-readers-poll-2018/ |access-date=May 20, 2025 |website=Willamette Week |language=en |archive-date=January 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106055318/https://www.wweek.com/culture/2018/07/10/here-are-the-winners-of-the-best-of-portland-readers-poll-2018/ |url-status=live }} Stumptown was a runner-up and ranked second in the Best Coffee category in 2020 and 2022, respectively.{{Cite web |title=FOOD, DRINK, RESTAURANTS |url=https://www.wweek.com/promotions/2020/07/21/food-drink-restaurants/ |access-date=May 20, 2025 |website=Willamette Week |language=en |archive-date=November 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115173206/https://www.wweek.com/promotions/2020/07/21/food-drink-restaurants/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Drink Winners |url=https://www.wweek.com/promotions/2022/07/13/drink-winners/ |access-date=May 20, 2025 |website=Willamette Week |language=en |archive-date=July 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715144318/https://www.wweek.com/promotions/2022/07/13/drink-winners/ |url-status=live }}

Notes

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