The Full Pour-Over

We are small.  Super small.  But, hey, size doesn’t matter right?  No, not when you have years of coffee roasting and sourcing experience.

As the founder of famed Bird Rock Coffee Roasters, Chuck has a long track record of sourcing and roasting some of the world’s best coffee.  He has made well over 50 origin trips to over 15 coffee-growing countries, establishing business agreements with the world’s best coffee growers.  Chuck was a leader in the Direct Trade movement and was only the second coffee roaster in the country to publish a Transparency Report which highlighted BRCR’s buying practices and their commitment to farmer equity.  He established long-lasting working relationships with coffee growers based on quality coffee, fairness, and collaboration.  Many of these coffee growers continue to work with Bird Rock Coffee today.    

During his stewardship of BRCR, the company won just about every industry award possible including Roaster of the Year 2012 and back-to-back Good Food Awards.  With quality coffee as its foundation, BRCR grew from grass-roots operation to three retail locations in San Diego that served thousands of customers per day.   After selling Bird Rock Coffee, the company continued to grow and to thrive and to offer outstanding coffee at its now ten locations in San Diego.

But Chuck’s Roast is a little different and is only about one thing:  amazing coffee, coffee that is interesting and unique.  We are not just going for “Specialty Coffee” here; we are shooting for something more elusive and rare.

However, we are not trying to be all things to everyone.  Because of our size, we simply will not be offering a wide-range of coffees and, frankly, we may not be the best fit for every coffee drinker out there.   Sometimes, you might only find one coffee on our offering sheet while other times you might find four or five.  Our offering sheet will depend solely on the quality of the coffee we find.  If we don't find much of it, we wont offer much of it.

Nor will we be offering a wide-range of roast degrees at Chuck’s Roast.  In general, we are buying green coffee that shines at a lighter roast — City/City +.  If we source a wonderfully funky coffee from Sumatra we might take that a tad further in the roaster but if you are looking for a French Roast you wont find it here.   And, we wont be doing blends.  There may be a point in our future when a couple of our sublime single-origin coffees might work harmoniously together as an espresso but the company is not set up to offer many — if any—blends at this time.

We believe in seasonality and we believe in the work that is happening at the farms where the coffee we are roasting is grown and processed.  Our job is to not screw it up, let the coffee shine, and give you a memorable coffee drinking experience.