Foghorn Espresso
Blend · Medium-Dark
Tasting notes
Dark chocolate
Hazelnut
Dried cherry
$1912 oz bag
Newport, Oregon · Est. 2016
Roasted where the fog
meets the shore.
We roast small batches of direct-trade coffee in a converted boathouse on Yaquina Bay. Salt air outside, cast iron and quiet patience inside. Every bag ships within three days of the roast.
Yaquina Bay, dawn tide Batch No. 1,847 in the drum
Our Roasts
Four coffees, kept in rotation like good tools.
Sourced through long-standing direct relationships, roasted in 12 kilogram batches, and cupped every morning before the shop opens. Whole bean, 12 oz.
Yaquina Light
Single Origin · Light
Tasting notes
Jasmine
Lemon curd
Apricot
$2112 oz bag
Driftline
Single Origin · Medium
Tasting notes
Caramel
Red apple
Cocoa nib
$1912 oz bag
Nightwatch Decaf
Single Origin · Medium-Dark
Tasting notes
Baker's chocolate
Raisin
Molasses
$2012 oz bag
Brew Guide
Brew it the way we do at the bar.
Pick your method. We will give you the ratio, grind, water temperature, and time we use every morning, plus a timer so you can put the phone down and watch the bloom.
Ratio
1 : 16.5
15 g coffee · 250 g water
Water temp
93°C
200°F, just off the boil
Total time
3:00
Including a 45 second bloom
Grind
Medium-fine
Like table salt
FineGrind sizeCoarse
Pour 50 g to bloom, swirl once, then two even spirals to 250 g. Draw down should finish flat, no crater.
Brew timer
3:00
Ready
From the Roastery
Notes from the boathouse.
Short dispatches on sourcing trips, roast curves, and whatever the tide dragged in this week.
June 24, 2026
Why we rest Foghorn for ten days
Fresh off the drum, espresso gushes and tastes hollow. We hold every batch of Foghorn until day ten, when the crema settles and the dried cherry note finally shows up. Here is the degassing math behind the wait.
Read the post →June 9, 2026
Three days at Finca La Marea, Huila
Our fourth visit to the Cardona family, who grow the lot behind Driftline. This year they terraced two new hillsides and doubled their drying beds. Photos, cupping scores, and what we agreed to pay and why.
Read the post →May 28, 2026
Cupping the new Guji arrivals
Fourteen samples on the bench, windows open to the harbor. Two lots made the cut for Yaquina Light. One tasted so much like lemon curd that we checked the spoon for breakfast residue. Full notes inside.
Read the post →Subscriptions
Coffee that arrives like the tide. Regular, reliable, on time.
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The Skiff
One 12 oz bag of the roast you choose, or let the roaster pick. Right for a one or two cup household.
$18per month
- 1 bag per shipment
- Choose your roast or rotate
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The Trawler
Two bags per shipment: one steady favorite plus whatever we are most excited about that week.
$34per month
- 2 bags per shipment
- Roaster's pick included
- Early access to small lots
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The Harbor
Three bags, printed cupping notes, and first claim on limited boathouse-only releases.
$48per month
- 3 bags per shipment
- Printed cupping notes
- Limited releases reserved for you
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