Macro Roaster of the Year Finalists

The three finalists in the Macro Roaster category are listed below in alphabetical order, with information obtained from each company’s award application.

Corvus Coffee Roasters

Founded in Denver in 2010, Corvus Coffee Roasters is a roaster-retailer and wholesaler producing 254,200 pounds of coffee over the past 12 months. With six retail locations and a dedicated roasting, quality control, and training facility, the company centers its work on relationship-driven sourcing, technical precision, and producer storytelling. Corvus builds long-term partnerships with farmers, structuring prices around cup quality, processing complexity, and relationship history. These relationships support producer investment in new processing methods and quality improvements, including a decade-long partnership with Colombia’s Finca San Pedro that has helped expand its anaerobic fermentation program. Corvus applies the same attention to detail in roasting, developing individual profiles for each coffee and tracking more than 15 variables through a combination of Cropster data and roaster observations. The team blind-cups every roast weekly and conducts dedicated research and development for more than 100 microlot releases annually. Education is central to the company’s operations, with paid onboarding, monthly staff cuppings, free training for wholesale partners, public classes, and detailed brewing recipes and dial-in guides for each coffee. Corvus also supports employee advancement, coffee competition participation, and origin travel for eligible long-term team members. Through its packaging, educational programming, and producer-focused events, the company works to connect customers with the people and practices behind each coffee."