We roast light and release Thursdays
Thursday is a one-person micro-roastery in Denver. We roast a single coffee at a time, ultra-light, in small batches, and release it as a numbered drop. When it sells out, it is gone. The next one comes the following month.
The roaster
A Sniper M1 LITE and small batches
Everything is roasted on a Kaleido Sniper M1 LITE. It holds about 200 grams. Small batches let us roast to the cup rather than to a schedule, and keep every drop tasting like the coffee it came from.
We roast light. Light enough to read the origin, to taste the fruit and the florals before the roast. It asks a little more of your brewing and gives a lot more back.
The model
One drop at a time
Currently we make fewer than 50 bags in a month. That is on purpose. Rather than keep a standing shelf, we release one edition at a time, numbered and capped, once a month, always on a Thursday.
How to get it
Denver pickup and local delivery
We sell direct, with pickup and delivery around the Denver metro. Under Colorado cottage food rules we can sell home-roasted coffee locally, so we do not ship across state lines. If you are in town, you can have a bag within a few days of ordering.
Order online, choose pickup or delivery at checkout, and we roast it fresh for the drop.
The human
Charlie Linville
I am Charlie. I grew up south of Denver, Colorado and study Applied Math, Engineering, and Physics at UW-Madison. Most of my week goes to building AI and quantitative systems.
But the other part of my week goes to coffee. At 12 I pulled my first shot on a Rancilio Silvia with the Hayes Valley blend from Blue Bottle. At that moment I developed a love for coffee.
Most people who know me learn very fast how much I love coffee. I'm known to take absurd 'detours' to try a cafe, and have traveled the world doing so. I have been to all 50 states, 20 countries, and 4 continents.
My daily drivers are a V60 and a Flair Pro, with a 1Zpresso J-Ultra and a Fellow Ode Gen 2 SSP+. Lately I have been enjoying Hydrangea and Loquat coffee.