Raw, grassy, dense as gravel.
Roasted by hand.
Timed by ear.
Twelve kilos at a time, five days a week, one roaster who still listens for the crack. Scroll to follow a batch from green to cup.
↓ Scroll — watch the roast
Batch № 1847 — Follow it down
DRUM TEMP 21°C
ROAST TIME 0:00
Green
Raw and grassy, dense as gravel. Every batch starts as farm-direct green coffee — this one from 1,900 metres up.
The roast, in four stages
/ batch № 1847Green — 21°C
Yellowing — 150°C
Sugars wake up. The room smells like baking bread.
First crack — 196°C
The bean splits and speaks. From here, seconds matter.
Drop — 212°C
Out of the drum and into the cooling tray. Twelve minutes, start to finish.
Three coffees. No filler.
/ current lineup
Dark
Foghorn
Dark chocolate, molasses, a finish that hangs around like harbour fog. The one the fishermen buy.
Medium
Switchback
Caramel and stone fruit with a clean, climbing finish. Our daily driver, roasted just past first crack.
Light
Low Tide
Florals, honey, and a bright citrus edge. A filter roast for slow mornings when the water's flat.
"A roast you can hear is a roast you can trust."
The roastery
/ Powell Street
Bellows is one roaster, one drum, and a stubborn idea: that coffee roasted in small batches, by a person paying attention, tastes like the place it came from.
The roastery shares a wall with the café. Order a cup and you'll hear the drum turning behind you — the same beans, hours from the tray.
- Founded
- 2019
- Batch size
- 12 kg
- Roast days
- Mon – Fri
- Café
- Powell St, Vancouver
Fresh beans,
every Friday.
Roasted to order, shipped the same day, anywhere in Canada. Subscriptions pause anytime — it's coffee, not a contract.
Order beans — concept only