Portland, Oregon, USA

Third-wave coffee pioneer — Stumptown launched here in 1999 and redefined single-origin roasting for the world.

The pioneer of third-wave coffee in America. Stumptown Coffee Roasters launched here in 1999 and changed how the world thought about single-origin beans. Today Heart Coffee, Coava, and Water Avenue push extraction science daily in a city that takes its pour-overs as seriously as its craft beer.