Counter Culture Coffee

Short description: American coffee roasting company

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Counter Culture Coffee

Industry| Retail coffee
Founded| 1995; 29 years ago (1995)
Founder| Brett Smith and Fred Houk
Headquarters| Durham, North Carolina
Products| Coffee beans, Coffee drinks, Educational programs
Website| counterculturecoffee.com

Counter Culture Coffee is a Durham, North Carolina based coffee roasting company[1] founded in 1995. It has regional training locations in Asheville, NC; Atlanta; Boston; Charleston, SC; Chicago ; Durham, NC; Emeryville, CA; New York City ; Philadelphia; and Washington, D.C.[2] Counter Culture training centers provide education in the fundamentals of preparing and serving coffee and serve as classrooms and event spaces. Training centers are not only for vendors of Counter Culture Coffee but are also available to anyone interested in coffee production. Training centers also host competition training, food events with guest chefs, and professional workshops.[3]

Counter Culture Coffee buys primarily from small coffee producers at prices between $1.30 and $25 a pound.[4] As such, they are regarded as a "boutique" coffee roaster, a company which sources from multiple small estates and cooperatives rather than a single large grower.[5]

## Contents

* 1 Company history
* 2 Sustainability
* 3 Education
* 4 Locations
* 5 See also
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Company history

Counter Culture Coffee first started roasting coffee in Durham in 1995. Founded by Brett Smith and Fred Houk, their main focus was creating custom coffee blends for some of Durham and Chapel Hill's southern restaurants.[6] They sold their first coffee to Pop's Restaurant in Durham in 1995.[7] The company has expanded its operations to areas along the East Coast. The firm has also diversified its line of products and services, offering seasonal coffee selections and educational programs that focus on sustainability and the coffee brewing process.

## Sustainability

Counter Culture Coffee directly collaborates with artisans who grow the coffee, and their partnership with farmers is a basis for their sustainable coffee model, which involves working with progressive and environmentally sensitive farms in the trade. In 2008, they launched a third-party Counter Culture Direct Trade Certification, establishing direct trade standards for sustainability, quality, and fairness in the coffee chain.[2] Additional initiatives include their Sustaining Educational and Environmental Development at a Source (SEEDS) program and the company's Sustainability Scorecard. The SEEDS initiative aims to support sustainability and education on the origins of the products. At the same time, the Sustainability Scorecard measures the impact of the company's efforts toward building a more sustainable supply chain.

## Education

The firm also provides consumers, employees, and wholesale partners with educational programs on coffee brewing, origin, and history. Professional development courses include Brewing Science, Barista Fundamentals, Coffee Origins, Cupping Fundamentals, and Brewing: Technique & Troubleshooting.
Public educational initiatives include free "Tastings at Ten" every Friday morning, as well as homebrew labs for coffee enthusiasts offered at a fee.[8] Educational courses are offered at thirteen Counter Culture Training Centers across the country.[9][10][11]

## Locations

Coffee is roasted in two production facilities in Durham, NC (also the company's headquarters) and Emeryville, CA. [10][11]

## See also

* Blue Bottle Coffee
* Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea
* La Colombe Coffee Roasters
* Revelator Coffee
* Stumptown Coffee Roasters
* List of coffeehouse chains
* List of coffee companies

## References

1. ↑ Han, Joanna. "An Interview With Counter Culture Coffee's Erin McCarthy". Kinfolk. http://www.kinfolk.com/counter-culture-coffee/. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Why We Love Counter Culture Coffee". 14 November 2012. http://solacoffee.com/why-we-love-counter-culture-coffee/. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
3. ↑ Kim, Jane (31 October 2013). "Counter Culture Coffee Training Center / Jane Kim Design". ArchDaily. http://www.archdaily.com/442990/counter-culture-coffee-training-center-jane-kim-design/. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
4. ↑ Kim Fellner (19 June 2008). Wrestling with Starbucks: Conscience, Capital, Cappuccino. Rutgers University Press. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-8135-4506-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=vzZxamsJNPMC&pg=PA133.
5. ↑ Deirdre Mayer Dougherty (2008). "A Sense of Taste with a Sense of Place": Coffee Identities Across the United States and El Salvador. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-549-73594-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=2uROhItUlmUC&pg=PA27.
6. ↑ Smith, Brett. "Brett Smith". LinkedIn. http://www.linkedin.com/pub/brett-smith/7/27a/876. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
7. ↑ "A Different Kind of Coffee Company". Small Business Insight of the Triangle. 7 September 2011. http://sbicarolinas.com/a-different-kind-of-coffee-company/. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
8. ↑ Platt, Heather (July 16, 2016). "Counter Culture Will Teach You to Brew a Stellar Cup of Coffee". https://www.laweekly.com/counter-culture-will-teach-you-to-brew-a-stellar-cup-of-coffee/.
9. ↑ "Coffee Brew Guide | Coffee Brewing Education". https://counterculturecoffee.com/learn/home-brew.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Great Southern Coffee Roaster: Counter Culture Coffee". Thirsty South. 19 October 2010. http://www.thirstysouth.com/great-southern-x/great-southern-coffee-roaster-counter-culture-coffee/. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Coffee Classes | Coffee Barista Training Centers". https://counterculturecoffee.com/learn/training-centers.

## External links

* Counter Culture Website

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