Little Waves Coffee Roasters

Latina led, women forward, Little Waves Coffee Roasters sources by building relationships over time aimed to develop prudent trusting reciprocity. Open-hearted, impact-driven group of thinkers, dreamers, and doers who delight in the enduring power of coffee as a shared experience.

• —Little Waves Coffee Roasters is a Latina-led, women-forward coffee company.
• —The company focuses on building long-term relationships with producers to develop trusting reciprocity.
• —They roast on a Loring S15 Falcon, which uses 80% less energy than traditional roasters.
• —Retail coffee bags are 60% compostable.
• —The roastery and cafes divert coffee bi-product chaff and compost to local gardens and farms.
• —Cocoa Cinnamon is the retail arm of the business, consisting of three brick-and-mortar shops in Durham, NC.
• —The business was founded by Areli Barrera Grodski and Leon Grodski Barrera in 2010.
• —The roasting facility opened at the Cocoa Cinnamon Lakewood location in June 2017.
• —Little Waves Coffee Roasters was named the 2022 Micro Roaster of the Year by Roast Magazine.