Patriot Craft Coffee

ABOUT PATRIOT

The local farmer’s market is where it all began, and where the heart of our coffee lives.

WE STARTED HERE…

In March 2015, our founder Chris McArthur rolled his hand-built cart onto Kentucky Ave in Downtown Lakeland, FL on a mission to make his community fall in love with a completely different approach to coffee. These were no ordinary coffee beans. Chris had carefully selected single origin coffees of outstanding quality and roasted them in a way that brought forward the coffee’s nuance. Understanding that each coffee is unique, his roasting approach was tailored to bring out unique tasting notes like blueberry, citrus, toffee, chocolate, mulling spice and more. He sold out of bags of whole bean coffee in a little over an hour. Our small batch, craft approach continues to be the key to delivering the responsibly sourced, quality coffees we are known for.

Chris’s quest for coffee perfection began with… well, the Quest; a half pound electric drum roaster. Sitting on his back porch in the sweltering Florida heat, Chris would embark on 12 hour roasting marathons, feverishly recording notes and making adjustments to fine tune his roast profiles. This trial and error approach of roast, taste, repeat was instrumental in helping Chris to develop his own unique roasting style.

After a successful launch at the farmer’s market, Chris knew he was on to something special. He also knew that if his fledgling business was to be sustainable for the long-term, he would need a commercial production space. He launched a crowdfunding campaign banking on the fact that locals were invested in Patriot’s success. The campaign was an overwhelming success, surpassing 110% of our fundraising goal.