About
Joe Mittens
Joe Mittens has been sourcing and roasting coffee for years. Not as a side project. Not as a hobby that became a business. As a cat who found the thing they couldn't stop doing and decided to stop pretending otherwise.
The store is new. The obsession is not.
Joe Mittens buys and roasts a lot of coffee — which means the relationships with growers, sourcing, the years of profiling and blending, all of it existed before the website did. What's new is that you can now order directly, and your coffee will roast on the next business day.
Joe Mittens says: "This is what I actually do"
"Sourcing. I source from 22 countries. Not because a wide map looks impressive, but because the world's most interesting growing regions are spread across it. High-altitude farms in Peru. Volcanic soil in Mexico. Distinct microclimates that produce flavors you can't replicate anywhere else. I work with growers who care about the bean as much as I care about what happens to it after.
Profiling. Before any bean touches a roaster, I study it. What does it bring? What are its characteristics in isolation? How will it interact with other origins? Flavor profiling is how blends get built deliberately — not by accident, not by guesswork. Think of it as collecting fine ingredients: you need to know exactly what each one does before you can compose something exceptional.
Roasting. Small batch. To order. You place an order today, I roast tomorrow, it ships soon thereafter. Coffee has a peak freshness window — 7 to 21 days post-roast. You'll receive yours at the beginning of it, not the end."
What this means for your cup
"Most coffee is stale by the time it reaches you. Roasted in bulk, warehoused, distributed, shelved. By the time it gets to your kitchen, the window has passed. You're drinking the memory of what it was supposed to taste like.
That's not a flaw in your technique. That's the supply chain.
JoeMittens offers a different premise: that coffee worth sourcing is worth roasting to order, and that you deserve to taste the difference.
Not the same thing. Not the same league. Not the same sport."
The lineup
Everyday blends. Single origins from select growing regions. High-caffeine options that don't sacrifice quality for the punch. Espresso. Bulk bags for the serious. Grind options at checkout — Whole Bean, Drip, Coarse, or Fine — so you don't need to own a grinder to brew this well.
Specialty grade across the board. No exceptions.