Friday Coffee Roasters

if you're the kind of person who drives a bit out of the way for a roaster that actually thinks about what it's putting in the bag, the stretch of lakeview boulevard in new braunfels is worth the trip. friday coffee roasters sits in that quieter part of texas hill country adjacent to san antonio's orbit, close enough to pull in serious coffee people from the city, far enough to have its own pace. you won't find the usual chain-adjacent shortcuts here. the roasting operation is the point, which means what ends up in your cup started with decisions made on-site, not in some distant warehouse. independent roasters at this level tend to be particular in ways that show up in the work. a slow weekend morning on lakeview boulevard, cortado in hand, is a reasonable place to land.