MoonBeans Fine Roasted Coffees

aiken has a quieter relationship with specialty coffee than, say, charleston or columbia, which makes finding a roaster that takes the sourcing side seriously feel like a genuine find. moonbeans fine roasted coffees on laurens street nw sits in the older commercial heart of aiken, the kind of block where the buildings have some age to them and foot traffic still means something. what separates a roaster from a café that happens to buy wholesale is the attention paid before the coffee ever reaches a cup, and moonbeans operates on the roasting side of that line. if you're passing through aiken or based here, laurens street nw is the address worth keeping. start with whatever single-origin option they're running that week.