Simple Roast Coffee - Roastery & HQ

a roastery that also serves as headquarters means the coffee you're drinking wasn't shipped in from somewhere else and sitting in a warehouse for weeks. simple roast on west street in auburn operates from the source, which changes what ends up in your cup in ways that matter. the people who roast the beans are the same people running the operation, and that kind of proximity tends to keep standards tight. auburn isn't a city where specialty coffee is everywhere, so finding something this deliberate in cayuga county feels worth paying attention to. if you're nearby on a weekday morning, west street is a reasonable detour, and whatever's freshest off the roaster that week is probably the thing to ask about.