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peter james coffee

Coffee Roasters Since 1980

Our Coffees

P: 800.545.0551

peter james coffee

Coffee Roasters Since 1980

Our Coffees

P: 800.545.0551

About Us

ANNOUNCEMENT UPDATE 1.3.2025

After almost 45 years of roasting the "Earths Finest Coffees" it is time to for me to retire.

December 2024 marked the end of a long roasting career for me. The last roast day was December 31, 2024 and all roasted coffee inventory has now been depleted. The roasting plant has now ceased its operations and will no longer be roasting or shipping coffee. Many thanks go out to those that helped me through this winding down process.

I have received many questions about the why the need to close. There were many factors leading up to this hard decision and final course of action.

For over a year I had made attempts to sell the business to allow the brand and my roasting style to continue. None of the potential buyers worked out. It would have been complicated since the I did not have a lease and the building owner was in need of the space that I occupied for their own use. Mine is not a small roasting operation and has many built in machines and many regulations and permits that need to be followed. Moving is not a small undertaking especially for someone new getting into the business.

For me to relocate and start up again was out of the question. I had moved to this current location 25 years ago, it was hard then and I was 25 years younger!

The only logical conclusion was to shut down and begin a long overdue retirement.

Now to help with your coffee supply.

I would like to suggest:

Mountanos Family Coffee and Tea located in Petaluma California.

(707) 774- 8800 . Mention I sent you and they will be ready to serve.

Mountanos Family Coffee and Tea are a five-generation strong roastery, owned and operated by Mike Mountanos. I have a strong connection to the Mountanos family. Not only did Mike and I attend the same high school and graduate together but it was in fact his dad, Milt Mountanos who hired me to work for his company in 1976. At the time I was just out of college and in-between deciding what to do with my life and Milt’s company, United Coffee, was in need of a coffee machine repair technician. Working for United exposed me to specialty coffee, the roasting process and coffee roasting equipment and especially espresso and espresso machines.

My passion for everything coffee was born at United Coffee and so to it my lifelong career in coffee, which is why with confidence I can recommend the Mountanos Family Coffee and Tea company for your source for coffee beans. We started from the same roots!

I want to thank all of you for being my loyal customers and supporters of my coffee craft. It was my passion to produce the best coffee I knew how and was a pleasure to serve you all.

All my best to you and thank you once again!

Meet the Roaster

ANNOUNCEMENT UPDATE 1.3.2025

Mark Micheletti has been in the coffee industry

for over 45 years. His guiding principle

above all else is a commitment to quality.

He cups every lot to ensure that he's bringing

in only the highest quality coffees.

From sourcing to the roasted bean, he's all in.

Roasting Process

ANNOUNCEMENT UPDATE 1.3.2025

Roasting Process

We roast in small batches utilizing our hot air

fluid bed roasting method to bring out the

best flavor of each coffee bean. Our Sivetz

coffee roaster has been fine-tuned and

customized to ensure consistency and the

best quality flavor in each batch we produce.