Sappho coffee, made around relationships
LGBTQ+ Owned Specialty Coffee

Coffee built on relationships.

Direct-trade specialty coffee from producers we know, with extraordinary lots selected for flavor and character.

Featured Coffees

This season's pours.

Washed

Colombia

Castillo Washed Co-fermented with Wine Yeast + Blackberry

Ripe blackberrydark chocolatetangerinecaramel

Traceable to Jairo Arcila

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Honey, natural & carbonic maceration natural

90pts

Nicaragua

Yellow Bourbon Concoction

Rosepapayawhite currant

Traceable to Benjamin Weiner

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Washed

Mexico

Red de Totutla

Almondchocolate covered white cherrychardonnayraisinlemon

Traceable to 11 families

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Why Sappho

Coffee worth choosing on purpose.

Direct Trade

We build real relationships with producers and care about how every coffee is sourced.

Inclusive Community

LGBTQ+ owned and intentionally rooted in connection, belonging, and acceptance.

Exceptional Flavor

Sourcing, processing, and roasting all in service of a cup that is genuinely extraordinary.

Sappho — the relationships behind the coffee
Relational Coffee

Coffee is never just a commodity.

For us, a great cup connects people and places — the producers who grow it, the harvest that shaped it, and the community that gathers around it. We choose lots we can trace to the people behind them.

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Find Us Locally

Whole beans by the bag at Forest City Vault.

Inside Forest City Vault in Cleveland, OH

Forest City Vault

Cleveland, OH

Forest City Vault is the only place to buy our whole beans in person right now. Grab a bag by the roaster to brew at home, and say hi while you're there.