We are Paul Thornton and Rachel Thornton Verhaalen, wholesale coffee roasters in Beaverton, Oregon. We are also a family-a tribe, even-born and raised in and around Portland. We grew up working in the specialty coffee industry. We have formed this family business in order to share our knowledge and passion for coffee with our customers.
Thornton Family Coffee Roasters was founded by Paul Thornton, who started his coffee career in 1982 working for Coffee Bean International as their Roastmaster. Paul is a Specialty Coffee Association Former President, a Roasters Guild founder and longtime member, and a recognized coffee Roastmaster and green coffee buyer.
Thornton Family Coffee Roasters was founded by Paul Thornton, who started his coffee career in 1982 working for Coffee Bean International as their Roastmaster. Paul is a Specialty Coffee Association Former President, a Roasters Guild founder and longtime member, and a recognized coffee Roastmaster and green coffee buyer.
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Mission, Vision, and Values
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Our mission at Thornton Family Coffee Roasters is to share our experience with coffee lovers in the city we love in the form of a fantastic cup of coffee. We work to create a sustainable business for our family, friends, and the local community we live and run our coffee business in.
Our vision is to become the leading premium specialty coffee roaster, through retail and wholesale channels, in Southwest and West Portland and the West Portland suburban areas.We want to present a hand-crafted coffee culture to these areas, reflecting Portland's well known unique cultural reputation for great coffees and foods, and expand this reputation into suburban areas.
Our vision is to become the leading premium specialty coffee roaster, through retail and wholesale channels, in Southwest and West Portland and the West Portland suburban areas.We want to present a hand-crafted coffee culture to these areas, reflecting Portland's well known unique cultural reputation for great coffees and foods, and expand this reputation into suburban areas.
Meet Our Family
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I am not a big fan of talking about myself. But I'm told it's important that our prospective customers know where my skills and interests are for me, and my family business. Below is really what I'm about. I have a bio someone wrote for me. If you want to learn more about my background and experience in the coffee business, here it is.
Cupping Room
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Cupping is a practice often used in the process of realizing quality and value of a coffee. This is how it works: We seek raw coffee we would like to offer our customers, then request a sample of our selected varieties. Upon arrival, these samples are roasted on our sample roaster which produces about 3 ounces of roasted coffee.
Purchasing Principles
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Thornton Family Coffee Roasters follows these principles through our coffee purchasing processes. These principles relate to our green coffee supply chain: our raw component for our roasted coffee. We will only work with green coffee producers, importers, and growers who demonstrate concerted efforts toward supporting a sustainable spirit within our coffee growers, their communities, and families.
Green
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Coffee is a fruit grown on a tree. Fruits are generally sweet. We believe the sweeter and more balanced coffees are, the more people like them, realize a higher appreciation for them, and will pay for the extra work it took to produce them. Our green coffee buying is managed by Paul Thornton and his son in law, Chris Verhaalen.
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