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Roaster Takeover: Equator Coffees
Great coffee starts with great people. Our new Roaster Takeover series is your chance to meet them.
At Cometeer, we partner with some of the country’s best specialty coffee roasters, then use our proprietary extraction technology to brew their beans at peak flavor. We flash-freeze that coffee into capsules, ready to melt with hot water, pour over ice, or make your own.
In other words, they obsess over the roast. We obsess over what happens next.
First up: Equator Coffees.
From a Garage to Greatness
Equator started in 1995, when Helen Russell and Brooke McDonnell began roasting coffee in a garage in Marin County, California.
From the beginning, they believed exceptional coffee could go hand in hand with taking care of people and the planet. Equator was an early adopter of Fair Trade certification in 1999, and in 2011 became the first Certified B Corporation coffee roaster in California.
More than 30 years later, Equator has grown into a nationally recognized coffee company with award-winning coffees, cafes across California, and partnerships with celebrated chefs and businesses across the country.
The company has gotten bigger. Its philosophy has stayed refreshingly simple: source exceptional coffee with care and share it with intention.
Taking Coffee Back to the Farm
Helen and Brooke’s coffee obsession eventually took them beyond roasting.
In 2008, they partnered with coffee expert Willem Boot to establish Finca Sophia, an experimental farm in the highlands of Panama. The farm specializes in the rare Geisha variety and has earned repeated recognition at Panama’s prestigious coffee competitions.
It is another chapter in a story that spans nearly every part of coffee’s journey, from growing and sourcing to roasting and, finally, your cup.
Our Equator Favorites
There is plenty to explore in this takeover, but two coffees have already won over the Cometeer team.
Mocha Java
Rich, comforting, and full of classic coffee flavor, Mocha Java is the cup for anyone who likes their coffee bold.
Half Caff
Half Caff is for that inevitable moment when you want another coffee, but your bedtime would like a word. You still get a delicious cup and the ritual of another coffee, just with less caffeine.
Equator, Meet Cometeer
Equator has spent more than 30 years obsessing over how coffee is grown, sourced, and roasted. At Cometeer, we obsess over what happens next.
Our proprietary process brews Equator’s freshly roasted beans into an intensely flavorful coffee extract. We then flash-freeze it to preserve those flavors until you are ready for your next cup.
No grinder. No scale. No complicated brew recipe.
Just exceptional Equator coffee, straight from their roastery to your freezer.
Meet the Equator Roaster Takeover and taste what more than 30 years of coffee obsession can do.
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