Roasted Tuesday. On your porch by Thursday.
A roastery and café on SE Belmont. We roast Tuesdays and Thursdays, pour it at the bar all week, and ship every bag within 48 hours of the roast.
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4.9 from 640 reviews
Roasting since 2016
Free shipping over $40
Cuppings every Saturday
Roasted Tue · ships Thu
Daybreak espresso blend
Ethiopia Guji
Colombia Huila
Guatemala Huehuetenango
Kenya Nyeri
Colombia decaf
Roasted Tuesdays and Thursdays
Cuppings Saturdays at 10am
Free shipping over $40
What's on at the bar.
Espresso from our Daybreak blend, pour-overs of whatever came off the roaster this week, cold brew on tap, and pastries from the bakery down the street. Oat or whole milk, no upcharge. The bar opens at 6:30am on weekdays.
Drip, Daybreak
$3.75
Batch-brewed, refilled every half hour.
Espresso
$4.00
Daybreak, pulled as a double.
Cortado
$4.50
Equal parts, in a glass.
Cappuccino
$4.75
Latte
$5.25
Oat or whole milk, no upcharge.
Pour-over, single origin
$5.50
Any coffee on this week's sheet, brewed to order.
Cold brew
$5.00
Steeped 18 hours, on tap.
Maple cardamom latte
$6.50
Our fall drink, through November.
This week's roast sheet.
Six coffees, roasted Tuesday and Thursday on our 15-kilo drum, with the roast date on every label. Order by Monday at 5pm and it ships Tuesday; by Wednesday at 5pm and it goes Thursday.
Coffee
Tasting notes
Roasted
12 oz
Daybreak
Espresso blend · Brazil and Ethiopia
Dark chocolate, red apple, brown sugar. The bar's espresso and the drip.
Tuesday
$18
Ethiopia Guji
Washed · 1,900 m
Blueberry, jasmine, black tea. Bright and floral; the one we pour over.
Tuesday
$21
Colombia Huila
Washed · 1,700 m
Caramel, red plum, cocoa nib. Sweet and even, every brewer.
Thursday
$19
Guatemala Huehuetenango
Washed · 1,600 m
Milk chocolate, orange, toasted almond. Classic, and easy in a press.
Thursday
$20
Kenya Nyeri
Washed · 1,800 m
Black currant, grapefruit, brown sugar. Big and juicy, best as a pour-over.
Tuesday
$22
Colombia decaf
Sugarcane process · 1,700 m
Toffee, cherry, cocoa. Tastes like coffee, because it is.
Thursday
$19
Free shipping over $40. Pickup at the bar is always free.
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Eleven minutes, start to drop.
Every batch is logged at the same four moments. This is Tuesday's Ethiopia Guji, the way the roaster saw it.
0:00 Charge
1:30 Turning point
8:40 First crack
11:00 Drop
0:00
Charge
400°F
Green coffee drops into the hot drum. The bean temperature plunges before it climbs.
1:30
Turning point
182°F
The probe bottoms out. From here the beans only get hotter; the job is how fast.
8:40
First crack
392°F
Steam splits the bean with a sound like popcorn. Development starts, and every ten seconds counts.
11:00
Drop
408°F
Into the cooling tray under the fans. Two minutes to room temperature, two days of rest, then bagged.
Bean temperature in °F against minutes. The curve draws as you scroll.
A bag every two weeks.
Pick a coffee or take the roaster's pick. It roasts on the next Tuesday or Thursday, ships that afternoon, and lands in two to three days. Every week, every two, or every four.
from $18
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1
Choose
Any coffee on the sheet, or the roaster's pick, which rotates through the single origins. Whole bean, or ground for your brewer.
2
We roast
Your bag roasts on the next roast day, Tuesday or Thursday, and is packed that afternoon with the date on the label.
3
It ships
Two to three days to most of the West Coast, under a week anywhere in the lower 48. Change or skip a shipment by text.
We started in 2016 with a used two-kilo roaster in a Sunnyside garage and a folding table at the farmers market. Ten years on, we roast for forty-two cafés and restaurants across Portland, and the bar on Belmont still opens at six thirty.
10
years roasting on SE Belmont
4.9
stars, from 640 reviews
48
hours at most from roast to shipping
42
cafés, restaurants and offices pour it
“I set my alarm by the Tuesday roast. The bag's on my porch Thursday and it's still gassing off.”
Priya, Richmond
“Best cortado in Southeast, and the only cupping I've been to that didn't feel like a lecture.”
Dale, Sunnyside
“Our café switched to Daybreak last spring. The regulars noticed inside a week.”
Marisol, Buckman
For cafés, restaurants and offices.
Forty-two places across the Portland metro pour our coffee. Wholesale starts at $11.50 a pound in 5-lb bags, roasted the week you need it, with training for your team and a roaster on the phone when something tastes off.
5-lb bags, roasted to order
Whole bean or ground, in the week you need it.
Weekly delivery in Portland
By van inside the city; shipped everywhere else.
Training at the roastery
Dialing in, milk, and a cupping with your team.
Equipment, chosen and dialed in
We'll help you pick a grinder and keep it honest.
Talk wholesale
Call or text (503) 555-0147
Saturdays at ten, eight seats, free.
Every Saturday at 10am we set out the week's roasts side by side and taste them the way we do before anything gets bagged. Forty-five minutes, eight seats, no experience needed. You'll leave knowing what you like and why.
Reserve a seat
10:00
Pour. Eight bowls, the same dose, the same water, four minutes.
10:04
Break the crust and smell everything. This is where most of the flavor is.
10:08
Taste. Spoons, slurping, no wrong answers.
10:40
Talk about what you tasted, then take a bag of your favorite home.
Things people ask at the bar.
Anything else, call or text. Someone is at the roastery from six thirty.
Call or text (503) 555-0147
How fresh is the coffee when it ships?
Every bag ships within 48 hours of its roast date, which is printed on the label. For espresso we suggest waiting five to seven days off roast; for pour-over, two to three. A bag is at its best for about a month.
Do you grind?
Yes, for any brewer you name: drip, pour-over, press, espresso, cold brew. Whole bean is the default on every order and every subscription.
Can I pick up instead of shipping?
Yes. Choose pickup when you order and we'll text you when it's bagged. Pick it up at the bar any time we're open. Pickup is always free.
Is the café dog-friendly? Where do I park?
Dogs are welcome on the patio, and there's water out. Bike racks are right out front. Street parking on Belmont is free for two hours, and the side streets are unmetered.
Order for pickup or shipping.
Tell us which coffee and how many bags. We'll confirm by text, roast it on the next roast day, and ship it or hold it at the bar with your name on it.
Rather talk to a person?
Call or text (503) 555-0147
hello@halflightcoffee.com
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Find us on Belmont.
3318 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR 97214
Hours
Mon–Fri
6:30am–5pm
Sat
7am–5pm
Sun
7am–3pm
Bike racks out front. Dogs welcome on the patio, with water out. Two hours free on Belmont; the side streets are unmetered.
Get directions
Call or text (503) 555-0147