Camber Coffee

Overview

Camber is a small Bellingham roaster founded in 2015 by three Q-grader colleagues — David Yake, Andrew Bowman, and Todd Elliott — who met at Tony's Coffee. They opened their flagship cafe in 2017 and were named Best Coffeeshop in Washington State by Food & Wine that same year. The name Camber means "curve," referencing the unique roast curve each coffee requires. They cup constantly to vet every roast before it leaves their facility, targeting coffees in the 86-90 SCA cupping score range.

Known for

• Best Coffeeshop in Washington (Food & Wine, 2018)
• Q-grader founders
• Loring S70 Peregrine and Diedrich IR-24k roasters
• Synesso MVP Hydra espresso machine in cafe
• Top 25 coffee shops in country (Thrillist 2023)

Production

roaster machine

Loring S70 Peregrine + Diedrich IR-24k

filter equipment

Poursteady, Mahlkönig EK43

cupping frequency

every batch

espresso equipment

Synesso MVP Hydra (3-group)

Café

221 W Holly St, Bellingham, WA 98225

Recognitions

• Best Coffeeshop in Washington State - Food & Wine Magazine (2018)
• Top 25 Coffee Shops in Country - Thrillist (2023)

Sources

• https://cambercoffee.com/
• https://ratiocoffee.com/blogs/journal/throwing-curve-balls-with-camber-coffee
• https://sprudge.com/the-sprudge-guide-to-coffee-shops-in-bellingham-washington-231209.html