New Harvest Coffee Roasters

Overview

New Harvest Coffee Roasters was founded in 2000 by Rik Kleinfeldt and Paula Anderson, with Kleinfeldt initially roasting solo in an industrial shed at the old Washburn Wire factory in Rumford. It became Rhode Island's first specialty coffee roaster, eventually relocating to Pawtucket's Hope Artiste Village before moving in May 2021 to the eco-friendly Farm Fresh Food Hub in Providence, where the team now supplies roughly 70,000 pounds of coffee a year to Brown University alone.

Known for

• Rhode Island's pioneering specialty coffee roaster (2000)
• Source Direct program since 2007 — at least 20% above Fair Trade minimum, often more than double for direct trade microlots
• Annual roastery-staff origin trips to Central and South American farms
• Brown University's third-largest local supplier (~70,000 lbs of coffee per year)
• On-site cafe New Harvest Coffee & Spirits with glass-fronted view of the roastery

Why it matters

Long before Providence had a third-wave scene to speak of, New Harvest was building the supply-chain habits — direct relationships, premium pricing, regular cuppings — that defined the East Coast specialty playbook, and it has remained the regional anchor for serious coffee in southern New England for a quarter century.

Production

destoning

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head roaster

Rik Kleinfeldt (founder/president)

color sorting

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roaster machine

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filter equipment

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cupping frequency

Regular team cuppings

roastery location

Farm Fresh Food Hub, Providence, RI

espresso equipment

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annual volume tonnes

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Café

Farm Fresh Food Hub, Providence, RI

Sources

• https://newharvestcoffee.com/pages/our-story
• https://checkoutri.com/venues/new-harvest-coffee-roasters/
• https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-06-18/supplier-summit
• https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2010/03/in-pawtucket-perfecting-the-roast/
• https://coffeeroast.com/roaster/new-harvest-coffee