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Bozeman · United States

Treeline Coffee Roasters

Since 2013 · Natalie Van Dusen, Deejay Newell (co-owner)

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Overview

Treeline was founded in August 2013 by Natalie Van Dusen as Little Red Wagon Coffee Roasters, after a cross-country motorcycle trip through Colombia where Don Eilas, a smallholder farmer, invited her into his home to roast coffee over an open flame. Natalie rebranded to Treeline in 2016 to better fit Bozeman's mountain setting, and the company has grown from a frozen food truck named Francis to a full roastery and two Bozeman cafes — Mill District and the Lark Hotel on Main Street — with childhood friend Deejay Newell as co-owner.

Known for

  • Montana's first third-wave specialty roaster
  • Woman-owned, founded after a Colombia motorcycle epiphany
  • Lighter Bay Area-influenced roast profile in dark-roast Montana market
  • Lark Hotel downtown Bozeman flagship integration
  • Q-Grader certified roasting team

Why it matters

Treeline anchors specialty in Montana — a state where the closest scenes are six hours away in the wrong direction (Salt Lake or Seattle) — and serves the 3M+ annual Yellowstone tourists with a lighter, traceability-focused approach that bucks the regional default of dark Western roasts.

Production

destoning
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head roaster
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roaster machine
25-pound natural-gas-powered cast-iron roaster (originally Francis, now Beulah — a custom-built mint-green San Franciscan SF-25)
filter equipment
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roastery location
624 N Wallace Ave, Bozeman, MT (Mill District)
espresso equipment
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Café

624 N Wallace Ave, Bozeman (Mill District flagship + roastery); 132 W Main, Bozeman (downtown, in The Lark Hotel)

Recognitions

  • Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program — Montana DOT
  • BZN Yellowstone International Airport featured roaster

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