We are a family owned coffee roastery in the bottom of a barn located at 1040 Sherman Rd. Visitors welcome! We use a custom built Dutch oven to roast our coffee, which is the way coffee was roasted for hundreds of years before industrialization. Almost all coffee is roasted in large industrial coffee roasting machines today. Combined with the supremo grade beans we source from around the world, it creates a rich and smooth coffee that is strong without any bitterness or acidity. Coffee in its original form. The German Norwegian style blend refers to the way Germans and Norwegians preferred their coffee in the 17th century and still today. Germans opt for a darker roast while Norwegians prefer a lighter variety. Our roast is a blend of dark and medium beans, all in one roast. By the time the first beans reach the second crack (beans crack twice during roasting) others are still a few shades lighter. This creates a spectrum of flavors all within the same roast. The result is a balanced medium dark flavor profile that is strong and smooth. The name “Hoffskeller” is a German Norwegian word which combines “Hoff” and “skeller”. Rathskellers are repurposed cellars in government buildings common in Germany. Hoff means “farm” in Old Norse. Put them together and you get a repurposed farm basement. Our venue is located in the basement of our family barn… Der Hoffskeller. Coffee first reached Europe at the very beginning of the 17th century, and by the 18th century there were coffee houses and roasters everywhere, including early America. This coffee explosion coincided with the Enlightenment, with philosophical and political discussions often taking place in coffee houses. Many European kings banned coffee, fearing its invigorating effects would cause political dissent, but coffee ultimately prevailed. So imagine yourself sitting around a speakeasy coffee house table with fellow revolutionaries as you drink Der Hoffskeller coffee