Our Mission

Our mission at La Terza Artisan Coffee Roasterie is to provide you with an excellent cup of coffee that is ethically sourced and mindfully roasted. We believe coffee is more than just a beverage - from production to consumption, it is a spiritual practice that connects us to our shared humanity. 

Steeped in Connection

Coffee connects nearly every culture together and unites us both physically and emotionally. A single cup of coffee can represent over 100 hands within multiple countries: farmers, producers, importers, roasters, baristas, and the consumer. When you catch up with a dear friend, or meet someone for the first time, a cup of coffee creates space for emotional connection. To drink a cup of coffee is to participate in the collective human experience, and that is beautiful and sacred.

That is why La Terza is committed to empowering the "Third Place" - those special spaces in between our home and our work where we can connect with our community.

We also want to see other coffee shops that pursue connection and sustainability practices to thrive. That is why we empower other coffee professionals through our wholesale services and La Terza University courses.

Learn more about The Third Place.

Ethically Produced

We cherish our relationships with our farmers and importers. These connections not only help us to produce amazing coffee, but also ensure that living wages are paid throughout the supply chain.

We embrace “the golden rule” when we think about where our coffee comes from, and this extends to all people we serve, including our team, our customers, our communities, the environment, and even our competition. We strive to treat all others the way we want to be treated.

Learn more about our sustainability practices.

High Quality

We source the freshest, highest quality beans from all over the world and roast them to perfection in Cincinnati, OH to bring you specialty coffee like you've never experienced before.

When the beans arrive at our roasterie, we spend hours upon hours finding the perfect roast profiles for each of our blends and single origins. From start to finish, producing coffee is hard work! That is why we pay close attention to every detail, in order to honor the work of all of the hands that came before us.

We believe that when it comes to coffee's ultimate purpose in connecting us, quality matters. High quality coffee and high quality conversation pair beautifully.

Shop Coffee

"David, why are you passionate about coffee?"

The first time I visited a coffee plantation, one of the most memorable moments was seeing the coffee sorted. Even with all of the best growing practices, a coffee tree still produces many different grades of coffee and requires someone to go through the beans, selecting only the best to be sold as specialty coffee.

The woman I met sorting was in her 80’s. I was struck by her huge smile and radiating joy. She loved her job! And knowing that we had a relationship with the producer, I knew that she was being paid appropriately.

I left that moment with such renewed purpose about our passion for detail. I turned to walk away and said out loud, “That's why we work to find the perfect roast profiles of each of our coffees. That's why we put so much energy into delivering our coffee within 48 hours of roasting. The work of this woman matters, and it’s our job to honor her and her work in the way we roast our coffee.