Little Waves Coffee Roasters

Little Waves Coffee Roasters is an independently owned and operated coffee company based in Durham, North Carolina. The roastery is Latina-led and women-forward, emphasizing the importance of building long-term, trusting relationships with producers to ensure quality and positive impact. The company sources top-tier, competition-level coffee lots while acknowledging the natural annual variations inherent in coffee as a crop. Their approach to quality integrates flavor with the social and historical context of the coffee's origin. In addition to their roasting operations, the company operates three brick-and-mortar shops under the name Cocoa Cinnamon. These retail locations are designed to celebrate the history, textures, and stories of coffee, chocolate, and tea, drawing inspiration from early coffee house traditions and the intermingling of coffee and spice. The team is composed of individuals from diverse cultural, linguistic, and religious backgrounds, and they strive to honor the people and places behind their products by naming their offerings after significant locations and individuals that inspire wonder.