Who We Are
Break Coffee Roasters is a proudly family owned & operated. We're a roastery and cafe based in the North Atlanta Suburbs of Duluth & Lawrenceville, Georgia. Since opening in 2020, we've built a company rooted in craft, care, and community. Our mission is to make exceptional coffee while creating space for people to slow down and enjoy life's simple moments. Whether through our cafes, wholesale partnerships, or at-home brews, we bring intentionality to every step of the process.
More than another coffee company, Break is a reminder to take a pause, to savor, and to appreciate the beauty in everyday rituals.
Our Core Values
Our Origins
We started Break in 2018 in David’s basement in Duluth, Georgia — driven by a simple idea: to create a space where people could enjoy an exceptional break in their day through high quality coffee.
What began with a small tabletop roaster and a pile of books grew into years of planning, countless little meetings in cafes, and plenty of trial and error. In 2019, we found a small space in a shopping center. With friends, we carried in the roaster, painted the walls, and assembled the furniture by hand. Emily designed the branding, packaging, and artwork. Our families pitched in by building tables, doors, and wooden trays for pour overs. We called in everyone we knew, doing anything we could - we were scrappy to say the least.
Just four weeks after opening, the global shutdown forced us to pivot—roasting and shipping coffee, delivering drinks curbside, and leaning on the support of our loyal customers. During this time, we realized we weren’t just serving coffee—we were creating space for something more: a quiet moment, a simple luxury, a meaningful break amidst everyday routines. This realization led us to rename the business Break Coffee Roasters in 2022.
Since then, Break has grown from our scrappy beginnings. From pop-ups and coffee carts to opening new cafes, helping other cafes, and expanding our roastery, we’ve continued to evolve. But through it all, our values remain the same: correctness, fairness, and accessibility. We believe that simplicity, done with care, is the ultimate luxury.
On any given day, you can find us doing any number of things from meetings, to roasting, to fixing machinery and watering plants. We’re still a scrappy team, but we’re also so proud of the incredible team we get to work alongside.
Thanks for being here,
David & Emily
For the sake of quality time.
Our Coffee Philosophy
From deliberately sourcing coffee from the right producers across the world or pouring latte art, every step of the process is intentionally focused on the people involved. We believe coffee is defined by the people that love to farm it, craft it, and savor it. Our coffee is roasted to order for our partners, ensuring they are provided with the freshest coffee possible. We source a variety of coffee for our single origin coffees and blends at a variety of flavor profiles to ensure a varied, rotating selection and a reliable flavor profile for all our blends.
Partnering with Break
Our partners choose us because they share our vision of savoring simple moments through quality coffee. Beyond a principle, we promise hands-on, expert support from the beginning of our partnership and onward. Your wins are our wins, and there is nothing more exciting than watching a partner thrive and grow. Whether it’s a phone call to troubleshoot equipment issues, team training for your cafe, or learning more about the overall coffee-making process, we want to do whatever we can to help our partners provide an elevated coffee experience to their people. We believe there are no dumb questions. In addition to partner support, we also offer consulting and cafe planning services. In the last 5 years we’ve opened two successful cafes, and supported the opening and growing of many more partner cafes. At whatever capacity you choose to partner with Break, you can rest assured knowing that you’ll never have to go it alone.