Madcap Coffee Company

Brand profile

Madcap frames coffee as a chain of human decisions, then makes that chain visible through precise roasting and attentive café service. Based in Grand Rapids and founded in 2008, it sources through traceable, direct relationships with producers, selecting individual batches for its roastery. Each coffee receives a distinct profile developed through trial roasts and repeated cuppings, with production paced to release fresh batches. Long-term buying gives that process substance: in Santa Barbara, Honduras, relationships with producers including Juan Angel and Irvin Izaguirre, Nelson Moreno, and Miguel Ortiz date to 2013. Its Michigan spaces extend the same point of view. The original Monroe Center café once housed roasting operations in its basement, while Fulton Street combines the current roastery, café, warehouse, offices, and training space inside a renovated 1930s body shop. Across sourcing, production, and hospitality, Madcap favors clarity: show the work, respect the people behind it, and keep the cup at the center.