PT's Coffee Roasting Co.

Brand profile

PT’s built its identity around a blunt premise: coffee quality begins with durable relationships at origin. Founded in Topeka in 1993 after Jeff Taylor and Fred Polzin went looking for a better cup, it began sourcing green coffee and roasting in 1997. ([ptscoffee.com](https://ptscoffee.com/pages/our-story?utm_source=openai)) Nearly 80% of its coffee now comes through Direct Trade partnerships. The program ties quality to concrete terms: for coffees scoring above 88, verifiable farmer or cooperative payments must exceed the C-market or Fair Trade price by at least 25%; representatives visit each producer at least once per harvest; and financial distribution remains transparent. ([ptscoffee.com](https://ptscoffee.com/pages/direct-trade-coffee?utm_source=openai)) That rigor continues at the roastery, where single origins and signature blends are roasted to order five days a week. ([ptscoffee.com](https://ptscoffee.com/pages/our-story?utm_source=openai)) Its cafés in Topeka and Kansas City keep the brand rooted in hospitality, but sourcing remains its clearest signature: fewer intermediaries, repeated farm contact, and the cup as the final measure. ([ptscoffee.com](https://ptscoffee.com/pages/direct-trade-coffee?utm_source=openai))