Dessert Oasis Coffee Roasters and Utopian Coffee
PORTLAND, OREGON (Oct. 19, 2026) — Dessert Oasis Coffee Roasters and Utopian Coffee have been honored with Roast magazine’s 23rd annual Roaster of the Year award in the Micro and Macro roaster categories, respectively. The two coffee roasting companies are featured in the trade publication’s November/December 2026 issue.
Roast awards top honors in two categories: Micro Roaster of the Year, for companies roasting fewer than 100,000 pounds of coffee each year; and Macro Roaster of the Year, for companies roasting more than 100,000 pounds annually. The award recognizes companies that roast coffees of superior quality, exemplify a dedication to sustainability, promote employee and community education, and demonstrate a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion and equity, among other criteria.
Alongside Dessert Oasis, finalists for the Micro Roaster category were Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters, Idle Hands Roasting Co., and Indie Coffee Roasters. For the Macro Roaster category, in addition to Utopian, the finalists were Corvus Coffee Roasters and Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee. Congratulations to all of the finalists for making incredible commitments to the industry, employees, partners across the value stream, and local neighborhoods.
Dessert Oasis Coffee Roasters | 2027 Micro Roaster of the Year
Founded in 2009, Dessert Oasis Coffee Roasters is a Michigan-based roaster-retailer and wholesaler producing approximately 68,000 pounds of coffee annually. Led by owner Nathan Hamood, the company operates four retail locations and a 9,000-square-foot Ferndale headquarters housing its roastery, bakery, distribution, quality control and training operations.
Utopian Coffee | 2027 Macro Roaster of the Year
Founded in 2006 by cousins Brendon Maxwell and Patrick Smith, Utopian Coffee is a Fort Wayne, Indiana-based roaster-retailer and wholesaler producing nearly 988,000 pounds of coffee annually. Guided by a mission to improve life for farmers, employees, customers and the community, Utopian prioritizes long-term producer relationships and regenerative agriculture, having purchased more than 1 million pounds of Regenerative Organic Certified coffee. Its sustainability initiatives include composting, recycling and reusing production waste, while its roasting program combines detailed profiling with green coffee screen grading and UV inspection to assess quality and provide feedback to producers. As the company grows, it also invests in standardized production workflows, employee development, coffee education and customized wholesale training through its dedicated coffee lab.
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