We love coffee.

We love Bellingham.

In 2002, we launched The Black Drop Coffeehouse in downtown Bellingham with little more than a few nickels rubbed together and a whole lot of elbow grease.

Over the years, we learned how much we didn’t know – we became obsessed with community, relationships, coffee, quality, and freshness.  We began by developing a café culture, hiring staff like family, and explored  the most exacting standards of drink preparation – those embraced by the Specialty Coffee Association of America and the United States Barista Championship.  We imbued our staff with these standards and their focus on drink-making quality.

Soon thereafter it became clear that the ultimate way to control coffee quality and freshness was to purchase and roast all our own beans.  In 2006, we launched Maniac Roasting as way to complement the Black Drop’s vision and enhance our commitment to quality.

The Black Drop Coffeehouse has since been passed on to the capable hands of a long-time employee, but the importance of relationships continues to influence the vision of Maniac Roasting, which remains with the original ownership.  We still roast in small batches from our downtown Bellingham location, still label our bags with the roast-date by hand and still deliver our coffees personally.  We prefer to grow relationships organically – we wholesale our coffees and provide the same exacting training to our clients as we implemented at The Black Drop, but we do not aggressively market to retailers.  The right clients find us.

If you’re a retailer who would like to get a sample of our coffees, attend a cupping (coffee tasting) session, or have a tour of our humble roastery, please contact us at 360-738-8348.

Happy sipping,
Alexarc and Teri