The Story of Valiant

The core of this company will always be tied to the wonderful people involved in its development. We are navigating our way through this wide world of specialty coffee. We are committed to curiosity, integrity, and honesty. And while we love coffee and the science behind it, we value relationships even more.

The relationships built within our team and with you, our customers. We are excited to share some stellar coffee with you and hope you enjoy your experience.

We Almost Bought a Truck

When we first explored our business idea, we thought mobile espresso. At the time, there weren't very many on the road. We almost bought this truck.

Instead we bought a roaster!

The very day we were looking at a truck, we found a roaster for sale. After weighing our options, we decided for the roaster, and boy are we glad we did!

Valiant Coffee

After exploring a number of names, we were stoked on Valiant. This name came from a story we read, and it resonated with us deeply. You can read more about how we found the name and what it means to us here.

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We love Coffee

Roasting, brewing, learning and pretty much all things coffee. We were overjoyed to share our learning process as we grew! We'd often invite friends out the garage to see our work and learn what was going on in the roaster.

We Moved to a Bigger Space

After a couple years, we started to grow and could finally afford to move into a bigger space. Things really started to change.

We Moved to a Bigger Space

After a couple years, we started to grow and could finally afford to move into a bigger space. Things really started to change.

We Moved to a Bigger Space

After a couple years, we started to grow and could finally afford to move into a bigger space. Things really started to change.

We Moved to a Bigger Space

After a couple years, we started to grow and could finally afford to move into a bigger space. Things really started to change.

Public Events

Up until this point, not much of what we did was in the public eye. We mostly fulfilled wholesale orders, and mostly shipped to our retail customers. But being in public, running coffee cart events reminded us of what we really valued. Human connection.

Human Connection

Being in the open, serving people, getting to see their smiles as they enjoyed a wonderful drink, that changed us. We remembered what we really loved, relationship and connection. As much as we loved the technical aspect of coffee roasting, connecting with humans brought even more joy to our little business.

Serving you Face to Face

Provided us a much needed boost. We were starting to lose sight of what mattered, and where we should be headed. Running the few events we did in 2019 were huge in motivating us for what was to come.

By 2021 Erik became

A Q-Arabica Grader

In November of 2020, Erik became Q-Arabica Certified, making us the only Roasters with a Q-Grader on staff in Placer County. Not a small feat. Erik also brought back some much needed reform for our Quality Control systems, and a wealth of new knowledge and fired up passion about coffee!

We landed ourselves

A New Roaster

After 6 years of pumping out coffee on our 5lb Diedrich, we found a smokin deal on a 30lb roaster. This one was slightly used, automated, and worth every cent. We scaled up our production and...

We also were able to

Grow Our Team

When we hired Jacquie in 2021, we knew she was gem, but we didn't know how, yet. She brought all of her academic skill and organization to the table and helped us get in gear! We also brought back our coffee legend, JD! He'd been in coffee for years, and stepped in to help roast, manage and deliver. Our little team of two grew and grew.

And the Loomis Mehl Building

Started Restoration

Now, it is ready for us to begin our TI process, and we're looking for some help. If you'd love to be a part of helping some dreamers bring something to life

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So after all that...

What's Next?

Well, that is where the Builder Project comes in. You should check it out here. We're nearly ready to submit our plans and we sincerely hope you'll join us by supporting our build.

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