who we are

our mission

Our passion is to discover the finest and most exciting coffees from around the world each season, roast them to perfection and deliver them fresh to our customers. We believe a truly great coffee should be roasted to highlight its inherent quality without imparting overwhelming roast. This is why you will notice such a difference in Barrington Coffee.

The unifying thread that ties our coffees together is the exceptional quality they offer in the cup. They hail from the finest coffee farms in the world and come to exist, first and foremost by virtue of the great effort and care that has been devoted to their production. We applaud the individuals that grow our coffees by paying dearly for the fruits of their labor and by making their farms known through publication on our website at www.barringtoncoffee.com. We believe that directly supporting quality driven producers is the ideal manner in which to promote sound, responsible growing practices, economic sustainability, and ultimately the best quality coffee.

our history

Barrington Coffee Roasting Company: fanatical about great coffee. Success in business can be attributed to many factors: hard work, persistent effort, good luck, personal connections, and a firm handshake. But none of these has the kind of guarantee that devotion to one's craft provides. Devotion, total commitment, fanaticism: these are good words to describe the power-coffee duo of Gregg Charbonneau and Barth Anderson of Barrington Coffee Roasting Company.

The devotion at Barrington coffee is hands-on. Decidedly not a giant corporate empire, on any given day Gregg and Barth can be seen unloading bags of green coffee, cupping the new crop of Ethiopian beans or roasting for the day's production. A steady stream of coffee-centric conversation with customers and local devotees stopping by to pick up a quick pound of Barrington Gold Espresso Blend are all part of the daily culture at the Roastery.

Gregg and Barth founded Barrington Coffee Roasting Company in 1993. Having met in college, they quickly discovered their common love of everything coffee. Barth, an environmental scientist by education, was drawn to coffee at the age of 14 as a barista and he clearly hasn't shaken it since. Gregg started roasting coffee during his college years for a local coffeehouse and continued while building a career in art restoration. This combination of art and science is the foundation of their success.