Freshly Roasted, Carefully Crafted, Small Batch Coffee

Founded by husband & wife team, Thomas & Margaret Hess, Fortress Coffee seeks to provide only the freshest roasted whole bean coffee, which is carefully crafted and roasted in small batches to guarantee freshness. They have since handed the baton off to brother-in-law Duncan Bone to keep the beans flowing!

We have an obsession with specialty coffee & providing good coffee to regular people. We ensure that each batch of coffee is roasted to order for maximum freshness & superior taste. We're all about taking a simple, responsible, & caring approach to coffee.

We offer various origins and blends of coffee to fit your tastes. All of the coffee we sell is small batch, handcrafted, and roasted to order. Listed on each bag is the specific roast date allowing you know exactly when your coffee was roasted.

Our brick and mortar is located inside Lean Rocket Lab in downtown Jackson, Michigan where the cafe will offer breakfast and lunch options including grab-and-go health foods - like protein shakes, smoothies, breakfast bowls, granola bites. The cafe exclusively serves Fortress Coffee and will sell whole bean coffee by the pound.

Be sure to follow Fortress Cafe & @fortresscafejxn on Facebook and Instagram for exclusive cafe updates. This site will remain a resource for individuals & businesses looking to purchase or serve Fortress Coffee. Email us at info@fortresscafe.com for wholesale pricing or private labeling for your coffeeshop, business, or event (or visit our private label page for more information).

Fortress Coffee: www.fortress-coffee.com | @fortresscoffeeco

Fortress Cafe: www.fortresscafe.com | info@fortresscafe.com | @fortresscafejxn

Cafe Location: 133 W Michigan Ave Jackson, MI 49201 (located inside Lean Rocket Lab, open to the public -- old Swan Creek Candle building)

From the founder, Thomas Hess

As a kid I used to tell people, “When I grow up I want to be a chef”. I liked cooking - the idea of taking items that were not tasteful by themselves then crafting them into something collectively tasteful was very fulfilling for me. To be honest, I liked to eat… a lot. However, as I grew older I started to lean more towards a career path involving chemistry. Like cooking, the idea of making changes to something to create the desired outcome seemed like a fun and challenging game to me. As I visited various companies who hired chemists and chemical engineers, I realized the business and operation side behind chemistry is really where I wanted to be. Roasting coffee is a perfect blend of all three. Fortress Coffee allows me to create edible chemistry and I am loving every second of this trifecta.