Paul’s Coffee & Tea

What Paul’s Coffee & Tea does

Paul's Coffee & Tea is a locally owned and operated micro-roastery operating two full-service coffee shops in the Colorado front range — the original location at 956 West Cherry, Louisville, and a second location at 1 Superior Drive inside the Blue Sports Stable in Superior, founded around 2010 by an individual owner-operator. The company roasts coffee in small batches in-house, sourcing from "the world's finest origins" and emphasizing the cultivation of complex flavors and aromas through individual batch roasting. Its product portfolio includes freshly roasted whole coffee beans, a full espresso and coffee drink menu, food items, and seasonal teas, served in-store with indoor and patio seating, accompanied by curbside pickup and direct shipping options for bean orders placed via email.

The business serves two customer segments: individual consumers (local residents and visitors seeking freshly roasted coffee, prepared drinks, and a third-place coffeehouse environment) and wholesale business accounts (restaurants, cafes, and offices sourcing micro-roasted blends and seasonal coffees). It generates revenue through in-store retail sales, retail bean sales (in-store, curbside, and shipped), wholesale supply, and a Square-powered digital gift card program. There is no published pricing, no online e-commerce storefront beyond the gift card link, and no headline digital marketing outside an active Instagram presence; no partnership, funding, or M&A activity is disclosed, and the company is privately held with no public ticker.

Operationally, the company is small, with 9 total employees and a lean footprint limited to two adjacent Colorado towns. Its primary marketing channel is community engagement and organic Instagram, and its brand equity is anchored by a recurring "Best East County Coffeehouse" recognition from Yellow Scene Magazine. Technology is minimal and functional: a static-ish website, Square for gift card fulfillment, and email-based bean ordering, with no disclosed AI/ML, data, or platform capabilities.

Name

Paul’s Coffee & Tea

Legal name

Paul's Coffee & Tea

Website

https://paulscoffeeandtea.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Paul's Coffee & Tea is a locally owned Colorado micro-roastery operating two full-service coffee shops in Louisville and Superior, serving walk-in customers with freshly roasted coffee, drinks, food, and seasonal teas, plus wholesale supply to other businesses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Coffee Retail

NAICS

Coffee and Tea Manufacturing (31192)

SIC

Beverages (2080)

akta.pro primary industry

Coffee Roasters with Cafe (Roastery Cafes) (THAFADAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Coffee (Roasted, Ground, Whole Bean) (CRADAHAG), Specialty Coffee & Tea (Single-Origin, Micro-lot, Premium) Processing (AFAFADAJ)

Keywords

• Specialty coffee roasting
• Coffee shop operations
• Micro-roastery services
• Wholesale coffee supply
• Fresh roasted beans

Headquarters

HQ city

Louisville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Retail Coffee Shop Sales: In-store sales of freshly roasted coffee, espresso drinks, and food items at two Colorado locations. Customers can dine in or enjoy outdoor patios.
2. Coffee Bean Sales (Retail): Sale of freshly roasted whole coffee beans for home brewing, available for in-store purchase, curbside pickup, or shipped directly to customers.
3. Wholesale Coffee Supply: Supply of micro-roasted blends and seasonal coffees to businesses, ranging from small cafes to larger operations.
4. Gift Cards: Square-powered digital gift card system for gifting to friends and family.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Paul's Coffee & Tea is a locally owned and operated micro-roastery operating two full-service coffee shops in Colorado (Louisville and Superior). The company roasts small batches of coffee beans from the world's finest origins and sells freshly roasted coffee beans, espresso-based drinks, seasonal teas, and food items at its retail locations, while also supplying micro-roasted blends and seasonal coffees to other businesses through wholesale accounts.

Product overview

Paul's Coffee & Tea is a locally owned and operated micro-roastery with two full-service coffee shops in Colorado. The company offers a unified offering centered on freshly roasted coffee beans, prepared coffee drinks, seasonal teas, and food items at their retail locations. Their wholesale program extends these same micro-roasted blends and seasonal coffees to other businesses, creating a cohesive product portfolio from roasting to cup to commercial supply.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fresh Roasted Coffee Beans
• Coffee Drinks
• Food Items
• Seasonal Teas
• Wholesale Coffee Supply
• Gift Cards

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Amante Coffee: Boulder-based independent coffee roaster with cafe locations. Comparable as a Colorado micro-roastery-cafe hybrid serving a similar local customer base of specialty coffee drinkers.
• Ozo Coffee Roasters: Boulder, Colorado-based micro-roastery with multiple cafe locations. Closest comparable to Paul's Coffee & Tea in geography, scale, and combined roastery + cafe model serving the Colorado front range.
• Logan House Coffee Company: Longmont, Colorado coffee roaster and cafe. Geographic and operational peer with similar small-batch roasting and cafe retail approach on the Colorado front range.
• Boxcar Coffee Roasters: Colorado-based micro-roastery operating cafes and a wholesale program. Mirrors Paul's combination of small-batch roasting, cafe retail, and B2B coffee supply in the same regional market.
• Corvus Coffee Roasters: Denver-based micro-roastery operating cafes and selling wholesale and retail beans. Highly comparable vertically-integrated roastery-cafe model in the Colorado front range.

Broad incumbents

• Counter Culture Coffee: Durham, NC specialty coffee roaster with strong wholesale and training programs. Comparable specialty coffee roaster serving wholesale accounts and consumer retail, at larger scale than Paul's.
• Peet's Coffee: Established specialty coffee roaster and cafe operator with a broad national footprint. Comparable in coffee roasting and cafe operations but at vastly larger scale and brand recognition.
• Stumptown Coffee Roasters: Portland-originated specialty coffee roaster with a national cafe and wholesale footprint. Comparable specialty micro-roastery positioning and product mix, but operating at materially larger scale than Paul's.
• Blue Bottle Coffee: Oakland-based specialty coffee roaster with cafes and D2C bean sales. Closely comparable in product/market (specialty roasted beans, D2C shipping, cafe experience) but operates at substantially larger scale.
• Starbucks Reserve: Premium specialty coffee retail format from the largest US coffee chain. Competes for the same premium/specialty coffee consumer in Colorado with substantially greater capital and marketing resources.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/p/CNFuFYhlykF
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/paul%E2%80%99s-coffee-&-tea

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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