Kenya$24
Kirinyaga AA
1,850 metres
- Blackcurrant
- Cane sugar
- Grapefruit
Washed
Roastery and cafe, Riverside, Jacksonville
Coffee worth
slowing down for
We buy small lots from farms we have visited, roast them on a fifteen kilo drum two mornings a week, and pour what we roast at the counter out front. Nothing sits long enough to go quiet.
Roasted in small batches ✳Shipped within a day of the roast ✳Farm direct since 2016 ✳Ground to order at the counter ✳Cupped every Thursday ✳Roasted in small batches ✳Shipped within a day of the roast ✳Farm direct since 2016 ✳Ground to order at the counter ✳Cupped every Thursday ✳
On the shelf
Four coffees,
roasted this week
Every bag carries the roast date on the back. If it is older than three weeks it comes off the shelf and goes to the cold brew tank, because good coffee has a window and we would rather you caught it.
Ethiopia$22
Guji Highlands
2,100 metres
- Strawberry
- Jasmine
- Stone fruit
Natural
Colombia$20
Finca La Serena
1,700 metres
- Red apple
- Toffee
- Cocoa nib
Honey
Blend$18
Meridian House
Roasted daily
- Milk chocolate
- Almond
- Baked pear
Washed and natural
How we buy
We know the farm
and we pay for it
Meridian started on a folding table at the Riverside market with one sample roaster and a lot of opinions. Ten years on we still buy the same way: one lot at a time, from producers we have sat down with, at a price that keeps them planting next season.
The roast profile for every lot is cupped on Thursday by whoever is working, including the person who started last week. If a coffee does not earn its place, it does not get one.
0Producer partners
0Kilo drum roaster
0Across 300 reviews
Brew guides
Make it well
at your own counter
Three recipes we actually use. Weigh the coffee, weigh the water, and taste before you change anything. Everything else is preference.
Ratio1 to 16
Water203F
Recipe22g to 355g
Total3:00
- 0:00
Rinse the filter, add 22g of coffee ground medium fine, level the bed.
- 0:30
Bloom with 60g of water. Swirl once. Let it breathe.
- 1:15
Pour to 200g in slow concentric circles, keeping the bed flat.
- 2:00
Pour to 355g. The bed should drain by three minutes.
Subscription
Fresh coffee,
on your schedule
Pick the size, pick how often, and we roast the morning it ships. Skip a delivery, change the coffee, or stop it entirely from one link in every email. No lock in, because coffee should not need one.
- ✳Roasted the day it leaves us
- ✳Ten percent off every bag
- ✳First pour free at the cafe
- ✳Change or pause any time
Build your box
Meridian House, or swap it any time
Per delivery$19.00
Shipping is on us. Cancel from any email, no questions asked.
The cafe
Come sit
by the roaster
Twenty two seats, one long oak counter, and a roaster running two mornings a week. Pastry comes from the bakery three doors down and sells out by eleven.
Monday to Friday7am until 5pm
Saturday8am until 5pm
Sunday8am until 2pm
Roasting daysTuesday and Friday
2210 Post Street
Riverside, Jacksonville, Florida
Street parking out front. Bike rack at the door.