Bayou Sunrise Blend
Brown sugar, cocoa nib, baked pear
Our flagship since the doors opened. Smooth enough for milk, sweet enough to drink black on the porch.
Roasted on North 6th · Since 2019
Coffee with a
return address.
We're a small roastery and café in downtown Homer, Louisiana. Every bag is roasted to order by Derrick and a crew of three, usually within forty-eight hours of pickup.
Since
2019
Roasted
Twice weekly
Origins
Six partners
Café
Seven days a week
Direct trade✦Roasted to order✦Free pickup in Homer✦Family owned✦Shipped within 48 hours✦Seasonal single origins✦Direct trade✦Roasted to order✦Free pickup in Homer✦Family owned✦Shipped within 48 hours✦Seasonal single origins✦
This season
Three coffees worth your morning.
Yirgacheffe Kochere
Jasmine, bergamot, lemon zest
Washed and bright. We roast it light so the florals carry through a pour-over without losing the sweetness.
Claiborne Espresso
Dark cocoa, molasses, walnut
Built for the lever machine and the home pump alike. Dense crema, a syrupy body, plays well with milk.
Our story
Built from a single five-kilo roaster in a Claiborne Parish garage.
Derrick Ford grew up two blocks from the railroad in Homer, drinking his grandfather's drip coffee out of a pyrex jug. In 2019 he leased the old hardware store on North 6th, hauled a refurbished Probat into the back, and started roasting on Tuesday and Friday mornings before the sun came up.
Six years on, the schedule hasn't changed much. We still roast small, still buy from the same six families in Ethiopia, Colombia, Guatemala and Brazil, and still hand-write the roast date on every bag.
From farm to cup
How a bag of Ford & Oak gets to your table.
01
Sourced
We taste samples from our six origin partners each January and lock in a year of greens by March.
02
Cupped
Every lot is cupped at three roast levels before we commit a single bag to the menu.
03
Roasted
Twice-weekly batches on the Probat. Each roast is logged, profiled, and signed by the roaster on duty.
04
Shipped
Bags ship via USPS Priority within 48 hours of roast — most arrive while they're still off-gassing.
Kind words
"There's a Yirgacheffe in north Louisiana that tastes like the inside of a tea cupboard — bright, floral, and unmistakably theirs. Worth the drive from anywhere."— The Shreveport Quarterly, Spring 2024
Come say hello
507 N 6th Street, Homer.
The café opens at 7 AM Monday through Saturday and 8 AM on Sunday. Pull up a chair, ask about whatever just came off the roaster, and we'll pour you a sample on the house.