5 of Our Favorite North Shore Coffee Roasters

Here’s a fun fact: Coffee beans are actually seeds from a bright red berry. Those small fruits—called coffee cherries—are harvested, and the outer husks washed off, revealing small, light greenish beans. Roasting turns these seeds into coffee beans ready for your cup, unlocking the aromas and flavors people crave. Beans from Atomic Coffee Roasters in Salem “I always love bringing someone into our roastery who has never seen how coffee is roasted,” says Spencer Mahoney, vice president of operations for Atomic Coffee Roasters in Salem. “A roaster itself is a beautiful machine that really toes the line between manufacturing and

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5 of Our Favorite North Shore Coffee Roasters

Read up on a few of the best spots to get coffee north of Boston, all from businesses that roast their own coffee beans.

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