Batdorf & Bronson

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Batdorf & Bronson
Industry Food products
Founded1986 (1986) in Olympia, Washington
HeadquartersWaterfront area,
Area served
Olympia, Washington; Atlanta, Georgia; Washington, D.C. (retail presence)
Worldwide via mail order [1]
ProductsCoffee
BrandsDancing Goats
Website batdorfcoffee.com

Batdorf & Bronson is an Olympia, Washington-based coffee roaster established in 1986. Described by Lonely Planet as "Olympia's most famous coffee", [2] and by Fodor's as "a local roaster that can stand up to the best of Seattle". [3] The roastery operations are next door to the Olympia Farmer's Market in downtown Olympia. [4]

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As a member of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership, the company is operated on 100% renewable energy, [5] the first U.S. coffee roaster to do so. [6] Batdorf was awarded by the State of Washington for excellent environmental practices in 2002, [7] and along with other Northwest entities who created the Western Washington Green Power Campaign, was awarded by the EPA in 2007 for their green energy promotion. [8] Batdorf coffee is also triple-certified (Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance shade-grown, and organic). [9] [10]

In 2015, the company announced it would be expanding retail operations to the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. [11] The company also had a second roasting operation in Atlanta and retail outlet in Decatur, Georgia as of 2004. [12] [13]

In 2022, the company rebranded its retail and wholesale products as Dancing Goats Coffee, retaining the name that was started in Olympia in 1988. [14]

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References

  1. Slatalla 2001.
  2. Bao et al. 2014.
  3. Fodor's Travel Publications 2015, p. 910.
  4. Williams 2015, p. 318.
  5. "Partner Profile – Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters", Green Power Partnership, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2010-11-17, archived from the original on 2015-10-16, retrieved 2015-09-14
  6. BATDORF & BRONSON COFFEE ROASTERS, Northwest Eco-building guild
  7. Governor's Award for Pollution Prevention and Sustainable Practices: 2002 Winners, Washington Department of Ecology, 2002, archived from the original on 2017-02-27, retrieved 2017-02-26
  8. Green Power Leadership Awards (PDF), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2007
  9. McEachern 2008.
  10. Chickowski 2012.
  11. Sidman 2015.
  12. Alexander 2004.
  13. Travel + Leisure 2015.
  14. Rebecca Sanchez (March 24, 2022). "Two Names No More: Batdorf & Bronson Becomes Dancing Goats Coffee in Company Rebrand". Thurston Talk.
  15. Tuoi Tre 2015.

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