Nossa Familia Coffee

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Nossa Familia Coffee
Founded2004;20 years ago (2004)
Headquarters Portland, Oregon
Area served
United States
Key people
Augusto Carneiro
ProductsCoffee
Website www.nossacoffee.com
Interior of cafe in southeast Portland, Oregon, 2022 Nossa Familia Coffee, Portland, Oregon (2022) - 6.jpg
Interior of cafe in southeast Portland, Oregon, 2022

Nossa Familia Coffee is a coffee company based in Portland, Oregon. [1] [2] The roaster was founded by Augusto Carneiro in 2004 and uses sustainably sourced [3] beans imported from Africa as well as Central and South America. [4]

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Description and history

Cup of coffee Nossa Familia Coffee, Portland, Oregon (2022) - 5.jpg
Cup of coffee

Nossa Familia ("Our Family" in Portuguese) was founded by Augusto Carvalho Dias Carneiro. [5]

In 2017, the business confirmed plans to close the warehouse roasting facility and Espresso Bar in northwest Portland and open four cafes: [6]

In 2019, Nossa Familia became "the first Portland coffee shop to add a 25-cent extra charge to orders served in disposable to-go cups". [7] The company stopped operating for nearly two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic, reopening in January 2022. [8]

Reception

Seiji Nanbu included Nossa Familia in Eater Portland 's 2020 overview of "Portland's go-to hot chocolates". [9] The website's Katrina Yentch included the company in a 2021 list of "14 Distinctive Portland Cafés That Roast Their Own Coffee". [10]

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