Summit Coffee has been in the café business since 1998, with our flagship store still in the same 19th century building in Davidson, North Carolina. Basecamp, as we call it, provides the physical roots of Summit’s story. At the heart of our cafés is a design and focus aimed at bringing people together, providing them with remarkable coffee and experiences, and making positive impacts in our communities.

With coffee, Summit’s commitment to relationships begins with an approach to sourcing. Through making trips around the world every few months to find and revisit coffee producers, to working with the same farmers and cooperatives year after year, Summit values relationships above all else in the supply chain. We’re committed to finding the harmony of remarkable coffee, sourced responsibly from great partners, and roasted in small batches at our certified organic facility. From here, we distribute nationwide to our own cafés, partners, and customers.

Statement of support

At Summit Coffee, sustainability is an all encompassing idea spanning everything from relationship building to environmental concerns. As such, we strive to make responsible, creative, and sustainable decisions within every realm of the business. Joining the Sustainable Coffee Challenge will allow us to think deeper, learn from and share with others, and to ultimately help make the coffee value chain as sustainable as possible.