The Coffee Bar and Roastery at Higher Grounds Trading Co.
In Traverse City or passing through?
Come visit us and have a traditionally prepared espresso drink or brewed-to-order single-origin coffee while you watch us roast to order all of our coffee!
Featuring fresh-roasted bulk and packaged coffee, artwork from Beatriz Aurora, hand-carved spoons from the community of San Lucas Toliman in Guatemala and much more!
Visitors can see Higher Grounds busy at work in the roastery roasting up some of the finest fair trade and organic coffees in the world.
Public cuppings every friday at 2 pm. Learn more about our public cuppings:
Roastery Brews up Coffee Cupping in Traverse City
Summer Hours:
Monday - Friday: 9 am - 6 pm
Saturday: 9 am - 5 pm
Many images on this site are courtesy of photojournalist Gary L. Howe.