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About Us

 
 

Sip. Gather. Connect. Create.

 

Mission Statement:

Fort Smith Coffee Company is the leading artisan coffee roasting company in the Arkansas River Valley.  In addition to hosting regular events for locals, we enjoy inviting tourists and prospective residents into our renovated historic spaces. We take pride in acting as quirky ambassadors for Fort Smith, highlighting the artistic and cultural progress of our city.  We emphasize the importance of human connection, as well as the full customer sensory experience, with attention to aesthetic, aroma, taste and hospitality.  As a veteran and woman-owned/operated business, with grassroots beginnings at the farmers market, we now employ professional baristas and are expanding into a third storefront.

Vision Statement:

Beyond our cafes, we desire to be a coffee brand that locals can be proud of.  By maintaining the highest standards in coffee sourcing, service and consistency, we will expand our footprint, by meeting people in their workplaces.  We are actively growing our wholesale program, offering catering, mobile barista service, delivery and white label coffee roasting.  We will continually re-invest in our cafes and roasting program, ensuring that we stay at the forefront of the evolving local coffee industry and provide the community with spaces for connection. We aim to be one of the top local employers, by cultivating creativity, offering competitive pay and continued professional training.

Values:

We believe human connection is crucial to wholehearted living.  We believe in authenticity and growth.  We believe in love and kindness.  We believe in quality and creativity. And we believe life happens over a cup of great coffee.

 

 
 
 
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ABOUT THE FOUNDERS

 

Gabe and Kaity Gould are the co-owners and operators of Fort Smith Coffee Co. Gabe is a Fort Smith native and Navy veteran. Kaity was born and raised in San Luis Obispo, CA. Together, they balance the business and the raising of their four children - Jack, Benjamin, Rebekah and Anabelle. Coffee Co. is truly “mom and pop”, so you will often see them in the shop with their team.

 
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About our coffee

 

  • We use only Specialty Grade Arabica coffee beans, which are grown mostly in higher altitudes. The coffee plants are evergreen shrubs, that produce small, dark red 'cherries.'

  • The ripe cherries are either harvested by hand, or collected by a harvesting machine. The cherry then has the pulp removed, leaving the seed or bean, which is then dried. While all green coffee is processed, the method used varies.

  • We buy green coffee beans and roast them to perfection, in our commercial fluid-bed air roaster.  We track each roast on ADR (Advanced Definition Roasting) Technology.  This allows us to develop consistent, medium roast profiles.

  • We package all of our freshly-roasted beans in lined natural kraft stand-up pouches, that have a one-way degassing valve.  These specialty bags allow gases to release from the coffee, without allowing any environmental factors inside.

  • We only serve coffee that we roasted ourselves.

 
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