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Owner + Head Roaster
Kristi
Kristi discovered specialty coffee while working as a barista during college and never quite shook the obsession. What started as curiosity about extraction and flavor turned into a passion for roasting, sourcing, and building something meaningful in West Virginia.
Today, she oversees green buying, roast profiling, quality control, and wholesale relationships. When she’s not at the roaster, you can probably find her climbing, strength training, or making ceramic mugs in her studio — often with a cup of Cherry River in hand.
Her favorite coffees tend to be naturally sweet Colombians (she’ll happily drink them as both espresso and pour over).
Production Roaster
Lukas
Lukas is the steady hands behind many of the coffees that make it into your cup. As our production roaster, he helps execute roast days with precision and consistency — dialing in batches, managing workflow, and making sure every bag meets our standards before it leaves the roastery.
By day, Lukas works as a contractor, bringing the same craftsmanship and attention to detail to building projects that he brings to the roaster. He understands materials, timing, and process — which makes him uniquely suited to the rhythm of roasting coffee.
Outside of work, you’ll likely find him climbing at the gym or out on the sandstone of the New River Gorge. Coffee fuels early starts, long days, and post-session hangs — and he believes a good cup should be as dependable as it is delicious.
His current favorite coffee is our Honduras Santa Lucia — balanced, sweet, and steady. It’s the kind of coffee he reaches for daily: approachable, reliable, and quietly complex.
If you’ve ever enjoyed a bag of Cherry River Coffee, there’s a good chance Lukas helped bring it to life.
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