Dessert Oasis Coffee Roasters

Dessert Oasis Coffee Roasters (DOCR) opened in Rochester, Michigan, around 2009, started by Nathan Hamood as a teenager on a $600 roaster his father funded. Hamood is still owner, president and director of coffee, and the company now runs four cafes in Rochester, Royal Oak, Ferndale and Detroit, with a 9,000-square-foot roastery, bakery and training center in Ferndale. It roasts about 68,000 pounds a year, holds weekly production cuppings and profiles its roasts with Probat software. Roast magazine named DOCR its 2027 Micro Roaster of the Year in October 2026. For home brewers, the menu runs from a dedicated espresso offering to experimental Colombian ferments, so one roaster covers both everyday shots and adventurous pour-over.