JBC Coffee Roasters

JBC Coffee Roasters was founded in Madison, Wisconsin in 1994 as Johnson Brothers Coffee Roasters by Michael Johnson, a licensed Q grader, and is co-owned by Laura Salinger-Johnson. The roastery now roasts only light, buying lots directly from producers and through like-minded importers, with a heavy focus on Colombian, Ethiopian, Kenyan and Central American microlots. Coffee Review has named a JBC coffee its No. 1 coffee of the year three times: Finca La Mula Panama Geisha (97) in 2015, Wilton Benitez Pink Bourbon (98) in 2023 and Flor Blanca Geisha Colombia (98) in 2025. JBC has also won multiple Good Food Awards and has had more than 340 coffees rated 90 points or higher by Coffee Review. Its rotating menu of experimental processes and classic washed coffees gives home brewers a steady supply of competition-level lots at everyday bag prices.