

Est. 2017


Tug Hill Artisan Roasters is a direct trade specialty roaster in Lowville, New York, run by Scott and Vanessa Gilbert. They buy from named farms in Honduras, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador and beyond, travel to meet the producers, and ship within four days of the roast date.
Tug Hill started in 2017 in a shed with a three pound roaster, built by Scott Gilbert, his brother and a friend. Inside a year they had earned enough to buy a whole 150 pound bag of green coffee, and in 2018 they landed their first wholesale account at PB&J in Lowville. Scott is head roaster, Vanessa is head baker, and the coffee comes from farms they know by name: Armando at Finca la Moradita, Pablo and Eva at Finca el Jardin, Alex at Finca El Corinto, Diego at Finca la Floresta, Santiago at Finca Palmira, Luisa at Finca San Antonio. Along the way they placed 4th at the SCA Roaster preliminaries in 2022, 5th at The Barista League in Montreal in 2024, and tied 3rd at the PRF roaster competition in San Salvador in 2026. In July 2025 they opened Saint Drogo's Coffee and Bake House in the restored Lewis County Old Jail.

An espresso blend of a Colombian natural, a Colombian washed anaerobic Gesha and a Sidamo natural. Built to be drunk with milk.
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Copan
Natural process
Yellow Colombia from Armando Rodriguez at Finca la Moradita in Copan, grown at 6000 ft on a farm run to permaculture principles.
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Aceh
Wet Hulled process
A dark, french roast from Aceh and one of the few Tug Hill coffees where the beans come out oily. Named for the Black River.
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Finca La Moradita
Washed process
The catimor that surprised them at cupping. Armando's answer: he put the beehive in that part of the farm. Roasted light at 418.
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Natural process
Catuai grown at 5,400 ft by Alex Portilla at Finca El Corinto, processed natural.
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Cauca
EA Decaf process
A Castillo from Finca el Paraiso, EA decaffeinated then fermented anaerobically with cascara reintroduced before a thermal shock.
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Marcala, La Paz
Washed process
The Ihcatu varietal from Alex Portilla at Finca El Corinto in Marcala, washed and grown at 5,400 ft.
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Copan
Washed process
Their take on Italian coffee culture. Parainema from Finca Terrerito in Copan, after Brazilian tariffs made the old base cost prohibitive.
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Narino
Washed Anaerobic process
A washed anaerobic Gesha from Luisa Maria Lopez at Finca San Antonio, high in Narino. Scott and Noah rate it among the best of the year.
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Huehuetenango
Their rendition of a third wave chocolaty espresso from Huehuetenango. Not sour, and it holds up in lattes, cortados and flat whites.
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Mt. Elgon
Anaerobic Natural process
An anaerobic natural from The Coffee Yards, a mill built by agronomist Norman Makuru serving 300 small producers around Mt. Elgon.
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Cajamarca
For people who love coffee but do not care about caffeine. From Cajamarca, and named after the Glenfield Western Rail Road.
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7514 S State St, Lowville, NY 13367, USA
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