Caffe Appassionato

Caffe Appassionato is a specialty coffee roasting company based in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1991, the company has built its identity around a signature coffee roast that it has offered continuously since that year. Its official website describes it as a "Specialty Coffee Roasting Company" and positions it as the Pacific Northwest's premier roasting company for gourmet coffee products. The roastery operates from 4001 21st Ave W in Seattle and sells both directly to consumers through its online shop and to businesses through a wholesale program. The brand's product range centers on roasted coffee, including medium roasts, city roasts, espresso, and blends. Caffe Appassionato emphasizes a warm, clean cup profile with a smooth finish, and it markets its coffees as full-bodied in flavor and exceptionally low in acids. The company describes its products as being produced, packaged, labeled, and served to reflect a superior image and quality, indicating a positioning in the premium or gourmet segment of the coffee market. Caffe Appassionato serves the Pacific Northwest region and ships coffee through its e-commerce site. Its website features a shop, wholesale inquiry channel, and subscription-style notifications for new and limited-time products. The company also maintains a presence in the Seattle coffee scene as a local roaster with a long history, having operated for more than three decades. Ownership and corporate structure are not disclosed in the available evidence, and no parent company or founder is named in the sources reviewed.

Caffe Appassionato was established in 1991 in Seattle, Washington, and has offered its signature coffee roast since that founding year. The company is located in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle, at 4001 21st Ave W. From its early years, it positioned itself as a specialty coffee roasting company serving the Pacific Northwest with gourmet coffee products. The roastery describes its approach as producing benchmark coffee roasts and blends that are produced, packaged, labeled, and served to reflect superior image and quality. Over the decades, Caffe Appassionato has maintained a focus on full-bodied flavor and low acidity, differentiating its coffees in a competitive Seattle coffee market that includes many well-known roasters. By the 2020s, the company operated an e-commerce website offering its coffees directly to consumers, along with a wholesale program for businesses. Its online presence includes a shop, account management, and sign-up for notifications about specials, sales, new products, and events. The website copyright notice indicates ongoing operations through at least 2022. The company remains a privately held, independent roaster with no publicly disclosed parent company or corporate ownership structure in the available sources.

• 2022

  Website copyright notice indicates ongoing operations.

• 1991

  Caffe Appassionato founded in Seattle, offering its signature coffee roast.

Premium specialty coffee roaster emphasizing full-bodied, low-acid gourmet coffee.

• Signature coffee roast

  The company's flagship roast offered since 1991.

• Medium roasts

  Warm, clean medium roasts with a smooth finish.

• City roast

  A city roast for a bright start to the day.

• Espresso

  Espresso offerings as part of the product range.

• Coffee blends

  Benchmark coffee roasts and blends.

1. 1Caffe Appassionato - Coffee, Espresso, Roasterycaffeappassionato.com
2. 2Caffe Appassionato - Pacific Northwest, Coffee, Seattlecaffeappassionato.com