Preface is an NYC-based coffee brand focused on light roast specialty coffee with clarity, balance, and character.

We source and roast thoughtfully for everyday ritual. Every order includes a free book—because every cup should begin with a good story.

Preface Coffee is a micro-roastery for those who seek out life’s tiny pleasures: handwritten notes in secondhand books, the smell of the air as it sighs before a thunderstorm.

We believe that one of the sweetest of these pleasures is, simply, a good cup of coffee.

At Preface, we publish noteworthy coffee that we enjoy drinking. The farmers we source from are the authors of these coffees; our job, through roasting in small batches, is to bring their work to life.