ABOUT
Quality coffee, roasted fresh in East Dallas.
We are a specialty micro-roaster and neighborhood coffee bar located in East Dallas. We source, roast, and brew single-origin coffees and small-batch blends with a simple conviction: great coffee is an agricultural craft worth honoring at every step, from the farm where it's grown to the cup in your hands.
Our story
Cultivar began in 2009, founded by Jonathan Meadows and Nathan Shelton — two baristas who cut their teeth behind the bar at Dallas mainstays White Rock Coffee and Pearl Cup. They shared a restlessness about what specialty coffee in Dallas could be, and a belief that coffee deserved to be treated as a luxury and a culinary experience rather than a caffeine commodity.
That belief became a roasting company. The first café took shape inside the space formerly known as Stir inside of Good 2 Go Taco, and by 2011 Cultivar was roasting and serving its own espresso to the East Dallas neighborhood.
Today, you'll find our café tucked inside Goodfriend Package Store, near White Rock Lake and Casa Linda. It's a little off the main road and worth the find: house-roasted espresso drinks, manually brewed single origins, locally sourced pastries, delicious breakfast and lunch prepared by Goodfriend Package, and a neighborhood gathering spot that has earned a loyal following one cup at a time.
What we do
We're a roaster first, and everything we do grows out of that. Alongside our café, we supply coffee, tea, and equipment to wholesale partners, ship freshly roasted beans nationwide through our online store and subscriptions and can be found in coffee aisle of many grocery stores in Texas. We also bring Cultivar coffee to weddings, events, and gatherings through our catering and events services.
Sourcing & sustainability
We're deeply committed to both quality and sustainability, and we don't see those as separate goals. Sourcing carefully means paying attention to the people and processes behind every lot — pursuing greater socioeconomic responsibility, transparency, and care across the supply chain.
We seek out exceptional coffees from origins around the world — Peru, Mexico, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Kenya, and beyond — including award-winning lots from the Cup of Excellence, the most rigorous competition in specialty coffee. When a producer pours a year of work into an extraordinary harvest, our job is to honor it.
Our craft: slow coffee
We'll admit it — we nerd out over the details. The variety, the elevation, the processing method, the roast curve, the brew. We obsess over these things out of respect: respect for the farmers who make the coffee possible, and respect for the people who drink what we make.
We call our approach slow coffee. Coffee is more than a morning jolt; it's a work of art and a form of culinary expertise, and it rewards you when you give it a moment's attention. Good coffee doesn't just taste like "coffee," any more than a fine wine just tastes like "wine." Slow down, use your senses, and notice the aromas and flavors a great cup has to offer.
Because in the end, good coffee tells a great story. Yours was grown by a farmer, hand-picked and processed, roasted with care, and brewed for your cup. We think that journey is worth savoring — every single day.
Visit us
Cultivar Coffee Inside Goodfriend Package 1155 Peavy Rd, Dallas, TX 75218 Open daily, 7:00 am – 3:00 pm
Questions, wholesale inquiries, or just want to say hello? Email hello@cultivarcoffee.com or call 214-579-9110. Follow along on Instagram @cultivarcoffee.
