Field bought his first roaster in 1989 on a hope and a prayer....it all worked out thanks to you, our great customers.

The Probat (pron' pro-bought) is a precision industry leader and built in Germany.

Established in 1989, Sisters Coffee has a long and intimate story. At 3,200 ft., near the base of the Cascade Mountain range in Sisters, OR, we roast at a high altitude and in small batches to ensure an excellent cup of coffee. We take pride in the ability to ship and deliver a newly created product to our retail, wholesale, and mail order customers each day.

Owner and roaster: Winfield Durham

“I started out roasting, packaging, and delivering myself,” he says, nostalgically thinking back to when he first opened Sisters Coffee Co. almost two decades ago with an L 5 Probat. “I quickly upgraded an L 12 as demand grew and now we have an L 25.” Twenty-five kilograms, that is, as he talks about roasting capacity.

In the old days, we did everything out of a 600 sq. ft. shop. From roasting to packing to serving espresso, the old shop was a quaint and vintage outpost for coffee. Smoke came out of a small chimney to give Sisters a constant aroma of fresh roasted coffee. “And I didn’t even charge for that,” Winfield says with grin. Often, if it was a dark roast, smoke filled the shop as well.

The current roasting site, built in 2005 virtually overlaps the old shop. It has more space and the smoke is processed through an afterburner. While some aspects of Sisters Coffee have transformed over the years, the roastery, warehouse and shop are still joined in the same building.