Witness Coffee Roasters was founded in the summer of 2020 on the belief that “coffee is an invitation to presence”. Its café is in Eureka, on California’s North Coast. Its greeting: “You’re exactly where you’re supposed to be. If you weren’t, you’d be somewhere else.”

Everything is plant-based, with “no animal products, no exceptions”. Witness ties that commitment to care for the planet and for all sentient beings, human and non-human, and to a philosophy that “true liberation is collective”.

The counter serves coffee and food. The online shop sorts its coffee into espresso, single-origin and experimental, and offers subscriptions.