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Visit · Alder Bend, Oregon

Come bythe roastery.

The café is the front room of the roastery: a long oak bar, the drum roaster behind the glass, and whatever we roasted that morning in the grinders.

HoursGetting hereThe menu
The Furrowline café: a long timber bar with an espresso machine, brass pendant lights and guests at tables by tall windows.
The front roomSaturday, a little after nine

(01)Hours

Six daysa week,closed Mondays.

Mondays we cup, clean the roaster and plan the week's batches. Every other day the bar opens early and the kitchen stops when the pastries run out.

Café opening hours, Pacific time
DayHoursNotes
MondayClosedClosed for cupping and cleaning
Tuesday7 am – 4 pmRoast day
Wednesday7 am – 4 pm
Thursday7 am – 4 pm
Friday7 am – 4 pmRoast day
Saturday8 am – 4 pmPublic cupping at 10
Sunday9 am – 2 pm

Pacific time. Holiday hours go up on the door and in the roast-day letter a week ahead.

(02)Find us

On the cornerof Mill Race Road.

Ten minutes' walk from the depot, on the north bank of the river. Look for the brick corner with olive trees by the door.

Furrowline Roastery & CaféCorner door, step-free. Directions below.Mill Race Rd & Weir St
Illustrated map of Alder Bend. The roastery is on the corner of Mill Race Road and Weir Street, on the north bank of the Mill Race river, with the Commons park to the west, parking behind the building and the rail depot to the north-east.
The roastery's brick corner storefront at dusk, warm light inside and a bench and olive trees by the door.

The roastery & café

418 Mill Race Road
Alder Bend, OR 97000

Getting here

  • Parking

    Free two-hour parking along Mill Race Road, and a small lot behind the roastery after 10 am on weekdays.

  • Bikes

    Six bike racks under the loading-bay awning, out of the rain. The river path ends a block away.

  • Step-free

    A level entrance on the corner, a wide aisle down the bar and an accessible restroom.

  • Dogs

    Dogs are welcome on the patio, with a water bowl by the door. Inside is for the roaster's sake.

(03)On the bar

What's onthe bar.

A short menu, made well. Oat milk costs nothing extra, and batch-brew refills are a dollar.

Espresso

Pulled on Deep Field, our house blend. Oat milk at no extra charge.

  • Espresso$3.5018 g in, 38 g out
  • Cortado$4.25Equal parts espresso and milk
  • Flat white$4.75Double shot, 6 oz
  • Latte$5.00Double shot, 10 oz
  • Iced Field Day$5.00Our cold brew, 18 hours

Pour-over of the week

$5.50 a cup

Brewed to order on the Contour dripper, 22 g to 360 g. The bar works through the signature four, one coffee a week.

From the bakery

Baked down the road on Weir Street every morning and walked over at 6:30.

  • Cardamom bun$4.50Knotted, with pearl sugar
  • Olive oil & orange cake$4.75A thick slice
  • Seasonal fruit galette$5.50Whatever the orchard sent
  • Rye & brown butter cookie$3.25Salted, still soft
A cupping spoon breaking the crust on a bowl of fresh grounds.

(04)Saturdays at 10 am

Publiccupping.

Every Saturday at 10 we set out eight bowls: this week's roasts, something new from the sample roaster, and one we're arguing about. Free, about thirty minutes, spoons provided. No experience needed, just a nose.

Bowls on the table
8
Minutes, give or take
30
Seats, first come
12
It's free
$0
This week's coffees

Too far for a cortado?

The same coffee ships twice a week.

Whatever is in the grinders on the bar is in the post on Tuesday and Friday, two days from roaster to door.

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