Batdorf & Bronson

Batdorf & Bronson is an Olympia, Washington-based coffee roaster established in 1986. Described by Lonely Planet as "Olympia's most famous coffee",^[2] and by Fodor's as "a local roaster that can stand up to the best of Seattle".^[3] The roastery operations are next door to the Olympia Farmer's Market in downtown Olympia.^[4]

Batdorf & Bronson

Industry	Food products
Founded	1986 (1986) in Olympia, Washington
Headquarters	Waterfront area, Olympia, Washington
Area served	Olympia, Washington; Atlanta, Georgia; Washington, D.C. (retail presence) Worldwide via mail order[1]
Products	Coffee
Brands	Dancing Goats
Website	batdorfcoffee.com

As a member of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership, the company is operated on 100% renewable energy,^[5] the first U.S. coffee roaster to do so.^[6] Batdorf was awarded by the State of Washington for excellent environmental practices in 2002,^[7] and along with other Northwest entities who created the Western Washington Green Power Campaign, was awarded by the EPA in 2007 for their green energy promotion.^[8] Batdorf coffee is also triple-certified (Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance shade-grown, and organic).^[9][10]

In 2015, the company announced it would be expanding retail operations to the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C.^[11] The company also had a second roasting operation in Atlanta and retail outlet in Decatur, Georgia as of 2004.^[12][13]

In 2022, the company rebranded its retail and wholesale products as Dancing Goats Coffee, retaining the name that was started in Olympia in 1988.^[14]

Notable people

• Robert Frith Jr. went from Batdorf to starting a Vietnam coffee import/export company.^[15]