Fresh latte art in a cream ceramic cup on a dark wood bar, steam rising in warm light

Small-batch roastery · Asheville, NC

Roasted here.Poured slowly.

A neighborhood coffee house built around one Thursday ritual: we roast, we cup, and we pour the week's best into your morning. No rush. No pretense. Just the good stuff, warm.

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Small-Batch BeansRoasted on site every Thursday, cupped before they pour.

Careful BaristasEvery shot tasted at the counter before it leaves it.

A Room to LingerLamplight, plants, and no one hovering for your table.

Our favorites

Featured at the counter

Bestseller Latte with rosetta art in a cream cup on dark wood, steam rising

Honey Ember Latte

$5.75

Double shot of our Copper roast, local wildflower honey, a whisper of torched cream.

The one people cross town for

New

Iced latte on a marble counter with cream swirling through cold coffee

Golden Hour Cold Brew

$5.25

Dark Hearth roast steeped 18 hours, cut with filtered water over clear ice. Silky, no bite.

Best after 2 pm, honestly

Roaster's Pick Gooseneck kettle pouring water into a ceramic dripper at the brew bar

Single-Origin Pour-Over

$5.50

One origin on the brew bar each week, ground to order and poured by hand. Ask what's on.

Rotates every Monday

Seasonal Pair Butter croissant beside a cappuccino on a dark wood table in warm light

Espresso & Morning Bun

$7.50

A straight shot of the week's espresso beside a warm cardamom bun. Our favorite argument for sitting down.

Until the buns run out

Prices and figures illustrative. Fictional demo.

Cozy corner of the cafe with a leather armchair, trailing plants, and a warm brass lamp

More than a coffee stop

Built for the long sit

We took over a former upholstery workshop on Kilnhouse Avenue in 2019 and kept everything worth keeping: the brick, the beams, the light. Then we filled it with the smell of Thursday's roast.

Premium beans, honestly sourced

Three origins we return to season after season, bought from named farms and co-ops.

Expert hands at the bar

Our baristas dial in twice a day and taste as they go. If a shot is off, you never see it.

Cozy on purpose

Lamplight over overhead glare, chairs you sink into, and music kept under the conversation.

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The roastery

Thursday is roast day

One drum, three house roasts, and a standing rule: nothing goes in the hopper until it beats last week's batch at the cupping table. Come watch through the glass, or book a Saturday tasting.

3House roast profiles

12 kgBatch size, roasted weekly

3Origins in rotation

Prices and figures illustrative. Fictional demo.

Inside the roastery

Roaster drum door open with freshly roasted beans tumbling into the cooling tray in warm amber light

What the regulars say

Postcards from the counter

“I've had coffee in eleven countries and I still plan my Saturday around the cupping bar here. Nobody performs at you. They just pour and let the cup argue.”

“The honey latte is the reason my dog knows the word 'Ember.' The room is the reason I stay two hours longer than I mean to.”

“I write at the window seat most mornings. They remember my order, they never rush the pour, and the second batch-brew cup before nine is civilization.”

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Moments & mornings

Life at Ember

Latte art rosetta in a cream cup with steam rising — First rosetta of the morning, 7:04 am

Roaster drum with freshly roasted beans tumbling into the cooling tray — Thursday roast day, batch four cooling

Gooseneck kettle pouring into a ceramic dripper over a glass carafe — The brew bar mid-pour

Croissant and cappuccino still life in warm window light — Morning bun, meet cappuccino

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Hours & location

The kettle is probably on

Monday to Friday7:00 am - 6:00 pm

Saturday8:00 am - 6:00 pm

Sunday8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Saturday cuppings10:00 am, at the brew bar

24 Kilnhouse Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina 28801 (fictional address)
(555) 047-2500
hello@emberroast.coffee

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