Airborne Roasting - Union City

The owner of Airborne is really nice and very passionate about his coffee. If you like dark roasted coffee and brew drip style or pour over then you may like this coffee.I really wanted to like this place but unfortunately I cannot recommend this coffee for any espresso based coffee drinkers who prefer to taste the subtle flavors of their coffee. I found that even their medium roast is oily and over roasted to a dark roast and you don't get subtle flavors. The coffee roasting isn't the same at all as what you get from some of the other local roasters.

This is for the Morning Buzz blend whole beans only. I ran across the Airborne Roasting stand at the Hayward farmers market, and asked about light roast beans. I was told they only have medium and dark, but the medium tastes pretty light. I asked if the beans were washed or natural, and she couldn't tell me, and wasn't even sure what that was. I should have taken that as a warning that these beans were not the same level as Devout Coffee roasters beans, which is what I usually get. However, since Airborne was cheaper than the beans I usually get from Devout Coffee, I went ahead and bought a pound of Morning Buzz. This morning, I brewed a comparison between the Airborne Roasting Morning Buzz, and my last remaining light roast beans from Devout Coffee, which at that point was several months old, whereas the Airborne beans where freshly roasted. Well, even so, the Devout light roast beans were far superior in taste than the Airborne beans. The Airborne tasted too burnt, and lacked those subtle flavors that make coffee so enjoyable. It was just a one-note band with loud speakers. My recommendation is, if you like a light roast, and sophisticated flavors in your coffee, get something else. I understand a lot of people do enjoy the burnt flavor (Starbucks, anyone? , but I wish they wouldn't have told me the medium roast tasted like a light roast: it doesn't. Note: in the end, with lots of sugar, lots of milk, and some heavy whipping cream, I was able to have a nice cup of coffee-flavored sweetness.

Heard some great stuff about this place from a friend and decided to give them a try. Called them up and spoke to Rowland, he was very informative and helpful with the ordering process. I grabbed their dark roast( Jet Fuel), it is amazing in both a French press or espresso setting. Definitely will be back for more.

Nice name, I like the name it's creative. I like the names of the bags if coffee. Out in the community at farmers markets is always great. Web page is basic and it is attractive.

This is a small roastery that is amazing. I thought I messed up my order for some coffee beans for my Mom, so I e-mailed them to call me. Not only did I get the requested call back within 20 minutes, the owner offered me a deal on some samples. He's so personable!