Dillanos Coffee Roasters

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Dillanos Coffee Roasters

Type	Private
Industry	Coffee
Founded	1992 (1992)
Founder	David Morris, Howard Heyer, Chris Heyer
Headquarters	Sumner, Washington
Number of employees	70
Website	www.dillanos.com

Dillanos Coffee Roasters is a family owned specialty coffee roaster located in Sumner, Washington. Established in 1992, the company was named Roast Magazine's 2011 Macro Roaster of the Year,^[1] presented annually to the U.S.'s top roaster with an output of more than 100,000 pounds as decided by the Roast editorial board.

Dillanos roasts a variety of specialty coffee blends and single-origin coffees, including several direct trade coffees marketed under the One Harvest Project label.^[2] The company employs nearly 70 people, and distributes its coffee to more than 1,500 wholesale accounts across the nation.^[1]

History[]

The Dillanos roasting facility in Sumner, Washington.

David Morris opened Dillanos in 1992 with the help of his stepfather, Howard Heyer.^[3] Named after Morris's son Dillon, the business originally consisted of a single espresso cart located in front of Heyer's convenience store in Buckley, Washington. Morris and Heyer opened two additional retail outlets the following year.

Chris Heyer, Howard's son and Morris' half-brother, joined the operation shortly after it opened in 1992.

Dillanos started roasting in late 1992 with the purchase of a 20-pound coffee roaster. The brothers originally intended to roast only for their retail stores and a few wholesale customers, but decided instead to sell the stores in 1996 and pursue wholesale roasting full-time. In 2004, Dillanos moved its roasting operation to Sumner, Washington just to the east of Tacoma.

Today, the company employs nearly 70 people in a 45,000-square-foot (4,200 m²) roasting facility. Dillanos roasts its coffee on three roasters — a 120-kilo Diedrich, a 240-kilo Diedrich, and a 25-kilo Probat — and distributes its coffee to standalone operations, chains/franchises, distributors, e-commerce outlets, and grocery stores.^[1]

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