A pair of Minneapolis-based coffee businesses are expected to add to the aroma of FairWave Collective, said Dan Trott, emphasizing the company’s mission to elevate quality coffee experiences through specialty brands.
Folly Coffee Roasters and Philtera Cold Brewed Coffees are the latest Minnesota additions to the Kansas City-based collective’s roast, joining Up Coffee Roasters, which FairWave acquired in August 2022. Fellow Minneapolis-made brand Spyhouse Coffee Roasters entered the collective in 2021.
Isaac Hodges and Dan Trott, FairWave Coffee Collective; photo by Tommy Felts, Startland News
“As our presence grows in Minneapolis and into additional new markets, we continue to be driven by the same purpose: to preserve and elevate local specialty coffee brands through best practices, innovation and authentic coffee experiences,” said Trott, co-founder of FairWave.
Click here to read more about the origins of FairWave, which began with founding members Messenger Coffee Company and The Roasterie.
“Joining FairWave allows us to continue in our mission to introduce new people to the world of specialty coffee,” said Rob Bathe, owner and founder of Folly Coffee and co-founder of Philtera Cold Brewed Coffees. “By partnering with FairWave, we will have access to incredible green coffee globally, increased capabilities, a shared system of best practices across like-minded local coffee brands, and back-of-house business support. It’s an exciting new chapter that I’m pumped to begin!”
With FairWave, Folly will become a full-service partner to cafes and restaurants, offering allied, paper, and other ancillary products and services to its customers.
Rob Bathe and Jeff Mooney, Folly Coffee, FairWave Collective
Bathe will join the FairWave team as the vice president of sales and business development for FairWave Minnesota. Jeff Mooney, head roaster at Folly, will join the FairWave team as director of coffee for FairWave Minnesota.
The company will continue to operate locally in Minneapolis. Through this acquisition, Folly Coffee Roasters will have access to FairWave’s marketing and technology resources and best practices from other brands in the collective.
“Folly Coffee is a lighthearted local brand that has introduced a new audience to specialty coffee with their small-batch roasts,” said Suzanne Gunning, vice president of marketing for FairWave. “We look forward to partnering with the team at Folly and Philtera to share best practices and grow together.”
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Folly Coffee Roasters launched in January 2018 as an independently owned and operated company focusing on small-batch coffee. Born from a deep love of high-end specialty coffees, Folly offers a variety of award-winning distinct single-origin specialty coffees. Customers can enjoy a cup at the Folly Coffee Shop & Jinx Tea Bar, and other well-known restaurants and cafes. Folly Coffee also can be purchased for home brewing at FollyCoffee.com, Target, and local grocers and co-ops.
Philtera, co-founded by Bathe and Brandon Martin, was founded in September 2018. It offers wholesale cold brew exclusively on tap to cafes and restaurants throughout the Twin Cities. Folly and Philtera have grown substantially in the restaurant segment, becoming the coffee of choice for some of Minneapolis-St. Paul’s favorite eateries.
Check out the Folly Coffee Podcast below.
