Nate’s Coffee

Nate’s Coffee is a Lexington roastery connecting bags for home brewing, coffee served around the city, and supply to other businesses. Lexington-born Nathan Polly is the owner and head roaster. The team also includes Trish Murphy, who began as the first intern and became the first employee, within a growth story connected with the craft of coffee.

The roastery organizes its offerings into light-to-medium and medium-to-dark profiles. Yo! Wake Up combines coffees from Mexico and Guatemala, while Murph brings together El Salvador and Colombia. Colombia Tolima and a Guatemala offering extend the origins. The brand describes nutty, chocolate, and fruit notes in different coffees as a way to guide the choice of a bag.

Darker options include Nate’s Espresso Blend, a four-coffee blend developed for espresso drinks, and After Midnight, combining Guatemala and Mexico. Sumatra Mandheling supplies another origin, and Decaf Sumatra uses water-process decaffeination. Midnight Gold develops the cold-brew side of the offering. Each name identifies a blend or origin without reducing the selection to a single category of strong or mild coffee.

Blue & White Charity Blend includes a community element. The company states that at least one dollar from each pound sold goes to a different charity every month. The blend selection sits alongside information about roast levels and brewing. Its roasters, presented as Big Blue and Ol’ Yellar in the team’s history, give a concrete dimension to the production work behind the bags.

Online sales allow one-time purchases or recurring and gift subscriptions. The catalog includes freshly roasted coffee, accessories, gift certificates, and Starship Tea Co. teas. Wholesale service supplies restaurants, offices, and other sales locations, with coffee solutions aimed at employees and customers. The National Avenue roastery is the production and contact reference for orders and supply.

The network serving Nate’s includes cafés, restaurants, and retailers in Lexington and the surrounding area. Southland Bagel, Good Foods Co-op, and Kentucky Castle are among the places the company identifies for finding its products or drinks, with different sales formats. That presence connects the roastery with everyday life in the region: buying a bag, receiving it by subscription, or finding a cup at another business using its coffees.