Roasted to order in Livonia, Michigan  |  Ships within 48 hours
First Light Roasters

Our story is a coffee story.

Two families, one ritual, carried across the Gulf of Aden to a roastery in Livonia, Michigan.

Where coffee began

Coffee was born in East Africa. So were we.

Sam grew up in 1980s Mogadishu, where his grandmother roasted wild coffee from the Cal Madow mountains of Sanaag. Amal's grandfather left Yemen young and spent his life farming coffee in the highlands of Ethiopia.

Same plant, same slow morning ritual, two shores of the same sea. East African coffee is not a line on our menu. It is who we are.

Met over coffee

One cup brought us to the same table.

When Sam and Amal met, they recognized something familiar in each other: the smell of green beans turning in a pan, the patience of a slow roast, the quiet way a cup gathers people. Their love story and First Light Roasters are the same story.

Roasted for clarity

Every bag leads with the place it came from.

We roast premium East African single origins and signature blends to order in Livonia, then ship within 48 hours. Kenya is our Queen of Coffee. Ethiopia is the Asl, the origin. Other origins earn their place, but East Africa is always the story.

Their love story is a coffee story.Sam and Amal · First Light Roasters
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East African at the core

Every coffee leads with its origin. The highlands of Kenya and Ethiopia are where we start and where we return.

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Roasted to order

Small batches roasted the day they ship, then out the door within 48 hours. You taste the difference freshness makes.

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Rooted in Livonia

A Michigan roastery built by hand, with a cafe opening late summer at 37055 Industrial Rd.

Roasted for clarity. Crafted at First Light.
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