Rising Tide Coffee: Engineering the perfect cup

By: Mallory Kruml, Port Townsend Leader

Outlets: Port Townsend Leader

Published: January 21, 2026

Words: 881

Last Updated: 6 days, 15 hours ago

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Inside his garage, Chris Hartley watches a wire-mesh drum rotate, turning green coffee beans around and around in a roaster the size of a toaster oven.

The air carries the smoky scent of a fresh roast as the beans darken, inching closer and closer to perfection.

Using the small-scale setup, Hartley, owner of Port Townsend’s Riding Tide Coffee Roasters, focuses on precision rather than volume, producing curated, small batch beans for his coffee club members …

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