Our Coffee Partners
We partner exclusively with independent Kansas City roasters. Every bag shipped through Local Liquid comes from a locally owned company — people who genuinely care about their craft and pour that passion into every roast.
All the Love Roasting Co.
Coffee should be fun! We’ve brewed up something new from the team that brought you Martin City Brewing Company! What started as a single coffee shop in Lee’s Summit has grown into what is today All the Love Roasting Co. We’re here to bring you great, locally roasted coffee and spread All the Love.
Blip Roasters
Founded in 2014 in Kansas City’s West Bottoms, Blip Roasters started as a wholesale coffee operation with an unlikely but iconic pairing: specialty coffee and motorcycles. What began with curious passersby wandering in for pour-overs grew into a full café — until a 2016 fire forced a rebuild. They saved their roasting equipment, found a new space, and came back stronger with their first official café that same year.
After expanding to a second location at 30th and Troost and earning national recognition from Food & Wine in 2019, the pandemic prompted another pivot. Rather than shrink, Blip went big — closing both cafes to build a 19,000 sq. ft. West Bottoms flagship that now houses their roastery, café, warehouse, conference room, and even a motorcycle shop. Over a decade in, they remain one of KC’s most distinctive and community-rooted coffee brands.
Broadway Roasting Company
In 1998 Broadway Cafe started roasting coffee for ourselves in the back of the Cafe. Within weeks, a friend wanted to use our coffee in his Snack Shop, and Broadway Roasting Co. began delivering coffee all over Kansas City. With the move to the Fire Station in 2008, we were able to attain our organic certification through OCIA. The original red IR12 Diedrich roaster now sits next to our custom built blue IR40 Diedrich roaster. You can get a drink, or buy a bag of fresh roasted coffee from the barista up front.
Crows Coffee
In the summer of 2014, KC native Zach Moores Crows Coffee left his job as a catastrophic insurance adjuster to open Crow’s Coffee’s original South Plaza location near the heart of the UMKC campus. His goal was simple: create a space that served great coffee and felt like a home away from home for anyone who walked through the door.
That neighborhood-first philosophy clearly resonated. Crow’s expanded to Waldo and Red Bridge, quickly becoming an integral part of each community. A bakery, The Baked Crow, operates out of the Waldo space, supplying fresh pastries and breakfast burritos to all three locations — which also serve beer and wine alongside their full coffee and tea menu. Crows Coffee Today they operate all three spots daily, locally owned and deeply rooted in the south KC neighborhoods they call home.
Kinship Cafe
Kinship Cafe was founded by TJ Roberts, a Kansas City native whose coffee journey started as a kid brewing Folger’s for his dad’s church congregation. After nearly a decade in insurance sales, he reignited his passion for coffee by training as a barista at The Roasterie starting in 2019 — and noticed a glaring gap: no Black representation in KC’s specialty coffee scene. In June 2021, he opened Kinship as a bold vision to create something different — a Black-owned business rooted in resilience, located in the historic Strawberry Hill neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas. Kinship Cafe By July 2022, they were roasting their own coffee, sourcing beans with exotic floral notes from BIPOC and women-owned farms. Kinship Cafe
After struggling to secure a long-term lease, Roberts closed the Strawberry Hill location in February 2025 — but far from calling it quits, he pivoted to expansion. The Pitch New locations in Independence and at Kansas City Kansas Community College are in the works KCUR, with the Independence spot featuring a larger footprint, drive-through, event space, and a chef-led food program. Kinship’s mission has always been bigger than coffee — it’s about community, BIPOC representation, and creating opportunities for people who haven’t had them.
Oddly Correct
At Oddly Correct, we’re working to create context for people to discover and appreciate coffee as a unique and wonderful beverage while striving for equity for all who labor to bring coffee from seed to cup. We want to break people out of their rut, engage them with quality coffee, art and service, and help them experience something beautiful in their everyday life. That is, we wish to freak out your morning cup.
Post Coffee Co.
Post Coffee Company is a family-owned business run by Levi and Katie, which started roasting out of a DoorDash garage and serving coffee at local farmers markets in 2014. They officially opened their doors on January 1st, 2015, with a vision of a clean, open space with natural light where anyone could walk in and feel welcomed. Levi’s background includes a Masters in ministry and early experience working for a co-founder of Madcap Coffee, where roasting in the basement of a café first sparked his curiosity about the craft.
Originally rooted in Lee’s Summit, Post has since grown into a multi-location operation. They now have three locations — Midtown Kansas City in the historic Ambassador building, Lee’s Summit, and a spot on West 17th Street in Kansas City. Post Coffee Co The brand leans into community connection, direct relationships with coffee farmers, and a welcoming neighborhood feel — a family business that grew organically from a garage roastery into a genuine KC coffee staple.
Sway Coffee Roasters
Sway Coffee Roasters was born in 2019 out of McLain’s Bakery + Markets, founded by the same team behind the beloved KC bakery chain. Initially, they purchased a small roaster and operated out of a little corner up the street from the Waldo bakery—roasting their own beans to have greater control over the coffee served in their cafés rather than relying on outside wholesalers.
As demand grew, so did the operation. They outgrew the Waldo space, moved to the back of McLain’s Market in Shawnee, then outgrew that too—eventually landing in their own 4,000 sq. ft. roasting and café space in the Rosedale/Westwood neighborhood in early 2022. After renovating and upgrading the roaster, they opened a public-facing café in September 2022. Today Sway operates as its own stand-alone brand, with a small team focused on small-batch roasting, direct trade relationships, and a consistently high-quality, down-to-earth experience.
As demand grew, so did the operation. They outgrew the Waldo space, moved to the back of McLain’s Market in Shawnee, then outgrew that too — eventually landing in their own 4,000 sq. ft. roasting and café space in the Rosedale/Westwood neighborhood in early 2022. After some renovation and a roaster upgrade, they opened a public-facing café in September 2022. McLain’s Today Sway operates as its own stand-alone brand, with a small team of six focused on small-batch roasting, direct trade relationships, and a consistently high-quality, down-to-earth experience. McLain’s
Thou Mayest Coffee Roasters
Thou Mayest means life is a journey. Thank you for joining us on ours and we are honored to be included on yours, too. Within the fast-paced, digital world in which we live, we believe in slowing down to honor unique craft – and we promise our best efforts at excellence and small-batch roasting.
From the farm to your cup…we want to join with you on a beautiful adventure into the world of coffee. There are many aspects of life where we do not have the luxury of choice. However, we do have the ability to choose our attitude surrounding our experiences. “Thou Mayest” is seeing your life as a vast, glowing, empty page, waiting to be written by you.
Uplift Coffee Shop
Uplift Coffee was founded by Kelli Huslig, a former school administrator in Lawrence, KS, who spent nearly two years developing the concept before opening the original North Lawrence location in January 2020. Rooted in her love of people and community, she envisioned a welcoming space where neighbors could unwind and connect — a vision partly inspired by coffee groups she hosted for teachers during her time as a principal.
The business has grown steadily since then. They expanded to Baldwin City in 2024, taking over the former 133 Coffee location, and now operate three locations across Lawrence and Baldwin City along with a coffee and food truck. In 2025, they launched Uplift Roasting, bringing coffee production in-house as a family-run operation. That family element extends to Kelli’s son Trey, who has stepped into an Operations Manager role, helping guide the day-to-day as Uplift continues to grow. It’s a true family business — built on community values and expanding with intention.