about us
OQ Coffee Co. is a specialty coffee roasting company and shop located on 13 South 3rd Avenue, Highland Park, New Jersey. It focuses on unique and delicious, single origin coffees, sourced directly, craft roasted, and brewed to perfection. We look for sustainability at origin and promote at home in Highland Park, New Jersey.
Our passion for coffee grew out of two realizations:
- Great coffee is delicious; and
- We love coffee’s potential to create community.
As such, we’re not just a business roasting coffee; we are also a “social enterprise” with a passion to transform our New Jersey and communities around the world through the following:
- Sourcing the highest quality, sustainably produced coffees through fair and direct relationships with coffee farmers around the world;
- Roasting each coffee individually, with care and attention, looking for a beans own “sweet spot” that highlights the characteristics unique to where it was grown;
- Selling locally and educating our neighbors on high quality coffee and sustainability;
- Offering Community Dividends Grants to support social justice projects in Highland Park, NJ; and
- Building and operating a full-service cafe that acts as a hub for the community to share ideas, resources, and a passion to transform our neighborhoods.
