
"So, how did you get into the coffee business?”
We get asked this question a lot. You can't work in the newspaper business without drinking a lot of coffee —and believe me, we did. Over time, we began grinding our beans. Then John read an article about roasting beans at home with a hot air popcorn popper. From there, he advanced to a tabletop roaster. He would sit on the front porch on Saturday afternoon and roast our coffee for the week.
That was when friends started asking if they could buy our coffee. It happened often enough that we decided to test the waters. We handed out some samples and asked people to fill out a survey about our coffee and their coffee-buying habits. Armed with the results, we bought a 1-pound roaster on eBay, built a website with a GoDaddy template and started Buona Caffe Artisan Roasted Coffee in our kitchen in January 2010.
Testimonials
In the News
Buona Caffe is a specialty coffee roaster and espresso bar in Augusta
– Local Living
Buona Cafe to honor heroes on National Coffee Day
– WFXG
Buona Caffe to open new Augusta roastery with latte art competition
– Augusta Chronicle
Buona Caffe hosts Augusta’s first latte art throwdown
– WJBF
Buona Caffe hosts first ever latte art throw down
– WFXG
Longtime coming: Downtown Augusta growing with new businesses
– WRDW
Entrepreneurship: Buona Caffe
– The Clubhouse
5th annual Charleston Coffee Cup brings the beans to Memminger on Sun. Oct. 28
– Charleston City Paper
Leonard “Porkchop” Zimmerman to co-judge Augusta’s first Latte Art Throwdown
– WFXG
Buona Caffe Cuts Ribbon on Downtown Location at Cyber Center
– Buzz on Biz
Buona Caffe is Georgia Cyber Center's first tenant
– WFXG
Local Coffee Shop to Open in New Cyber Center
– Buzz on Biz
New coffee blend created as fundraiser for Georgia Cancer Center
– Jagwire
Provided coffee for Turn Back the Block
– Turn Back the Clock
The 10 Best Restaurants And Cafés In Augusta, Georgia
– Culture Trip
Augusta Eats Local at Buona Caffe
– Augusta Locally Grown
America’s 15 Best Indie Coffee Shops
– Fodor's Travel
Augusta, Ga.’s Lone Roastery Buona Caffe Opens First Retail Bar
– Daily Coffee News
Brewing a Business
– Cancer Today
Buona Caffe at Georgia Cyber Center
– Georgia Cyber Center
Sherman & Hemstreet Brokers Local Coffee Roaster Purchase of Downtown Location
– Sherman & Hemstreet
The Magic Beans of Buona Caffe
– Visit Augusta