BJ’s Coffee Co.

“Let us tell you a bit about BJ’s Coffee Company... Established in 1992, we are the oldest family owned and operated cafe & coffee roasting company in Oregon. We get our namesake from our owner Becky Jo, who was born and raised in Forest Grove. BJ fell in love with the coffee industry when she lived on a coffee farm in Kona, Hawaii. It was there that she gave birth to her son, Nathan, who is our roaster and co-owner. BJ and Nathan moved back home to Forest Grove from Hawaii in the early 90’s, and in 1992 she and Ken Palmer started the roastery and coffee shop, that you now know as “BJ’s Coffee Company”. As a family they traveled to numerous coffee producing countries, experiencing first hand every aspect of coffee farming and production. While Nathan was born and raised working in the coffee industry, he originally went to college in Bend, Oregon to pursue his interest in architecture. But, his passion for coffee couldn’t be denied, and so he pursued coffee roasting with every penny he