Get mad.
Stay blessed.

We're mad about injustice. And about bad coffee. Nearly everything we do follows from those two things.

Mad Priest started in 2015 as a small-batch roastery and social enterprise, built on one stubborn idea: coffee could be genuinely excellent, radically honest, and a force for good in the same cup.

We may be irreverent, but we've never been casual about the work. People and planet sit right alongside profit, and always have. That's not a tagline we bolted on later. It's why we exist.

The Mad Priest Commandments

We Vow To...

I.Fight for the displaced

People and planet, standing next to the bottom line.

II.Pay the farmer right

Origins that need the work, and a price that respects it.

III.Stay curious

Brew guides, origin stories, and a rabbit hole worth falling into.

IV.Roast to order

Never sitting in a warehouse. Yours is roasted after you hit buy.

V.Cup every batch

SCA-certified graders judge every lot. If it's not exceptional, it doesn't ship.

VI.Never serve a bad cup

Replace it, remake it, make it right.

Why
we're
mad

We're righteously indignant about racism, inequality, and the largest refugee crisis in modern history. Being mad about it isn't enough, so we do something with it: we hire people from every background, work alongside community partners on issues of social justice and equity, and put money behind the organizations doing the real, hard work to fight injustice.

We care about people. Community. The working class. The voiceless. We take the coffee dead seriously and ourselves a good deal less so.

"Coffee is just the medium. What we're really after is a better conversation."

Certifications, Awards, & Recognition

SCA Certified Roasters & Green Buyers Greenlight Environment Certified 2025 Rising Star Award, SBDC TN 2023 Roaster of the Year Finalist, Roast Mag 2022 Good Food Award Winner Alliance for Coffee Excellence Member 2019 BRIC Sustainable Business Choice Award 2019 Chamber of Commerce Diversity & Inclusion Award 2018 IBC Small Business of the Year