FALCON COFFEES - NORTH AMERICA
Falcon opened the doors of its North American office in 2017 in the burgeoning coffee city of Austin, Texas. Our office is located in the heart of the vibrant East Austin neighbourhood and is home to our sales, quality, and sustainability teams who focus a dedicated service to our North American roaster client base. Our North American logistics team are also based here and maintain an import network to 12 warehouses across the US as well as Canada.
Our main warehouses for our specialty micro lot spot coffees are the Annex in Oakland, Continental Warehouse in NJ, and Dupuy Warehouse in Houston. Check below to download our North American specialty offer list or to sign up for our bi-weekly specialty newsletter.
Brian is based in Austin TX and is focused on sales to the North American market. Brian’s coffee journey started writing bad poetry at cafes in Berkeley California during high school. This love of coffee and language fused with his first coffee job as a barista at Peet’s Coffee.
He quickly gained a reputation as a very slow barista (before slow was cool) and focused on romancing customers purchasing bags of coffee with long, poetic descriptions. After moving to Seattle Brian worked for Tully’s Coffee where his responsibilities were Master Roaster, Green Coffee buyer, developing quality control procedures for roasting and packaging, blend development and warehouse management. Most recently Brian worked for a large specialty-focused coffee importer for 10 years focusing on sales to north American clients and was responsible for purchases from East Africa for the company. Brian is a Q grader.
Corey started working in coffee while in university studying religious studies and sociology. It started as a way to meet people who weren’t students, but it wasn’t long before she was connecting her philosophical ideas to the coffee world and turning tasting notes into poems. Corey trained baristas and managed events before heading to the west coast to pursue a graduate degree in poetry & continue working in coffee as a barista trainer. She then moved behind the scenes to production, roasting, and working on espresso machines before becoming a production manager.
Before joining the team at Falcon, Corey worked for a specialty coffee roaster for 5 years buying green coffee, overseeing the operations side of the coffee program, and managing production & wholesale, which is also how she became acquainted with Falcon. She is now based in Austin TX and focused on North America specialty sales for Falcon, a job that brings her experience and love for connecting with roasters and producers together.
Nathan’s coffee journey began as a way to hang out with his “cool” older college friends while he was in high school. He found himself working amongst knowledgeable/passionate people, who ushered him into the world of specialty coffee. Determined to learn as much as he could about the industry, he loaded up his Volkswagen van and headed west. Over the course of the next few years Nathan worked for a variety of companies in a variety of roles, soaking up as much about the industry as he could. He obtained his Q-Grader certificate and spent some time in the wine industry in hopes of bringing a fresh perspective to his knowledge of coffee. After learning about terroir and hearing the stories of wine producers, he decided to return to the coffee industry, to pursue coffee importing. He is now based in Austin TX and focused on North American specialty sales.
Kevin is based in Austin, TX and is focused on sales to the North American market. Before joining Falcon, Kevin held positions at Keurig Green Mountain and Keurig Trading in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he managed the sourcing of African and Asian coffees and the procurement planning for their seven different roasting plants. Prior to his time in coffee, Kevin spent 12 years in the snowboard and skateboard industry in various logistics and supply chain roles. In addition to his extensive origin travel, Kevin is a licensed Q grader and an experienced differential buyer.
Raised in a family of coffee producers and exporters, Roberto grew up in the thick of it—literally. His childhood was filled with adventures like running wild through mounds of parchment on the “patios” of his grandparents’ mill and venturing deep into coffee fields to pluck ripe cherries straight off the tree during harvest (strictly for research, of course).
It didn’t take long for the coffee bug to bite. Summers were spent hovering around the cupping table, trying to look older than he was, and weaseling his way into any farm project he could—whether it was helping with grafting trials on his grandfather’s farm or tinkering with old machinery and rusty tractors at the mill.
Living in Nicaragua, he got a front-row seat to the full coffee supply chain—watching how sustainable sourcing could have a significant impact for entire communities. Even when his professional path veered into business consulting and tech, coffee was never far behind. He worked with coffee retail brands in both Nicaragua and the U.S., helping them build direct trade supply chains and develop branding and an online presence that showcased their counterparts at origin.
After five years of traveling and working remotely with Costa Rica as home base for his wife, their slightly spoiled schnauzer and him. He made the move to Austin, where he joined Falcon’s trading desk as a Junior Trader.