Collection: PRODIGAL

BOULDER, COLORADO
UNITED STATES

Founded by Scott Rao and Mark Benedetto, Prodigal brings decades of experience in roasting, brewing, and coffee education into a roastery built around a relentless pursuit of quality. Rao’s books and consulting have helped shape modern approaches to coffee roasting around the world, while Benedetto brings a background as a chef, Q Grader, and longtime roaster.

Prodigal takes a particularly exacting approach to roasting, favoring light profiles designed to preserve sweetness, clarity, and the character of each coffee. Their selections span exceptional everyday lots to rare competition-level coffees, with an emphasis on careful sourcing and coffees that continue to develop beautifully with rest.

Few figures have influenced modern coffee roasting as profoundly as Scott Rao, and Prodigal is perhaps the purest expression of his pursuit of better coffee in the cup.