The king is dead! Long live the king! Oregon Live broke the news today that Portland restaurateur andย Stumptown Coffee Roastersย founder Duane Sorenson is getting back into the coffee game. Two years after selling Stumptown to Peetโs Coffee, Sorensen is opening Puff Coffee.
Oregon Live reports that the currently under construction roastery will be in the space behind The Woodsman Tavern–one of Sorensonโs many excellent culinary endeavorsโmere steps away from where he opened the original Stumptown. The expected opening date is later this year in November.
Sorenson states that he is โchamping at the bit to get back to his first passion, coffee.โ Up until now, he has been unable to get back in the game, thanks to a non-compete clause that was part of Peetโs buyout of Stumptown. But that non-compete is set to expire, and โboth Stumptown and Peet’s have given them his blessingโ to Puff away.
More details are sure to follow over the coming months, but for now we know that one of the founders of the third-wave coffee movement in America is getting back in the saddle.
Zac Cadwaladerย is the news editor at Sprudge Media Network.
