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Four Letter Word Coffee

Four Letter Word Coffee

Roaster · Since 2014

Island roastery off Istanbul with a second roastery in Chicago.

Ria Neri, Eylem Ozkaya, and Kevin Heisner, who met in Chicago, started the roastery in summer 2014. They set it up on Burgazada, Ozkaya's home island, and roast there on a Giesen G6.

A second roastery opened in Chicago in 2016, inside The Plant, a building of food businesses, and roasts on a Probat P12. Neri bought the first harvest of Gesha Village in Ethiopia in 2015, which they froze and served three years later. A Chicago café followed in 2018.​⁠​​​⁠⁠​​⁠​​⁠​​⁠​⁠​​⁠⁠​​​⁠​⁠​⁠​​​⁠​​​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​​⁠​

6 origins+3
On the shelf6 coffees

Roasting

Roasts in-house · Sourced from Brazil, Burundi, Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia and Philippines

Equipment

RoastersGiesen G6, Probat P12

Beans

Own Shops

AdalarFour Letter Word Coffee4.4(530)·Open · Closes 20:00

Details

TypeSmall Chain
Founded2014
FounderRia Neri and Eylem Ozkaya
Website4lwcoffee.com
Instagram@4lwcoffee