SXSW Recovery, Brought to You By Memphis Coffee Roasters

I got back to Memphis from Austin on Saturday, and it’s been a bit of an adjustment. While I try process everything I learned and saw and heard at South By Southwest and attempt to catch up on sleep, I’ve been relying heavily on one thing: big steaming mugs of McCarter Coffee.

The McCarter Coffee Company is based just a little bit north of Memphis in Millington, Tenn. The company is family owned and run, largely by Jim McCarter. When he lost his job with the county, he decided to start locally roasting coffee.

All of the coffee that McCarter sells is roasted at the Millington shop. It’s a friendly space with a few tables, shelves full of coffee for sale, and giant burlap bags full of un-roasted beans from all over the world.

For a small company, McCarter Coffee has a large selection of single origin coffees and signature, seasonal blends. All of the varieties of McCarter Coffee that I’ve had have been really good. It’s never over-roasted, so it doesn’t taste burnt.

Un-roasted coffee beans at McCarter Coffee, Millington, Tenn.

During the spring and summer, Jim McCarter and his wife head to farmers’ markets in Memphis to sell their coffee. They can usually be found at the Memphis Farmer’s Market downtown on Saturdays and the Botanic Gardens Farmers Market on Wednesday afternoons.

You can also find their coffee at Maggie’s Pharm, or in a lot of Memphis restaurants and cafes (like Otherlands). If you’re not in Memphis, you can order their coffee online.

Go There:

McCarter Coffee Company

5995 US Highway 51 N
Millington, TN 38053
(901) 358-5500