We built the roastery we always wished existed.

Home Island Coffee Partners is a specialty-grade private label roastery and co-roasting facility, founded in Burnaby, BC by two people who've spent their careers making coffee better.

We’ve been in this long enough to see what’s missing

Our team has spent well over a combined fifty years working in coffee - behind the counter, on the roaster, buying green coffee, and building brands from scratch. We've seen what works and what doesn't.

What we kept running into was a gap: BC has no shortage of coffee roasters, but almost none of them are set up to properly serve the specialty market at the private label level. The businesses who want their own high-quality, thoughtfully sourced coffee brand - cafés, restaurant groups, retailers - were being underserved. They were either stuck with commodity-grade white label, or they were trying to build a full roasting operation themselves, which is expensive and distracting.

Home Island exists to close that gap. We're a dedicated B2B roasting partner - not a café, not a consumer brand - built specifically to help other businesses build theirs. And with our new co-roasting membership, we're also opening up our facility to the next generation of BC roasters who want professional-grade access without the capital cost.

Home Island Coffee Partners was founded in 2022, in Burnaby, BC — and we're building it to be the partner we always wished we'd had.

We're not here to put our name on your bag. We're here to make your name mean something.

We believe that an independent café deserves the same quality of roasting partnership as a nationally distributed brand. We believe that the roaster behind your coffee should know your beans as well as you know your customers. And we believe that good coffee - sourced responsibly, roasted carefully, delivered consistently - is one of the easiest ways a business can stand out.

That's what drives everything we do: making specialty roasting genuinely accessible to BC businesses, without compromise on quality.

  • A smiling man with glasses and a beard, wearing a green puffer vest over a gray t-shirt, standing in an industrial setting with equipment and blue storage containers in the background.

    Aaron Braun

    Co-Founder + Principal

    With 15 years of experience in the industry, Aaron just can’t seem to get away. While a certified Q Grader & SCA Licensed Instructor, Aaron considers himself a forever-student.

    Outside of work he’s either chasing his kids around or running away from them in the mountains.

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    Ted Phillips

    Co-Founder + Principal

    Ted has been selling coffee in one form or another to people across the counter and to people around the world since 2010. When he was serving 2 oz of espresso or selling shipping containers full of green coffee, he’s always sought to create value for everyone in the supply chain. He’s motivated to get more people drinking coffee that sustainably supports the people who bring it to us, and in a way that does the least harm to our planet.

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    Laura Hansen

    Roastery Manager

    Laura has been working in specialty coffee since 2018, starting as a barista before making the transition toward roasting, eventually managing the roastery of a small Vancouver cafe chain. She is focused now on developing her pallet with the goal of eventually becoming Q Grader certified and pushing her roasting skills further. When she’s not at work, Laura loves hunting for vintage clothing and listening to live music.

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