Our Story

We are Julie and Derek Freidell, the owners/founders of Gracefully Coffee Roasters, Inc.
The dream of opening a coffee roasting facility began in 2002 in Miami Beach. It was then that Derek bought his first coffee roasting machine, the i-roast. He started roasting coffee on his back porch in Miami Beach for his own brewing and for friends and family. It was a favorite morning routine to wake up, roast coffee outside and make his morning espresso. 

Julie moved to Miami for a yoga teaching gig and met Derek. After marriage and several babies, and wondering "What's next?" for our family- We decided to take a chance and pursue Derek's long term goal of opening a coffee roasting business.

We moved to Maryland (Julie's home state) to do it and Gracefully Coffee Roasters, Inc was officially formed in late 2016 and began roasting at our facility in October 2017.

Derek was certified by the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) for coffee roasting in 2016 and is dedicated to providing exceptional coffee beans with high attention to detail.

Gracefully Coffee Roasters, Inc. upholds the highest standards of cleanliness, precision, quality, customer service, and passion for what we do. All of our coffees are specialty grade. We direct source from various importers and we are dedicated to quality of cup.