Our Story

Coffee roasting has been a garage obsession for years. After regularly bringing bags of roasted coffee to parties and camping, the idea to bring both the coffee and a way to brew it emerged. The problem was it needed it to be more transportable, like a kit. 

Taking inspiration from a painter's pochade box (a sort of traveling painter kit), a backpackable pourover coffee system was made. It felt right, but needed some real-world testing. 

Several camping trips later (Marfa, Big Bend, Taos, Colorado) .. the mobile coffee system was refined, and ultimately had become part of the gear. 

One hazy morning over breakfast, someone observed the Kalita Wave pourover baskets resembled UFOs. 

Tthe art of coffee roasting along the mysteries of the universe and the adventure of the outdoors persist. UFO Coffee had begun. We even have a cool new travelling UFO coffee shop!