Coffee Project New York

Long Island City

HoursOpen · Closes 14:30

TypeRoaster · Small Chain

Roaster running New York's first SCA Premier Training Campus.

Chi Sum Ngai and Kaleena Teoh quit their jobs in 2015 and started a passion project in the East Village. Ngai, a certified Q grader, is Head Roaster at the Long Island City roastery, which roasts on an SF25 and a Stronghold S7 Pro for small-batch competition coffees. As of October 2026 it roasts over a ton of coffee a week.

Its Academy teaches SCA courses and roaster training classes. The company also holds a Women Coffee Roasters Scholarship in Medellín.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

At this shop

The shop fills a hall in a brick industrial building on 51st Avenue, where a row of tall arched windows looks onto a narrow gravel courtyard with its own tables. A glass wall separates the hall from the roastery, so the roaster and stacked bags can be seen from the coffee bar. Exposed ductwork runs across the ceiling above polished concrete floors.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠