About Us

Sontule is a small batch local coffee roaster based in Cleveland, OH.  Established in 2024 by McKenzae Bartels, Luis Velasquez and Karen Breitenstein, this small family business is committed to delicious and responsible coffee. We source fair trade, organic beans. Luis is the Chief Roaster and mother/daughter duo, McKenzae and Karen run the packaging and business side of things. Though with any small biz we are wear each others hats. Sontule is lucky to have Konnor Bartels (McKenzae's brother) as its Chief Graphic Designer.  

Nicaragua coffee has a special place in our hearts. Luis grew up on a coffee plantation in Nicaragua. Before coming to the US, Luis planted 4,000 coffee plants. Those plants fruited in 2025, we imported the beans in July and now they ready to be roasted.

We roast to order on the weekends. Local delivery is available to select zip codes otherwise we’ll ship to you. On most of our coffees you can choose your roast style, light, medium or dark; whole bean or ground; 16oz or 8oz. We have coffees from all over the world but are partial to the Latin American, high altitude beans. Looking for a special bean let us know and we’ll try to find it.