Inside Oval Coffee Roasters is a curated photo gallery documenting NYC coffee pop-ups, coffee catering, retail shelves, origin sourcing, founder work, collaborations, product packaging, and behind-the-scenes moments.
Explore Oval’s story through Women-Grown coffee, natural process coffee, Half Caff coffee, Whole Bean Coffee, Pour Over Single Serves, and specialty coffee roasted in The Bronx for New York City and beyond.
Custom Sunroom Redux white-label coffee package from Oval Coffee Roasters for Aviva Jifei Xue, featuring collaboration label artwork and a blend built around Women-Grown and natural process specialty coffee.Custom Rugged Paws white-label coffee package from Oval Coffee Roasters for Tentent, with label artwork and coffee storytelling around natural process and Women-Grown sourcing.Barista brewing Oval Coffee Roasters Pour Over Single Serves with a Fellow Stagg kettle in the East Village, showing the hot water and mug format for portable specialty coffee.Oval Coffee Roasters co-founder Christopher Alspach serving light roast specialty coffee to guests at a Framebridge pop-up event in the West Village, New York City.Oval Coffee Roasters pop-up at the Bang & Olufsen flagship in SoHo, blending design, culture, hospitality, and NYC-roasted specialty coffee.Oval Coffee Roasters pop-up at Hard To Explain in the East Village, showcasing NYC-roasted specialty coffee in a local creative space.Oval Coffee Roasters pop-up at Kikumo Coffee in Taipei, Taiwan, documenting an international collaboration and a global audience for NYC-crafted specialty coffee.Oval Coffee Roasters pop-up at Framebridge in Greenwich Village featuring coffee brewed on a Ratio Eight machine.Keith Jarrett’s The Köln Concert vinyl displayed alongside a vintage redware carafe and Fellow Stagg kettle at an Oval Coffee Roasters pop-up.La Peppina vintage Italian lever espresso machine used at an Oval Coffee Roasters pop-up in the East Village, New York City.People in winter coats outside the facade of an Oval Coffee Roasters pop-up in the East Village, New York City.Front window, visible menu, and customers at an Oval Coffee Roasters pop-up inside Hard To Explain in the East Village.Oval Coffee Roasters sandwich A-frame board on a snowy sidewalk in the East Village, New York City.Christopher Alspach serving light roast specialty coffee at an Oval Sundays pop-up near the Brooklyn Navy Yard.Vintage radium glass cups glowing under blacklight during an Oval Coffee Roasters pop-up coffee event.Oval Coffee Roasters pop-up at the studio of Aviva Jifei Xue in Queens, New York City.Promotional graphic for Oval Coffee Roasters and Framebridge featuring a textured coffee-inspired background.
Collaborations (7)
Custom coffee box for Aviva Jifei Xue and the Subjective Arts Festival, photographed at an MTA Second Avenue Subway station with visible collaboration packaging.Coffee cup with stamped Fax Copy Express and Oval Coffee Roasters collaboration graphics, photographed at Komune in New York City.Whole bean coffee box from the Fax Copy Express collaboration resting in a roasting machine cooling tray, highlighting custom packaging and natural process coffee storytelling.Custom coffee bags for The Locavore displayed inside Shopify’s flagship office, with visible custom blend packaging.Jamaica Plain Blend label created with City Feed and Supply, with slate blue packaging artwork and visible coffee tasting note language.Oval Coffee Roasters Twisted Tulip Blend label with caramel-orange packaging artwork.Father’s Finest Blend coffee bag from the Framebridge collaboration, photographed on a marble surface with visible custom packaging.
Coffee Catering (7)
Oval Coffee Roasters professional coffee catering service at a Midtown Manhattan event, showing elevated hospitality presentation for NYC events.Oval Coffee Roasters catering setup at Lume Studios in Tribeca, New York City.Barista-led Oval Coffee Roasters catering setup at One Manhattan Square, featuring NYC-roasted coffees for event hospitality.Oval Coffee Roasters NYC coffee catering setup at a luxury event space, featuring professional coffee service and a clean presentation.Oval Coffee Roasters coffee catering at Loft 39 in New York City, with specialty coffee service for elegant hospitality events.Oval Coffee Roasters drip coffee catering setup at Loft 39, showing a clean display for brewed coffee service in New York City.Oval Coffee Roasters coffee catering at One Manhattan Square in New York City for an LVMH event.
Coffee at Origin (8)
Coffee at a mill in Honduras, photographed by Christopher Alspach during origin sourcing work for Oval Coffee Roasters.Red, white, and beige bags of coffee beans stacked neatly in a truck at a coffee mill in Guatemala City.Mountain view from a coffee cooperative in Huehuetenango, Guatemala.Washed Arabica coffee drying on patios at a coffee mill in Guatemala.Group of women coffee producers meeting with buyers in Huehuetenango, Guatemala, documenting the producer relationships behind Oval’s Women-Grown coffee storytelling.Coffee cherry selection sign at a coffee plantation in Guatemala, showing visible coffee harvest and processing guidance.Natural process coffee cherries drying on raised beds at origin, supporting Oval’s natural process coffee education and sourcing story.Canyon landscape with a steep cliff face and narrow opening in Santa Barbara, Honduras.
Retail Partners (1)
Oval Coffee Roasters whole bean and single serve pour over coffee displayed on shelf at Beyond Natural Market in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City.
Oval in NYC (7)
Design inspiration photographed on the ceiling of The National Museum of the American Indian in New York City, steps from Bowling Green Station and Bowling Green Oval Park.Oval Coffee Roasters Pour Over Single Serve drip bag being opened, showing the built-in filter format for coffee brewed with hot water and a mug.Video thumbnail for Oval Coffee Roasters’ Bowling Green Blend short film, filmed in the New York City subway and tied to Women-Grown light roast coffee storytelling.Stack of Oval Coffee Roasters master case boxes displayed alongside wine bottles against a brick wall in New York City.Product photo of Oval Coffee Roasters Bowling Green Blend, a Women-Grown washed process light roast coffee crafted in New York City.Artwork for Oval Coffee Roasters Monthly Roaster’s Choice Subscription, representing the ritual of sharing NYC-roasted specialty coffee.Oval Coffee Roasters serving coffee at Renegade Market at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City.
Founders & Team (6)
Christopher Alspach, Co-Founder and Director of Coffee at Oval Coffee Roasters, serving freshly brewed coffee in New York City.Christopher Alspach sourcing specialty coffee at origin in Huehuetenango, Guatemala.Oval Coffee Roasters co-founders Christopher Alspach and Andrew Itzkowitz unloading green coffee in The Bronx, highlighting hands-on sourcing and NYC-based roasting.Christopher Alspach serving Oval Coffee Roasters coffee at the Greenpointers Valentine’s Day Market in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.Christopher Alspach preparing an Oval Coffee Roasters Pour Over Single Serve filter bag, demonstrating easy brewing with hot water and a cup.Christopher Alspach pouring hot water over a Pour Over Single Serve drip bag, showing the no-machine brewing format.
Products (6)
Oval Coffee Roasters The Natural Pour Over Single Serve sleeve, featuring natural process light-to-medium roast coffee roasted in New York City.Oval Coffee Roasters Bowling Green Pour Over Single Serve sleeve, featuring Women-Grown light roast coffee roasted in New York City.Oval Coffee Roasters Riverside Half Caff Pour Over Single Serve sleeve, featuring a 50/50 blend of caffeinated coffee and sugarcane process decaf.Women-Grown coffee badge for Oval Coffee Roasters Bowling Green Blend.Half Caff badge for Oval Coffee Roasters Riverside Blend, a lower-caffeine coffee made with caffeinated coffee and sugarcane process decaf.Oval Coffee Roasters The Natural Whole Bean Coffee, a natural process light-to-medium roast with fruit-forward clarity.
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