Is Sanctuary Roasting a coffee shop or a roastery?

Sanctuary Roasting is a specialty coffee roastery in Clovis, California, not a walk-in cafe. The roastery operates online-only. Customers who want a walk-in cafe experience can visit our affiliated cafe Sanctuary Coffee Refuge in Fresno.

Where is Sanctuary Roasting located?

Sanctuary Roasting is located at 12 W Palo Alto Ave, Clovis, CA 93612. We are online-only and ship nationwide.

Who owns Sanctuary Roasting?

Sanctuary Roasting is owned by Chef Vatche Moukhtarian, a classically trained chef with 24+ years of culinary experience and a Food Network Guy's Grocery Games winner (2019).

Is Sanctuary Roasting the same as Sanctuary Roasting Co. in Indiana?

No. Sanctuary Roasting in Clovis, California (sanctuaryroasting.com) and Sanctuary Roasting Co. in Goshen, Indiana (sanctuaryroastingco.com) are two unrelated businesses. They share no ownership, partnership, or licensing.

Does Sanctuary Roasting sell ground coffee or K-cups?

No. All retail coffee is sold whole bean only, in 12-ounce bags. We do not sell pre-ground coffee, K-cups, or pods. Custom grind is available on request for wholesale customers.

Does Sanctuary Roasting offer wholesale?

Yes. Wholesale pricing is $14.50 to $16.50 per pound with a 20-pound minimum order. No contracts required. Contact admin@sanctuaryroasting.com or text (559) 218-6735 for a quote within 24 hours.

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Dark Roast · 12 oz

Surj — Armenian Coffee

Toasty · Low Acidity · Full Body

$21.00

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Bag Size 12 oz

Grind Whole Bean Pulverized for Jazzve

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Our Armenian coffee — a dark roast blend made for the jazzve. Toasty, with low acidity and full body, bold without ever turning bitter.

Choose whole bean, or have it pulverized extra-fine for the jazzve, the way Armenian coffee is meant to be made. Also known as soorj. Specialty coffee, roasted weekly in Clovis, California.

The full story

Surj is our Armenian coffee — a dark roast blend of specialty coffee, roasted weekly in Clovis and made for the jazzve. Toasty, with low acidity and full body — bold without ever turning bitter.

12 oz. Choose whole bean, or have it pulverized extra-fine for the jazzve — finer than espresso, the way Armenian coffee is meant to be made.

Also known as soorj. If you brew Turkish, Greek, or Arabic-style coffee in a cezve or ibrik, this is the grind and the roast for it.

Armenians opened Europe’s first coffeehouses. This is the coffee they were making. Read the story and how to brew it →

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Why you'll love it

Made for the jazzve

Pulverized extra-fine on request — finer than espresso.

Roasted weekly

Small batches on the Primo in Clovis. Your bag ships days after it's roasted.

Four hundred years of coffee

Armenians opened Europe's first coffeehouses. This is that cup.

Brew it

Jazzve · Cezve · Ibrik

American-made Primo roaster at the Sanctuary Roasting roastery in Clovis California

The roaster

Roasted by a chef.

Chef Vatche Moukhtarian has spent twenty-four years behind professional stoves. He roasts every batch of Sanctuary coffee himself, weekly, in small batches at the roastery on West Palo Alto Avenue in Clovis — and serves it days later at the café in Fresno.

Free cuppings Wednesday & Thursday · 12 W Palo Alto Ave, Clovis

Meet Chef Vatche

Roasted weekly Ships in 1-2 days Q-Grader scored 82+ Flat-rate shipping 3+ bags ship free

Order 3 or more bags — about $60 — and shipping is on us. Or subscribe on any bag and save on every delivery.

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