1919 House Blend
The flagship — smooth, balanced, and roasted the same way for generations.
Shop Blends →Est. 1919 · Market Square · Pittsburgh
Roasting in Market Square since nineteen nineteen.
Pittsburgh's heritage coffee roaster and tea merchant. A century of fresh-roasted coffee, hand-weighed tea, and one very busy little corner of the city.
Since 1919
Roasting in Pittsburgh
100+
Years on the Square
6
Families of Coffee
Fresh
Roasted & Shipped Weekly
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Best sellers, a century in the making
A Pittsburgh Institution
Older than the parking meter.
Older than the parking meter.
Fresher than this morning.
When Nicholas Coffee first opened in the Market Square area, Prohibition hadn't started yet. Through a century of booms, busts, and rebuilds, one thing on the square never changed: the smell of coffee roasting in the morning.
Read the Story
From the Roasting Log
What we roast & brew
Six families of coffee. Three kinds of tea. One standard since 1919.
In the Shop
The roastery you can drink from
Every espresso shot at our coffee bar is pulled from beans roasted a few feet away. Stop in for the morning cup, or order ahead from your phone and skip the line.
Visit the Coffee Bar
The Nicholas Standard
Why a century of Pittsburghers keep coming back
I. Roasted fresh, full stop
Coffee is sold at its best and never left to sit. Small batches, roasted often — the same discipline since 1919.
II. A real tea counter
Loose leaf weighed by hand, boxed favorites, and gentle decafs — chosen by people who actually drink the stuff.
III. One square, one standard
We've outlasted nearly everything around us by doing one thing uncommonly well. That's not a slogan; it's a habit.
Common Questions
Asked at the counter
Since 1919 — more than a century of roasting coffee in Pittsburgh's Market Square area. We're one of the city's oldest coffee houses.
Six families: blends, dark roasts, decaf, flavored coffees, single origins, and a rotating roaster's choice — plus loose leaf and boxed teas, gifts, and seasonal favorites.
Yes — the online shop ships fresh-roasted coffee, tea, and gifts nationwide. The coffee bar also offers mobile ordering for in-store pickup.
In the Market Square area of downtown Pittsburgh. See the contact page for directions and hours.
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The square is waiting
Market Square area · Pittsburgh, PA
Street address, phone & hours added at launch