Bowling Green · Light roast
Women-Grown coffee
Clean, balanced, and gently sweet, with Women-Grown as Oval’s sourcing description recognizing women’s roles in coffee production.
Oval Coffee Roasters · New York City
About Oval Coffee Roasters
Oval Coffee Roasters is an independent New York City coffee company founded by Christopher Alspach and Andrew Itzkowitz. We build approachable light and light-to-medium roast coffees around three clear profiles: Women-Grown, Natural Process, and Half Caff.
Our aim is simple: make specialty coffee easier to understand, easier to brew, and worth returning to every day. We roast for clarity, sweetness, balance, and a clean finish across whole bean coffee and Pour Over Single Serves.
- Founded in New York City
- Roasted in The Bronx
- Whole bean coffee
- Pour Over Single Serves
Our point of view
Coffee with a clear reason to exist
Our coffees start with three distinct ideas. Bowling Green centers Women-Grown coffee. The Natural expresses the fruit-forward character of natural processing. Riverside brings caffeinated coffee and decaf together in a balanced Half Caff.
Each profile has its own purpose, while the collection shares a consistent approach to roasting: preserve the coffee’s character, develop sweetness and structure, and create a cup that feels inviting rather than overly dark or difficult.
Bowling Green · Light roast
The Natural · Light-to-medium roast
Natural Process coffee
Fruit-forward and aromatic, with expressive character developed from the coffee and its processing, with no added flavoring.
Riverside · Light-to-medium roast
Half Caff coffee
A 50/50 blend of caffeinated coffee and decaf. Riverside still contains caffeine; the blend ratio is not a tested caffeine amount in your cup.
Two complementary formats
Fresh grinding at home or real coffee without a machine
Oval offers the three core coffee profiles in formats built for different moments. Whole bean coffee gives you control over the grind and brewer. Pour Over Single Serves contain real ground coffee in an integrated drip filter that rests over a mug.
Whole bean coffee
Grind shortly before brewing and prepare with your preferred method, from automatic drip and pour over to AeroPress or French press.
Pour Over Single Serves
Open the filter, place it over a mug, and add hot water. No proprietary brewer, pod, capsule, or coffee machine is required.
The people behind Oval
Coffee experience meets thoughtful brand building
Christopher Alspach
Co-Founder and Director of Coffee Christopher Alspach has worked in specialty coffee since 2007 and in full-time roasting since 2012. His work at Oval spans coffee selection, roast development, production consistency, sensory evaluation, quality control, and brewing.
Andrew Itzkowitz
Co-Founder and Managing Director Andrew Itzkowitz leads Oval’s growth across retail, distribution, wholesale, hospitality, and foodservice. His work focuses on making the products clear at the shelf, useful across service environments, and consistent as the company grows.
Rooted in New York City
Made for the many ways New York drinks coffee
Oval was founded in New York City. We are a New York City coffee brand, with roasting and production in Hunts Point, The Bronx. Our commercial home is part of our story; our identity embraces the city across all five boroughs. The city’s coffee culture moves through apartments, offices, neighborhood stores, cafés, restaurants, hotels, events, and streets in motion. That range shapes how we think about coffee: it should retain the quality and character of specialty roasting while fitting naturally into everyday life.
Today, Oval serves home brewers and gift recipients alongside retailers, offices, hospitality teams, foodservice partners, and event clients in New York and beyond.
Coffee to share
Thoughtful gifts and a welcoming cup
The same coffees belong in a gift for someone you care about, a client appreciation program, or a guest’s morning routine. Choose a format that fits the recipient and how they will brew.
Coffee gifts for friends and family
Compare variety packs and Discovery Sets for birthdays, milestones, thank-you gifts, or a simple gesture of care. Whole bean gifts suit someone with a grinder and brewer; pour-over single serves need hot water and a suitable mug.
Corporate gifts and custom bags
Plan custom-labeled coffee bags for clients, employees, welcome kits, events, or curated gift baskets. Compare bag sizes, minimum quantities, and the order estimator before sharing your plans with Oval.
Hotels and hospitality
Offer individually sealed pour-over coffee in guest rooms, lounges, shared workspaces, and event settings. Each 100-count case contains one coffee profile. Provide hot water and a suitable cup for brewing real ground coffee.
Explore hotels and hospitality coffee · Shop 100-count cases
Find practical answers about formats, brewing, gifting, and business orders in the Oval Coffee FAQ.
See the story
Films, photographs, and independent coverage
Explore the people, places, products, and brewing rituals behind Oval through original films and photography. For outside perspectives on the company, visit the press archive.
Intention, Poured Over.