About Us
About Us/History
THE BEGINNING
Since the US cigar industry boom in the
late 19th century, in Tampa and specifically Ybor City, coffee has
played a supportive part in the city’s industrial boom.
In 1936, Anastasio Fernandez, an immigrant
from Asturias, Spain, started a coffee roastery in the garage of his family
home. The business began as strictly an
espresso roastery, but as Fernandez learned more about coffee and the origins
of beans, his interest in providing consumers with high quality coffee from
countries around the world grew. Excited
to spread his love of coffee-growing countries, he founded CCM Coffee, which
focused on importing, roasting and shipping high quality beans in single origin,
transporting customers around the world with unique flavor profiles cultivated
by the soil, climate and labor each individual country produces.
Eventually CCM Coffee was run by
Anastasio’s grandsons, Julian and Michael Faedo and their children, true
pioneers in Tampa’s coffee culture.
THE PEREZ FAMILY
In 1972, Richard Perez, whose roots are
from Cuba and whose family immigrated to Tampa to participate in the cigar
industry, discovered the world of coffee through his first coffee employer in
Ybor City, La Norma Coffee Company. An
entrepreneur at heart, Perez applied for and received an SBA loan and purchased
a 25 pound batch roaster located in Miami and called his company BRISK COFFEE
COMPANY. Thus began the coffee journey
of the Perez family. Today, Brisk Coffee
Roasters is a third generation owned and operated coffee roaster, specializing
in gourmet coffee, ancillary products and services to the foodservice
industry. Richard Perez always admired
the Faedo Family’s commitment to excellence in Tampa’s continuing coffee
culture.
FAMILY IS EVERYTHING
When Julian and Michael Faedo were ready
to retire, they wanted to continue their legacy of relevance and impact in
Tampa’s coffee culture…and knew exactly who to call.
The only family they could trust CCM
Coffee with was the Perez family, owners of Brisk Coffee Company, now Brisk
Coffee Roasters, which had grown to a national supplier of coffee to the
foodservice industry, run by Denise Perez Reddick, Richard Perez's daughter, Randy Gonzalez, Richard
Perez’s Godson and Lucas Reddick, Richard Perez’s Grandson. While Brisk Coffee has grown, the Faedo
brothers knew that at its heart was a family owned and operated company who
cared first and foremost about quality.
In the summer of 2023, The Faedo and Perez
families completed the transaction to continue CCM Coffee, keep it Tampa and
keep it Family.
THE DIFFERENCE EXPERIENCE AND FAMILY MAKES
Today,
CCM Coffee customers are still amazed and delighted by the quality and
freshness they receive with every bag of CCM Coffee they purchase.
Available
to both consumers and businesses like coffee shops and restaurants, CCM Coffee
improves the lives of its customers by making each of cup of coffee unique and
delicious. Like Julian Faedo said years
ago, "We have been roasting coffee for over
60 years and customer satisfaction is our primary goal. We began building our
reputation with the small hometown grocery stores and through the years our
products have spread by word of satisfied customers. We continue that tradition
today with our small and large customers."
