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with notes from the soil and environment from where it was
grown; the Satterfields add nothing to the bag; what you taste is
truly genuine.

Of this new venture, the couple said, “We have been extremely
blessed to have taken on this opportunity and it is our joy to
serve you.”

Erwin Mills Coffee Co.
With a salute to the history of the famed Erwin Mills plant
where for a century denim of cloth was made and Harnett

Mary Jo is using an Aeropress to brew a cup of coffee at
Historic Yates Mill Park

would love to go to Yemen; it’s a big coffee producer and not
open to the Gospel. Coffee could help make inroads to change
that.” County people worked, Seth and Angela Gundersen of Erwin
founded Erwin Mills Coffee Co. in 2021.
You can also make a difference by getting your coffee from
129 Roasters. When you buy their Guatemala Roast, for ex- The Gundersens moved to “the denim capital of the world”
ample, you support the dental health of kids in Guatemala. The from Apex in 2019, buying one of the large homes adjacent
Santa Marta Farm in Guatemala that the Satterfields buy from to the Dunn-Erwin Rail Trail, a line-up fondly called “doctor
has been working for many years to help the community with row” for the number of doctors that once owned homes there
yearly dental cleaning. Some of the coffee sales proceeds go to back in the days of Erwin Hospital. Mill managers and other
a non-profit organization called “Papa-Moms” which helps the prominent town residents also lived on that street, and while
children of this Guatemalan community with this need. those Erwin forerunners are long gone along with the plac-

es they worked, the homes still stand as a testament to those
When you order online from 129 Coffee Roasters, you can times. Seth commutes to his job in Wake County and Angela
rest assured that the product you get was carefully sourced, homeschools their two young children, Ava, age 9 and Barrett,
roasted to perfection and packaged “with love from our family aka “Bear” age 4.
to yours,” shared Todd. “Our single-origin coffee is roasted in
small batches, with roast dates and roast levels clearly marked Many locals have met sweet Ava, famous for the lemonade she
on each bag. We ship the next day to ensure you receive the sells in a lemonade stand in her yard. Many trail users, bikers,
finest coffee possible.” walkers and joggers, not to mention firemen, police officers
and townspeople stop to purchase a cup from her on hot sum-
Choose from 129 Coffee Roasters’ selections: El Salvador mer days.
“Oh, Honey,” Acacia Tree, Colombian Blend, Colombia Ex-
celso, Coasta Rica, Guatemala Finca Santa Maria or the Ke- The Gundersens like to meet their neighbors and appreciate
nya Sakami Coffee Ranch labels, or get a surprise every month the town’s history, happy to see the Erwin Mills name live on
with a Roast of the Month Subscription where you earn 15% though their coffee label. Angela said, “We instantly fell in
off the regular bag price. Each coffee has its own unique taste love with the town as soon as we moved here. And as avid cof-
fee drinkers, we like to sit on our front porch and have a cup
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