Our passion for coffee goes beyond our love for specialty coffee flavor exquisiteness. It is a combination of continuous curiosity about unlocking the flavors that single origin coffees reveal and a definitive commitment on how to source amazing quality coffees authentically and sustainably.
Firebat’s story began in 2013 in El Salvador, where life brought the three of us — Rodrigo, Gustavo, and Leena — together at our children’s preschool Christmas show. Gustavo and Leena were preparing to move to Canada, inspired to share exceptional Salvadoran coffee abroad. Rodrigo, deeply rooted in El Salvador’s specialty coffee scene, shared that same vision — and from that spark, Firebat was born.
In 2016, Gustavo and Leena moved their family to Canada, and by 2017, Firebat Coffee Roasters found its first home in Oakville, Ontario. From our beloved “Bat Cave” on Speers Road, we roasted and shared freshly roasted coffee directly with our local community and through a growing network of wholesale partners across Canada.
In January 2024, we took the next big step — moving to Harvester Road in Burlington. After months of renovation, we proudly opened our roastery-café at the end of summer 2024. Today, Firebat continues to evolve — now serving our local Burlington coffee community directly from our roastery-cafe, while maintaining our deep connection to origin and our farm in El Salvador.
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