Our Story
Who we are: Jubilee was founded in 2014 to celebrate roasting and serving great coffee and build community in an overlooked corner of North Aurora along East Colfax. Jubilee, by definition, is what happens when a community flourishes because each person puts others before themselves. In 2024 Jubilee was sold to Jesus on Colfax, a local nonprofit determined to show up, love people, build relationships, and cultivate well-being and rising together out of a poverty of circumstance. Jubilee and JOC are determined to turn a cup of coffee into opportunity.
Empowerment, not charity: RISE is a 12-month residential program for people ready to break cycles of poverty and addiction, build skills and relationships, and get life back. Members work in the roastery doing production, roasting, and tending our patio gardens. The goal for everyone leaving RISE after 12 months is to have at least a year of sobriety under their belt, have meaningful employment, and secure permanent housing conducive to long term recovery and growth. We are very proud of the way people have embraced the program and the joy to work alongside one another.
That calls for celebration!
At Jubilee, we roast and sell incredible coffee that makes us happy, and we help North Aurora grow a community identity. While we've had a few brand identities over the years, the internal mission statement of "create well and be good neighbors" has remained an accurate distillation of the Jubilee dream.
We look forward to continue growth in the ability to support good people doing good things through sourcing coffee gets stronger and stronger. We get to purchase coffee from some of the same farms every year, and grow mutually beneficial ties across continents, while simultaneously connecting with new people doing incredible work all over the globe and right here in Aurora, CO. The coffees that show up in our online shop arrive after many hands put hours and hours of work into making them beautiful. Growing and maintaining those relationships will be at the forefront of our future, and you're invited to join in on the continued journey.
A few bonus photos from over the years:
