Some businesses find their second act. Cape Cod Coffee found its calling.
Founded in 1970 as a small coffee-roasting operation on Cape Cod, the company spent decades quietly doing what it did best, sourcing exceptional beans and roasting them in small batches for the local community. It was a modest operation, built on quality rather than ambition. Then in 2015, everything changed.
When Jan and Pam Aggerbeck acquired Cape Cod Coffee, they weren't looking to build an empire. Jan had spent more than 30 years running software companies, traveling the world, living out of airports and boardrooms. The acquisition was supposed to be his retirement, a way to finally stay home, plant roots on Cape Cod, and do something with his hands instead of his laptop.
What he found was something worth growing.
The company they inherited had three year-round employees and a single roasting facility. Today, Cape Cod Coffee employs approximately 90 people year-round and nearly 130 at peak season. That growth didn't happen by accident. Jan brought the same discipline and strategic thinking that scaled global software businesses to a small Cape Cod roaster, and the results speak for themselves.
But the numbers only tell part of the story. The bigger shift was in vision. Under Jan and Pam's ownership, Cape Cod Coffee evolved from a roasting facility into a destination. The Mashpee Roastery at 10 Evergreen Circle became a full-service restaurant where guests could sit down, eat well, and experience the coffee at the source. Events followed. A community followed. What had been a supplier became a gathering place.
The coffee itself was never compromised. Cape Cod Coffee still sources Fair Trade, Rainforest Alliance certified beans from 12 countries, roasted in small batches at the Mashpee Roastery. The lighthouse on the bag is the same one it's always been. What changed was the ambition around it.
And that ambition is accelerating. Cape Cod Coffee is now expanding off the Cape faster than at any point in its history. Confirmed new locations in Framingham and Braintree are bringing the brand to a broader Massachusetts audience as proof that what works on the Cape works everywhere.
Fifty-five years in, Cape Cod Coffee is still roasting. Still growing. And just getting started.
