In 2025, we celebrate 100 years of roasting coffee in the exact same spot in the Bywater.
To mark this occasion, we’re expanding free local delivery to more neighborhoods in New Orleans, Metairie, River Ridge, and Harahan until the end of 2025. Check the complete list of zip codes here.
We want to make getting Try-Me Coffee easier, but it’s about more than that.
Back when Franklin Avenue was a dirt road, our founder knocked on doors asking folks to “try my coffee.”
He roasted every pound by hand, delivered it himself, and built something that served the community—one neighbor at a time.
A century later, so much has changed. It can feel like everything is mass-produced now, and that spirit of craft and connection to real people in the community gets lost.
But we believe the spirit of community is needed now more than ever.
Local Coffee Made Accessible to the Community
That’s why, on our 100th anniversary, we make this promise to you:
Try-Me Coffee will ALWAYS be…
❤️Fairly priced to keep local coffee accessible: full pounds, fair prices.
❤️Hand-roasted by people from the New Orleans community—many of whom have been at Try-Me Coffee for 30+ years.
❤️Roasted to order, never sitting on a shelf gathering dust.
❤️Delivered to your doorstep by a community member.
This is how we make choosing small, local businesses a natural decision—rooted in community and committed to quality.
We wouldn’t be here without you, and we’re grateful for every order and conversation along the way.
You’ve kept us going for 100 years—and it’s you, our community, that will keep us going for 100 more.
Help us spread the word.
Tell your friends about local delivery and fair prices—good coffee comes from real people. Please share this Instagram post or this Facebook post. It would mean a lot to us. ❤️