Black Turtle Coffee

Black Turtle Coffee Company (BTC) is disrupting and demystifying the premium coffee industry by making first-class, luxurious coffee products and drinking experiences accessible and affordable. Our superior coffee selection process and small-batch roasting techniques create roast profiles that bring the very best out of every single bean we grind, brew, pour, and serve to our customers.

BTC's single-origin beans are carefully selected and responsibly sourced from trusted partners in the world’s most desirable coffee farming regions and then roasted to precision through our unique and meticulous small-batch roasting technique. Whether visiting our storefront in person or online, we provide customers with premier products and beverages.
We believe every customer deserves to drink coffee of the highest quality. The ability to access and appreciate premium coffee should be enjoyed by everyone regardless of their prior coffee related experience or sophistication. Premium, single-origin coffee should be enjoyed by all. Not just coffee experts and connoisseurs.
We will roast every week at our on-site roasting facility in Brigantine, New Jersey, ensuring relentless freshness and quality of every brew we pour, and every bag of beans we package.

K. Braeden Anderson, Co-Founder
K. Braeden Anderson is a coffee connoisseur, lawyer, entrepreneur, author, professor, and former college basketball player. Braeden is an associate attorney practicing financial regulatory law for one of the largest law firms in the world. He is also the founder of Arden Grace 17 LLC, a real estate investment company based in Manhattan that owns and manages several rental properties and other real estate assets. Prior to entering law practice, Braeden played basketball for the Fresno State Bulldogs; and then the Seton Hall Pirates where he won the Big East Conference Championship while attending law school. In addition to his legal and entrepreneurial efforts, Braeden also serves as an adjunct professor of business law at Monroe College in the Bronx, New York, and is the Chairman of the Corporate Law Section of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association (MBBA).

Selena Gabrielle, Co-Founder
Selena Gabrielle is a coffee enthusiast and financial analyst at Goldman Sachs in the Business Intelligence department. Prior to her work at Goldman Sachs, Selena competed and won first prize in the Zahn Innovation Startup Competition in consecutive years for two companies: ParkBreezy and GoodMD. Other relevant and valuable experience includes positions held at Amazon Web Services and SAP Concur. Selena is proficient in data analytics, financial modeling, computer engineering, and has demonstrated mastery in the following coding languages and programs: C/C++, Python, SQL, Tableau, Alteryx, MATLAB, GraphPad Prism using ANOVAS & SEM.