Our Story
Butler Coffee Lab began with a simple yet powerful idea: to start each day with a truly great, flavor-filled cup of coffee. Our journey started with a conversation about how we could give back to our community in a meaningful way. Inspired by a local coffee shop that employs individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), we envisioned a similar purpose. Driven by that inspiration, we created a unique brand of infrared-roasted coffee and other beverages that our employees can proudly package in a safe, supportive environment.
Our Mission
With backgrounds in making drink pods, we naturally gravitated toward creating our own unique pods that we Trademarked as Hot Pods®. After months of experimentation and sourcing unique suppliers, Butler Coffee Lab was born as a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation. Our pods feature light, medium, dark and espresso roasts with different additives such as non-dairy creamer, sugar, cinnamon, Carolina Reaper pepper, turmeric and more. We also offer teas, lemon drinks and hot chocolates with innovative flavors.
Our goal is to produce the best quality single-serve pods using high-quality ingredients from trusted sources.
Our Vision
We chose Pod making because it requires hand labor with minimal dexterity, allowing us to employ many individuals who need jobs. We aim to reinvent pod usage and hope to employ over 75% of individuals with intellectual and/or physical disabilities, including veterans with disabilities, by the end of our second year. Our profits, less typical expenses, are donated back to the communities that inspired us.