Post Coffee Company

Post Coffee Company is a locally owned specialty coffee roaster and café founded in Lee’s Summit, Missouri on January 1, 2015 by Tanner Stevens and Levi Holland (with their spouses Elizabeth Stevens and Katie Holland as equal partners). Post roasts small-batch, direct-trade beans on-site on a 5-kilogram Detrix drum roaster and has grown from a single Chipman Road storefront to a small group of metro cafés — including its Westside sister concept Goat Hill Coffee & Soda — alongside a wholesale and whole-bean subscription business.¹²³

Description

Post Coffee Company is a specialty coffee roaster and café that opened in downtown Lee’s Summit on January 1, 2015. The concept pairs an in-house roasting operation with a café space designed around “open and clean” lines and natural light, intended as a welcoming room “where anyone could walk in and feel welcomed.”²

Coffee is roasted in small batches on-site using a 5-kilogram Detrix drum roaster, with roasting historically observable to guests during shop hours. Post emphasizes direct-trade sourcing — co-founder Tanner Stevens has described the model as coffee that “can be traced back to a specific co-op and directly to a specific farm.” Single-origin offerings rotate roughly every two to three months while signature blends stay available year-round.¹² Early bean sourcing ran through importers including Bodhi Leaf Coffee Traders (Orange, CA) and Café Kapeh-Utz (Kansas City).¹

Beyond the café, Post operates a wholesale program, whole-bean subscriptions, and retail bean sales, and has partnered with Made in KC to produce a house blend for its marketplaces.³²

Ownership and history

Post Coffee Company was founded by Tanner Stevens and Levi Holland; per a 2020 profile, the ownership group consists of four equal partners — Tanner and Elizabeth Stevens and Levi and Katie Holland.² Stevens had previously helped found Quay Coffee in Kansas City’s River Market before launching Post.¹⁴ Holland’s path into coffee began in college working for Trevor Corlett (a Madcap Coffee co-founder), where he first observed small-scale roasting.²

The original café opened January 1, 2015 at 200 NE Chipman Rd in Lee’s Summit.¹ In 2016, Stevens and Holland opened Goat Hill Coffee & Soda on the Kansas City Westside (811 W 17th St), moving into the former Little Freshie space.⁴ Post has since added a Colbern Road location (1000 NE Colbern Rd, co-located with the Mid-Continent Public Library Colbern Road branch) and a Broadway/Midtown café in the historic Ambassador building.³² The Colbern Road address is the seed record’s listed location and is confirmed as an active Post café.⁵

[!note] On the seed “Quay” second-location note The seed flagged a possible “Quay” second location. Sources clarify the relationship: Quay Coffee is a separate River Market business that Stevens helped found before Post; it is not a Post Coffee Company location. Post’s actual second concept is Goat Hill.¹⁴

Links

• Website: https://postcoffeecompany.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/postcoffeecompany/
• Phone: (816) 743-7500⁶

See also

• Lee’s Summit
• Registry

Menu

Last verified: 2026-06-20 · Source: Post Coffee Co. official site + Square ordering, Restaurantji, AllMenus · URL(s): https://postcoffeecompany.com/; https://postcoffeecompany.square.site/s/order; https://www.restaurantji.com/mo/lees-summit/post-coffee-company-/; https://www.allmenus.com/mo/lees-summit/782375-post-coffee-company/menu/ · Confidence: Medium (drink/food categories and signature items High via official + multiple aggregators; specific prices Medium — sourced from AllMenus, an aggregator that may lag current in-store pricing)

Post pairs a traditional espresso bar built on its own small-batch, direct-trade roasts with seasonal house-syrup specialty lattes, scratch pastries, and a full breakfast/lunch food program.⁷⁸

Espresso & coffee

• Espresso — house single- or blended roast, also available as single-origin espresso. ($2.75 / single-origin $4.00)⁸
• Americano — ($2.75)⁸
• Cortado — ($3.00)⁸
• Cappuccino — 6oz. ($3.50)⁸⁷
• Flat white — ($3.75)⁸
• Latte — hot or iced; the Hot Vanilla Latte is a listed customer favorite. ($4.00)⁸⁷
• Drip / pour-over / iced coffee — drip from $3.00, pour-over $5.00, iced $3.00.⁸
• Cold brew — 16oz, a listed favorite.⁷
• Espresso tonic — ($5.00)⁸

Signature & specialty drinks

• Seasonal house-syrup lattes — Post makes its own syrups that rotate with the season (e.g., brown sugar, cinnamon, lavender honey, thin mint, orange ginger). (Seasonal latte ~$4.50)⁷⁸
• Chai latte — ($3.50)⁸⁷
• Matcha — listed offering.⁷
• London Fog — Earl Grey + steamed milk, 12oz. ($3.50)⁸⁷
• Hot chocolate — ($3.00); seasonal apple cider ($3.25).⁸

Food

• Breakfast burrito — sausage, egg, potato, cheddar, black beans. ($8.00); a vegan burrito with potato and tofu is also offered.⁷⁸ ($4.00–$8.00)⁸
• Tacos — 3-piece pork or vegan al pastor. ($9.00)⁸
• Bowls & sides — granola, oatmeal, parfait, soup, hummus plate, fruit/veggie trays. ($3.00–$7.00)⁸

Pastries (made in-house)

• Scones, muffins, croissants, cookies (incl. gluten-free + vegan chocolate-chip cookie), protein/granola balls, and a maple bacon cinnamon roll (listed favorite). Reported house specialties include Dutch Letters (almond-cream pastry). ($2.00–$3.50)⁸⁷

Retail

• Whole-bean coffee — single-origin (rotates ~every 2–3 months) and year-round signature blends, sold in-store, online, and via whole-bean subscription; wholesale available.⁸³

Sources

• Status verified active 2026-06-23 via Yelp — Post Coffee Company, 200 NE Chipman Rd, Lee’s Summit (accessed 2026-06-23). Listing updated April 2026 (162 reviews); Colbern Rd location listing updated March 2026; official site lists all metro cafés as operating.

Footnotes

1. Feast Magazine, “Post Coffee Co. Roasts Direct-Trade Coffee in Lee’s Summit.” https://www.feastmagazine.com/travel/kansas-city/post-coffee-co-roasts-direct-trade-coffee-in-lees-summit/article_13026604-44f0-11e5-afa7-2bf2d1ced800.html — owners (Stevens & Holland), Jan 1 2015 opening, Detrix 5kg roaster, direct-trade philosophy, Bodhi Leaf / Café Kapeh-Utz sourcing, Quay Coffee founding link. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶

2. MIKCexplore, “Profile: Post Coffee Co.” (Nov 18, 2020). https://mikcexplore.com/home/2020/11/18/profile-post-coffee-co — four equal partners (Tanner & Elizabeth Stevens, Levi & Katie Holland), Holland background, concept/design, bean rotation, Goat Hill + library partnership, Made in KC house blend. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷

3. Post Coffee Co., “Locations.” https://postcoffeecompany.com/blogs/location — confirms four locations (Colbern Rd, Chipman Rd, Goat Hill/Westside, Broadway/Midtown), wholesale program, locally owned KC-based roaster. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

4. Flatland KC, “Goat Hill Coffee and Soda Trots Into The Westside.” https://flatlandkc.org/eats-drinks/goat-hill-coffee-soda-trots-westside/ — Goat Hill co-owned by Stevens & Holland (also owners of Post), opened in former Little Freshie space, Stevens’ Quay Coffee founding. ↩ ↩² ↩³

5. Post Coffee Co., “Colbern Library” location page, and Yelp/Tripadvisor listings (updated March 2026), 1000 NE Colbern Rd, Lee’s Summit, MO 64064. https://postcoffeecompany.com/blogs/location/colbern-library; https://www.yelp.com/biz/post-coffe-lees-summit ↩

6. Lee’s Summit Chamber of Commerce directory, Post Coffee Company. https://gz.lschamber.com/directory/Details/post-coffee-company-2675032 — lists (816) 400-5143, 200 NE Chipman Rd. ↩

7. Restaurantji, “Post Coffee Company, Lee’s Summit — Menu.” https://www.restaurantji.com/mo/lees-summit/post-coffee-company-/ — listed favorites (Hot Vanilla Latte, London Fog 12oz, Cold Brew 16oz, Cappuccino 6oz, Latte 12oz, maple bacon cinnamon roll, breakfast burrito), seasonal house syrups (brown sugar, cinnamon, thin mint, orange ginger), chai/matcha, GF + vegan options, in-house pastries. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰

8. AllMenus, “Post Coffee Company menu — Lee’s Summit.” https://www.allmenus.com/mo/lees-summit/782375-post-coffee-company/menu/ — item list and prices (espresso $2.75, single-origin espresso $4.00, americano $2.75, cortado $3.00, cappuccino $3.50, flat white $3.75, latte $4.00, espresso tonic $5.00, seasonal latte/lavender honey $4.50, chai $3.50, London Fog $3.50, breakfast burrito $8.00, sandwiches/wraps $4–8, pork/vegan tacos $9, pastries $2–3.50). Prices via aggregator — Medium confidence, may lag in-store. Cross-referenced with official Square ordering (https://postcoffeecompany.square.site/s/order) which was reachable in search index but blocked direct fetch. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵ ↩¹⁶ ↩¹⁷ ↩¹⁸ ↩¹⁹