Fernwood Coffee Co. was founded in 2016 in a converted train depot on the edge of a small town. The original building still has the old ticket window, which the founders turned into the walk-up order counter. The company started with a single espresso machine and now roasts its own beans on site.

The bestselling drink at Fernwood is the "Depot Latte," a vanilla-and-cardamom latte named after the old train depot the shop was built in. It outsells every other drink on the menu by a wide margin and has been on the menu since opening day.

Fernwood sources its coffee beans from three small farms, one in Ethiopia, one in Colombia, and one in Guatemala. All three farms are visited in person by a Fernwood buyer once a year to check on growing conditions and to pay a fixed price regardless of that year's market rate.

Fernwood has three locations, all in the same state: the original train depot location, a smaller downtown kiosk that opened in 2019, and a drive-through location that opened in 2022. There are no current plans to expand outside the state.
