Celebrating its one-year anniversary in La Jolla Village, The Flower Pot Cafe and Bakery is now redirecting its efforts more toward its roasting company, Three Legs Coffee Roasters.

“I’ve been a coffee roasting master for 20 years,” said Amanda Morrow who, along with Gloria Serna, co-owns the cafe-bakery at 7530 Fay Ave.

On their website, tlcroasters.org, it is noted that “Amanda is now fulfilling a lifelong dream of having her own roasting company with her wife, Gloria. The craft of roasting coffee, from seed to cup, is their passion.”

Three Legs Coffee Roasters is inside of The Flower Pot Cafe and Bakery. Gloria, Amanda, and their son, Yohan Felipe, run both businesses together.

The couple has taken many trips to Colombian coffee farms due to Gloria’s roots there. They have also been to Peru and Costa Rica, and are excited to continue building relationships with farmers internationally with their small, organic crops of high-altitude coffee.

Morrow began her coffee roasting career in 2000, under the apprenticeship of her mentor, Mark Smutek, founder of Water Street Coffee in Michigan. After moving here, she started out as a barista at Pannikin LJ. “They allowed me to start their roasting company,” Amanda said noting she roasted the Pannikin’s coffee until about a year into her co-ownership of the La Jolla Pannikin Cafe, which she bought in 2007.

Of their new cafe site, Morrow said: “It’s a really bright, open and spacious location. We do a lot of catering and we host a lot of events here now in this space, which really lends itself to it.”

Flower Pot has hosted a plethora of special events including class reunions for The Bishop’s School, La Jolla Newcomer Club meetings, and private birthday day parties, weddings, and receptions. “We do live music on Saturdays,” noted Morrow adding, ”We’ve got a pumpkin-carving event coming up (Friday, Oct. 27 from 4-6:30 p.m.).”

Morrow’s pleased with the reception they’ve gotten for The Flower Pot. “We feel like this is really the community hub in La Jolla,” she said. “We want to keep the authenticity of that, but also have our roasting grow so we can supply other restaurants, hotels, and cafes.”

The Flower Pot takes its coffee roasting seriously getting green coffee beans shipped in worldwide from only all-organic sources. “Right now we’re getting some of our coffee in from Sumatra,” noted Morrow. She added, “What Gloria and I want to be able to do ultimately is support a (coffee) farm in Columbia, helping with the farming and growing process and bringing coffee back here. That way the farmers can get paid well for the hard work they’re doing. It’s uplifting to work together.”

Part of their company’s mission at their new site is to help with dog rescues.

“Right now, 5% of our proceeds are donated to an animal rescue, La Jolla Loves Pets,” Morrow said adding they plan on hosting a grand opening for Three Legs Coffee Roasters in November after Black Friday.

“We’re just really excited because we love coffee so much,” said Morrow adding, “We intend to keep micro-roasting organic coffee for other cafes around San Diego.”

THE FLOWER POT CAFE AND BAKERY

Where: 7530 Fay Ave.

Contact: flowerpotcafe.org, tlcroasters.org, 858-454-5453.