Roasting Shed Coffee Roasters Review

Roasting Shed are located across 2 locations in London.

The name is a testament to how they started roasting coffee in their garden shed.

The team understand that they are only as good as the raw coffees that they select to work with.

It is imperative the supply chain is fully transparent so that it can be traced back to its origin.

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The personal relationships that Roasting Shed have with all their suppliers is very important to them.

Their importers, growers and co-operatives are all committed to producing excellent coffees but also to look after their workforce and ensure the environment is respected and sustained.

Building on this foundation they roast in small batches to ensure they preserve and enhance the delicate flavours of each individual coffee.

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The Origin

The Gisanga coffee from Roasting Shed Coffee Roasters originates from Ruhango in Rwanda.

The coffee is washed using ‘Theresa’s natural spring’, named after the family Theresa, who first used the spring to wash coffee in the 1980’s.

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This lot was sourced from Tropic Coffee, a company who upholds a strong ethical code and focus on sustainability.

They prioritise supporting female farmers through community training, concentrating on organic and shade-grown methods.

This is made possible through their contribution to opening a range of small field schools in local villages.

Plantations are intercropped with maise, cassava and bananas to maintain biodiversity.

What To Expect

Here’s an idea of what to expect from this Rwandan coffee from Roasting Shed Coffee Roasters.

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Team Batch brew method of choice - Pour Over.

If you loved this coffee and want it to have it in your life again order directly from Roasting Shed now.

FAQs

Where to buy Roasting Shed Coffee?

You can purchase all of their fantastic single origin, blends and decaf coffee’s from their online store.

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I’m Tom and I have been working in the coffee industry for over 10 years, starting my journey as a barista in Australia, working on coffee farms in South America and roasting coffee in The UK. Today I review and write about speciality coffee. I am the founder of Batch Coffee Club, which showcases the very best coffee from around the world. Read more about Tom Saxon Coffee Expert.

Coffee ReviewsTom Saxon - Coffee Expert11 July 2024roasting shedWashed, London, Rwandan CoffeeComment

How We Review Coffee?

We receive coffees from roasters throughout the UK to taste and review. All of our coffee reviews are our own words and thoughts, we don’t receive any form of payment for any of our reviews.

Our coffee reviews always start with an introduction to each independent coffee roaster.

At Batch, we are all about celebrating the incredibly talented roasters that we have in the UK and telling their stories. Each one roasting the coffee slightly different.

We then explore the origin of the coffee and take a look at where the coffee has been grown and the process that it has gone through once it has been picked.

Every coffee growing origin has a different set of characteristics when it comes to the final cup, whether it’s fruity and floral or chocolatey and full the origin of speciality coffee is always celebrated.

The last part of our coffee review is what we tasted in the coffee. Speciality coffee has some incredible flavour notes (more than wine), some dark and rich while others on the opposite end of the flavour spectrum are light and fruity, we try and explain what we taste in the coffee however like with many complex tasting foods or drinks it is also down to perception and personal opinion.

So if we have tasted orange zest and you get watermelon then that is brilliant and what we think speciality coffee is all about (as long as you like the coffee).

We then score the coffee on attributes like body, aroma, sweetness and flavour. Some of the coffees you may then find in our coffee club voted the best coffee subscription in the UK by the Independent.

How To Make The Best Coffee At Home?

There are many ways to extract the best flavour out of coffee. Take a look at our coffee guides for some tips on how to make your coffee the best it can be.

Where’s The Best Coffee Grown?

Coffee is grown all over the World however, speciality coffee is only within 20 degrees of the equator. It makes specialist coffee rarer than commodity-grade coffee with the added fact that it gets better the higher it is grown.

There are many great coffee growing regions in the world, in Asia, there is Indonesia and India that produce lots of great coffee.

Africa, the birthplace of coffee has numerous coffee-growing countries, Ethiopia, Kenya, Burundi and Rwanda are known for excellent coffee.

South America has quality as well as quantity produced, some amazing coffees come out of Brazil, Colombia and Peru. Central America also has some world-class coffee growing regions, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Nicaragua grace many cupping tables.

There are also many other countries that produce excellent coffee.

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