Our house

One address, one roaster, fourteen years

We opened with a twelve kilo machine and two clients. The machine is still here and it turns twice a week.

The roastery team gathered in front of the counter

The story

Start small and stay small

In 2009 Mathilde bought a second hand roaster and rented a room that still smelled of paint. The first batch went to the restaurant across the street.

We could have grown fast. We chose to keep one machine, one neighbourhood and a list of clients we know by their first name.

Today nine people run the workshop and the counter. The rule has not changed, we only sell the coffee we drink ourselves.

Our rules

Three things we never trade away

The price paid to the farm

We buy direct and we print on every bag the price paid to the farm. It always sits above the market rate.

The size of the batch

Twelve kilos at most. Above that the drum loses the nuance that separates a good coffee from a memorable one.

The date on the bag

Every bag carries the roast date, never an expiry date. You know exactly what you are pouring.

The milestones

Fourteen years in four moments

2009
The first machine
A second hand twelve kilo roaster installed in an empty room of the Rosemont neighbourhood.
2014
The counter opens
The front room becomes a café and the neighbourhood discovers the smell of Tuesday morning roasting.
2019
Direct trade
First trip to Colombia and first agreement signed without a middle party with the farm La Esperanza.
2024
The teaching room
We open the room to restaurant teams to pass on the method rather than the recipe.