Assembly Coffee

Overview

Assembly was launched at the London Coffee Festival in April 2015 as the headline sponsor of the inaugural Coffee Masters competition, after a six-month design phase in which co-founders Nick Mabey (a New Zealander, Q-grader and former jazz musician) and Michael Cleland (Australian, brand and insight) gathered owner-operators from leading UK independents to design a roaster around their wholesale partners' actual needs. It started as a sister brand to Volcano Coffee Works and is housed in a converted 19th-century fire station in Brixton.

Known for

• Founded as a wholesale-first roaster designed in collaboration with London's leading independent cafés
• Certified B Corporation and CarbonNeutral® roastery
• Long-running partnership with Colombia's Red Association — a buyer-funded growers' collective
• Headline sponsor of the inaugural Coffee Masters competition at the London Coffee Festival in 2015
• Roastery in a converted 19th-century Brixton fire station running Giesen and Loring equipment

Why it matters

The clearest example of a UK roaster purpose-built around the cafés it serves — Assembly's catalogue, packaging and insight reports were designed in consultation with its first wholesale partners before the company even launched.

Production

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head roaster

Nick Mabey

color sorting

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roaster machine

Giesen and Loring

filter equipment

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cupping frequency

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roastery location

Brixton, London (converted 19th-century fire station)

espresso equipment

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annual volume tonnes

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Café

244 Ferndale Road, Brixton, London SW9

Recognitions

• B Corporation certified
• CarbonNeutral® certified

Sources

• https://assemblycoffee.co.uk/
• https://typica.coffee/en/narratives/roasters/assembly-coffee/
• https://sprudge.com/london-inside-new-assembly-coffee-brixton-112116.html
• https://www.drinkmorning.com/blogs/roasters/assembly-coffee
• https://uk.linkedin.com/company/assembly-coffee