Dublin · Ireland
Cloud Picker Coffee
Cloud Picker Coffee roasts in Dublin, Leinster.
Since 2013 · Frank Kavanagh, Peter Sztal
Overview
Cloud Picker is Dublin's first micro-roastery, founded in 2013 by Frank Kavanagh and Peter Sztal, who left careers in graphic design and corporate banking to roast specialty coffee. The name was born on a misty morning travelling up through the clouds in the Doi Chang area on the Thai-Burmese border to meet the farmers harvesting the coffee. The operation roasts to order on a Loring at its Crumlin roastery, runs a flagship café at 42 Pearse Street, and operates the first specialty coffee bars at Dublin Airport — three locations across both terminals — and is B Corp certified.
Known for
- Founded 2013 by Frank Kavanagh and Peter Sztal, Dublin's first micro-roastery
- B Corp certified with a 100% electric delivery fleet and zero-waste bucket returns
- Loring roaster at the Crumlin roastery in Dublin 12
- Flagship café at 42 Pearse Street plus three Dublin Airport locations
- First specialty coffee at Dublin Airport, including a US-preclearance bar at Terminal 2 Gate 402
Why it matters
Ireland's specialty coffee scene effectively dates from the early 2010s and was built by a tiny number of operators, with Cloud Picker emerging alongside 3FE as one of the two operations that proved Dublin could sustain a real third-wave market. The Dublin Airport buildout matters disproportionately because airport coffee in most cities is a punishment, and putting Cloud Picker through US preclearance at Terminal 2 means many Americans' first taste of Irish coffee is now a Frank-and-Peter espresso rather than a Bewley's drip.
Production
- roaster machine
- Loring (Crumlin roastery)
- roastery location
- Unit 9, Stannaway Drive, Crumlin, Dublin 12
Café
42 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
Recognitions
- B Corp Certified