Stockholm · Sweden
Drop Coffee Roasters
Drop Coffee Roasters roasts in Stockholm, Stockholm County.
Since 2009 · Joanna Alm
Overview
Drop Coffee opened as a coffee bar near Mariatorget in Stockholm in 2009 and started roasting on a 1kg machine in the back of the shop a year later. Co-owners Joanna Alm — a three-time Swedish Coffee Roasting Champion who has placed second in the World Coffee Roasting Championship — and Stephen Leighton (founder of Has Bean and co-owner of 3FE Dublin) run the operation, which has been certified organic since 2018.
Known for
- Joanna Alm — three-time Swedish Coffee Roasting Champion, World finalist
- Co-owned with Stephen Leighton (Has Bean founder, 3FE Dublin co-owner)
- Certified organic roastery since June 2018
- Only sources from producers visited in person — minimum 86 SCA score, FOB prices published
- Kalita brewing equipment supplier for Sweden since 2013
- Joanna authored 'Manifest För Bättre Kaffe' (Manifest for Better Coffee)
Why it matters
One of the Nordic roasters that helped define the global light-roast template — small, owner-operated, transparent on prices, refusing to source from anywhere they haven't personally been. Drop's combined credentials (Joanna Alm's roasting championship record plus Stephen Leighton's UK/Ireland network through Has Bean and 3FE) give it influence well beyond its single-cafe footprint.
Production
- head roaster
- Joanna Alm
- roaster machine
- 25kg Diedrich (original wholesale roaster from 2012)
- cupping frequency
- Roast to order in 8-16 kg batches
- roastery location
- Rosersberg, north of Stockholm — certified organic since June 2018
Café
Wollmar Yxkullsgatan 10, Stockholm, Sweden
Recognitions
- Joanna Alm — three-time Swedish Coffee Roasting Champion (incl. 2014, 2015)
- Joanna Alm — 2nd place, World Coffee Roasting Championship
- Swedish Gastronomy Award (cafe) — two consecutive years
- Certified organic (since June 2018)