Stockholm · Sweden
Johan & Nyström
Johan & Nyström roasts in Stockholm, Stockholm County.
Since 2004 · Johan Wallenborg, Ola Nyström, Johan Damgaard
Overview
Johan & Nyström was founded in 2004 by Johan Wallenborg, Ola Nyström and Johan Damgaard — a group of coffee-loving friends who set up a small roastery in Tullinge, south of Stockholm. The mission was direct: get Nordic people to drink better coffee, sourced transparently from named farms. They were the first specialty coffee roastery in Sweden. The original Tullinge roastery had what they describe as charm and "thermal events" (their euphemism for fires); in mid-2017 the company moved into a custom-built facility in Länna, which they describe as one of the most modern specialty roasteries in Europe.
Known for
- First specialty coffee roastery in Sweden — founded 2004
- Co-founders Johan Wallenborg, Ola Nyström and Johan Damgaard
- Custom-built Länna roastery (June 2017) with biogas-powered roasters and hydropower
- Publishes producer relationships and direct trade prices
- Four coffee bars across Stockholm and Helsinki; supplies major Swedish café chains
Why it matters
Johan & Nyström is the brand that made specialty coffee a category in Sweden — and the supply contract with Espresso House (~1,500 cafés) gives them an unusual position: small-roaster sourcing standards executed at a scale that can move volume at producer level. The Länna roastery, with its biogas-fired roasters, custom blending and packaging line, and 12-minute-batch flow, is the production answer to whether sourcing transparency can be preserved at multi-thousand-tonne scale.
Production
- head roaster
- Joakim Ahlund (Head of Production)
- roaster machine
- Biogas-powered roasters, custom-built Länna facility
- roastery location
- Länna, south of Stockholm, Sweden
Café
This roaster operates a café.
Recognitions
- First specialty coffee roastery in Sweden