Kaffa Roastery

Overview

Kaffa was founded in 2007 in Helsinki by business students Svante Hampf and Benjamin Andberg, who originally planned to open a national coffee shop chain — until they discovered they couldn't source coffee they wanted to serve. The first batches were roasted at a summer cottage on a popcorn machine. The roastery and flagship cafe share an address in Punavuori and are separated only by a glass wall, with the in-house Helsinki School of Coffee training program running from the same space. Kaffa has published its green-coffee purchase prices publicly since 2017, and is Finland's third-largest specialty roaster.

Known for

• Founded 2007 by Svante Hampf and Benjamin Andberg as Finland's first specialty roastery
• First batches roasted at a summer cottage on a popcorn machine
• Publishes green-coffee purchase prices publicly since 2017 (radical transparency)
• Roasts on a 50-year-old 22kg Probat behind a glass wall in the Punavuori cafe
• Operates the Helsinki School of Coffee training program in-house

Why it matters

Kaffa is the roastery that proved Finns — who drink more coffee per capita than anyone on earth — could be sold something other than pale, high-volume filter brew. The published purchase prices since 2017 set the transparency bar that the rest of the Finnish scene now competes against, and the Helsinki School of Coffee has trained most of the country's working baristas.

Production

destoning

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head roaster

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color sorting

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roaster machine

50-year-old Probat, 22kg capacity

filter equipment

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cupping frequency

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roastery location

Pursimiehenkatu 29A, Punavuori, Helsinki

espresso equipment

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annual volume tonnes

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Café

Pursimiehenkatu 29A, 00150 Helsinki

Recognitions

• Best Coffee Shop in Finland — Helsinki Coffee Festival (2017)

Sources

• https://www.slurp.coffee/en/blogi/articles/roasters/kaffa-roastery/
• https://www.coffeeinsurrection.com/kaffa-roastery-helsinki.html
• https://news.cision.com/helsinki-partners/r/from-local-roasteries-to-transparency-and-exceptional-taste--a-new-kind-of-coffee-culture-is-brewing,c4139958
• https://www.myhelsinki.fi/visit/eat-and-drink/helsinkis-rich-coffee-culture/
• https://www.euronews.com/culture/2024/04/22/a-coffee-roastery-in-finland-has-launched-an-ai-generated-blend
• https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.kaffa_roastery_oy.87153c5d992868033342cbe59d70d568.html