Ozone Coffee Roasters

Overview

Ozone Coffee was founded in 1998 by Karen and the late Jamie Hodson in the surf town of Fitzroy, New Plymouth, Taranaki — inspired by a trip through Salvadoran coffee plantations — and grew into one of New Zealand's earliest specialty operators before crossing to the UK in 2012 with a two-storey Leonard Street roastery, café and restaurant in Shoreditch. The company now runs four East London sites and an Auckland roastery-eatery, certified B Corp with a 97.6 score, and in 2018 acquired pioneering Stafford roaster Hasbean — fully rebranding it under the Ozone name in March 2024.

Known for

• Founded 1998 in Fitzroy, New Plymouth, by Karen and Jamie Hodson
• Crossed to UK 2012 with Leonard Street, Shoreditch roastery and restaurant
• Acquired Hasbean (Stafford, founded 2002 by Steve Leighton) in 2018 — fully rebranded as Ozone March 2024
• B Corp certified 2022 with a 97.6 impact score versus a 50.9 median
• Award-winning low-waste eateries — house ricotta from waste barista milk, sourdough offcuts as panko

Why it matters

Ozone is one of the most quietly influential bridges between New Zealand and London specialty coffee — the Shoreditch outpost helped define what an Antipodean-style coffeehouse looked like in East London a decade ago, and the 2018 absorption of Hasbean (one of the UK's first specialty roasters) consolidated two of the most important early specialty stories in Britain into a single B Corp business.

Production

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roastery location

Stafford, UK + Auckland, NZ + New Plymouth, NZ + East London, UK

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Café

11 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4AQ

Recognitions

• Certified B Corporation (2022) — 97.6 impact score
• Acquired heritage UK specialty pioneer Hasbean (2018, rebranded 2024)

Sources

• https://ozonecoffee.co.nz/pages/about-us
• https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/find-a-b-corp/company/ozone-coffee-roasters-international/
• https://nz.linkedin.com/company/ozonecoffee
• https://www.gcrmag.com/longstanding-uk-roaster-hasbean-to-become-ozone-coffee/
• https://www.venture.org.nz/taranaki-story/do-business-invest-innovate-and-export-story/ozone-coffee-roasters/
• https://www.cleanplateblog.com/post/ozone-coffee-roasters