Oslo · Norway
Supreme Roastworks
Supreme Roastworks is one of 6 Oslo roasters tracked on day9, in Oslo.
Since 2007 · Magnus Lindskog, Joar Christoffersen, Odd-Steinar Tøllefsen
Overview
Supreme Roastworks was founded in 2007 in a Torshov garage in Oslo by Magnus Lindskog and Joar Christoffersen, both formerly of Robert Thoresen's Mocca, and moved to a Grünerløkka cafe in 2013. Photographer-turned-barista Odd-Steinar Tøllefsen — who became a Mocca regular in his forties solely to drink Lindskog's brews — joined as co-owner and went on to win the 2015 World Brewers Cup with a natural-processed Ninety Plus Nekisse from Sidamo, Ethiopia, becoming Norway's third-ever world coffee champion after Robert Thoresen and Tim Wendelboe.
Known for
- Founded 2007 in a Torshov garage by Magnus Lindskog and Joar Christoffersen (both ex-Mocca), with Odd-Steinar Tøllefsen joining as co-owner before the 2013 Grünerløkka cafe opening
- Odd-Steinar Tøllefsen — 2015 World Brewers Cup Champion (natural Ninety Plus Nekisse, Hario V60), four-time Norwegian Brewers Cup Champion
- Pioneered the natural-processed-coffee bias in Nordic specialty — Supreme was the only WBrC 2015 finalist using a natural; within two years it was the default
- 12kg Diedrich roaster on display in the Grünerløkka cafe
- Aker Brygge satellite cafe inside a Porsche showroom; signature 'Satans god iskaffe' iced coffee with rose lemonade
Why it matters
Supreme is the natural-processed-coffee answer to Tim Wendelboe's washed Nordic orthodoxy — the same Oslo specialty lineage running through Mocca, Java, and Wendelboe, but pointed at fruit-forward, sweet, fermenty cups rather than the airy clarity that defined the Nordic style for a decade. Tøllefsen's 2015 World Brewers Cup win, with a coffee no one else would have brought to the stage, is the moment naturals stopped being viewed as second-rate at the top of European specialty.
Production
- head roaster
- Magnus Lindskog
- roaster machine
- Diedrich 12kg (Grünerløkka cafe display)
- filter equipment
- Hario V60
- roastery location
- Oslo (originally Torshov garage 2007–2013, then Grünerløkka)
Café
Thorvald Meyers gate 18, Grünerløkka, Oslo
Recognitions
- Odd-Steinar Tøllefsen – World Brewers Cup Champion (2015)
- Tøllefsen – Norwegian Brewers Cup Champion (4x)