Oslo · Norway
Talormade
Talormade is one of 6 Oslo roasters tracked on day9, in Oslo.
Since 2019 · Talor Browne
Overview
Talormade is the Oslo roastery, doughnut bakery and cafe chain founded by Australian-born Talor Browne after she lost her previous company Talor & Jørgen following a court settlement with her former business partners. Browne came up under Mark Dundon, Bridget Amor (Brother Baba Budan, Seven Seeds) and Fleur Studd in mid-2000s Melbourne, opened Coutume's second site in Paris in 2011, then moved to Oslo in 2012 to become head roaster at Tim Wendelboe before launching Talor & Jørgen and, in 2019, Talormade — built around a Loring S15 Falcon installed in June 2019 that hit 1,000 batches inside six months.
Known for
- Founded 2019 in Oslo by Talor Browne after losing her previous company Talor & Jørgen in a partner dispute and court settlement
- Browne is a former head roaster at Tim Wendelboe (Oslo) and former opener of Coutume's second Paris cafe
- Roasts on a Loring S15 Falcon installed June 2019, in a converted early-1900s textile factory by the Akerselva river
- Doughnut programme born from Browne's pastry training at Duchess of Spotswood and a stage at All Day Doughnuts in Melbourne
- Three Oslo cafes opened during Covid, scaling to over 50 employees roasting and shipping 700+ kg of coffee weekly
Why it matters
Specialty coffee is full of stories about founders who lost the company they built; Talormade is the rare second act where the same person rebuilt a more deliberate, more ambitious operation in eighteen months. Browne is also, separately, one of the more visible critics of the speciality industry's gatekeeping, and Talormade's combination of Loring-driven roast quality, doughnut-shop accessibility and explicit hospitality intent is the working version of the argument she has been making in talks and interviews for years.
Production
- head roaster
- Matt and Ida (trained from scratch by Talor Browne)
- roaster machine
- Loring S15 Falcon (June 2019)
- cupping frequency
- Weekly Monday morning team cuppings
- roastery location
- Akerselva riverside, Oslo (former early-1900s textile factory)
Café
Bjørvika, Oslo (bakery + cafe)