Wyndhams Coffee

Overview

Wyndhams Coffee is Barbados's only dedicated specialty coffee roaster, founded in 2014 by husband-and-wife team Mandy and Dominic Wyndham-Gittens. The roastery runs a 12kg Diedrich operated by Jalisa Als — the country's first female head roaster — and combines its own roasting program with La Marzocco, Rancilio, and Lavazza distribution for the Barbadian market.

Known for

• Barbados's only specialty coffee roaster
• Jalisa Als, the country's first female head roaster, who has done origin trips to Colombia
• Award-winning specialty pods on a Wyndhams-branded pod machine for the local market
• Surf-themed blends inspired by Bathsheba (Caribbean surfing capital where Dominic grew up)
• St Nicholas Abbey rum-barrel-aged coffee and the Cane Dog blend supporting Barbadian stray-dog rescue

Why it matters

In a tiny island market dominated by Italian and American chain imports — and where high regional tariffs make intra-Caribbean coffee trade hard — Wyndhams is doing the slow work of building a third-wave specialty operation from scratch, and putting Bajan storytelling into the cup as it goes.

Production

destoning

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head roaster

Jalisa Als

color sorting

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roaster machine

12kg Diedrich

filter equipment

EK43 grinder

cupping frequency

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roastery location

Near Bridgetown, Barbados

espresso equipment

La Marzocco Linea Mini

annual volume tonnes

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Recognitions

• Coffeevine Global Roasting Partner (September 2024)

Sources

• https://www.wyndhams.bb/
• https://thecoffeevine.com/blog/wyndhams-coffee-bajan-vibes-meet-great-coffee-on-the-island-of-barbados/
• https://thecoffeevine.com/blog/specialty-coffee-in-barbados-an-account-of-finding-the-unexpected/
• https://www.caribjournal.com/2023/05/12/barbados-coffee-best-wyndhams/