Whilst we value all our partnerships, this one is a special one for us. OddKin Coffee Roasters based out of Bristol was born from one of, if not the first speciality coffee shops in Worcester, our home town. This means boss man Joe is a familiar face, he worked his way up at Waylands Yard and is now the big dog at OddKin.
OddKin was created with a goal in mind, to be the coffee roaster they’d always dreamed of working with. Small batch, high-quality, speciality coffee and friendly faces. They’re set up in a unit near Filwood Park in Bristol, which is open three days a week for you to pop in for your caffeine fix (and I highly recommend you do, if you’re ever down that way). This space is also used for training and most importantly, roasting up the delicious coffees we’ve picked out for you.
When we visited, with the help of his sidekick and Head of Security, Snoopy 🐶, Al, showed us around and walked us through a selection of their current range, after pulling a couple of flat whites on their Victoria Arduino Eagle One. We also had a nose around the roastery. They’ve got a Probat roaster spinning away in one corner and a bakery in another (home of THE cinnamon buns, if you don't know, you really do need to get to know!).
Whilst it was hard choosing between the coffees Al had chosen there was one thing in particular that jumped out at me, these guys are killing the decaf game. If you want to know how decaf coffee is supposed to taste, you have check this out.
They're also committed to doing good, their Greenhouse is a seasonally changing, single-origin, coffee with clear intent - to do good. This means a few things, guilt-free delicious coffee for a start. Rest assured that buying this coffee is helping the planet. It also aims to highlight the importance of sustainable coffee imports and raise funds and awareness for agroforestry projects. 10% of each sale of Greenhouse is donated to Treedom, helping to grow their very own virtual forest, The Odd Wood. So far they have planted thirteen trees across four countries, Kenya, Colombia, Tanzania and Malawi. You can read more about Treedom here.
