Our Story
From a backyard
to Kelham Island.
How it started.
It started with a broken La Pavoni, a copy of The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee, and an obsession that most people told us would pass. In 2017, founders Mia Chen and Tom Whitfield began home roasting on a modified air popcorn maker in a flat in Sheffield's Broomhall.
By 2019, they'd saved enough to buy a Aillio Bullet R1 and rent a small unit on Kelham Island. Ember Roast was officially born. The name came from the low-and-slow roasting philosophy they'd developed: patient development, no scorching, chasing clarity over character.
The sourcing philosophy.
We work with a small number of importers who share detailed lot information, cup scores, and farmgate pricing data. For our flagship origins — Ethiopia, Colombia, and Guatemala — we have visited or are in contact with the cooperatives directly.
Every bag we sell includes a QR code linking to the lot profile: origin, farm or cooperative, variety, processing, altitude, harvest date, and our roast notes. This isn't marketing. It's accountability.
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