The Library
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Meet the roasters behind The Library. Explore where they roast, what shapes their approach, and every coffee currently available from each one.
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A Matter of Concrete
Rotterdam-based A Matter of Concrete combines sensory judgement with hard data to make deliberate decisions about sourcing and roasting. Working from the Van Nelle Factory, the team pairs exceptional coffee with a practical focus on innovation, traceability and lower-impact production.
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Apollon's Gold
Apollon’s Gold is a Tokyo roaster focused on clean cups, vibrant acidity and the distinct character of each coffee variety. From classic washed lots to expressive naturals, its selection puts origin and variety first. Careful sorting, precise omni-roasting and detailed evaluation of every batch preserve those qualities, creating...
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April Coffee Roasters
April is a Denmark-rooted roastery focused on clean, traditional processing and coffees that express variety and terroir. Roasting just outside Copenhagen, the team builds direct partnerships with farmers and continually tests, learns and raises its quality standards.
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Avalanche Roasters
Avalanche Roasters is an independent specialty coffee micro-roastery based in Porto, Portugal, dedicated to roasting high-quality coffee for everyone. They focus on strict supply chain transparency and ethical sourcing, bridging the gap between global farmers and local consumers. By roasting in small, meticulous batches, they showcase the unique,...
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Big Sur
Founded in Shanghai in 2016, Big Sur focuses on expressing coffee variety and origin through careful Loring roasting. The team works directly with producers and estate owners to source green coffees that reflect the places they were grown.
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Black & White Roasters
Black and White Coffee Roasters is the brainchild of two US Barista Champions. Founded in 2017, Kyle and Lem were inspired by the coffee they experienced at the competitive level and wanted to make those coffees as widely available as possible.
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Bluebird Coffee
Founded by Dario Scilipoti, Bluebird makes exceptional coffee more accessible while connecting drinkers with the people behind each cup. Its direct sourcing is built on quality, transparency and long-term producer relationships, choosing sustainability and flavour over short-term gain.
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Boo Coffee Roasters
Boo Coffee Roasters is an independent specialty roastery based in Anderlecht, Brussels. We were built on a simple conviction: the coffee in your cup should be worth thinking about. Every bag they roast is an invitation to slow down, pay attention, and taste something that has a story...
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Coffee Collective
Copenhagen-based Coffee Collective starts with the people who grow its coffee. Through direct trade and prices above market level, it supports producer livelihoods and investment in better farming. Each roast highlights the coffee’s individual character, bringing its focus on quality, transparency and long-term relationships into the cup.
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DAK Coffee Roasters
DAK is an Amsterdam roastery founded by two Canadians from Montreal. Its small team selects fully traceable coffees, balancing experimental lots with classic origins, then roasts them for clean, bright and sweet cups that keep specialty coffee welcoming and fun.
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Datura Coffee
Datura is a Paris micro-roastery devoted to seasonal coffees with distinctive aromatic character. The team continually adjusts each roast to reveal the coffee’s terroir and the producer’s work, aiming for the lot’s fullest expression rather than separating filter and espresso profiles.
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Flower Child Coffee
Flower Child is a roasting project founded by Prestin, focused on clean coffees that express their harvest, variety and place of origin. Fully developed light roasts are carefully cupped and refined to reveal each lot’s character. Close producer relationships and higher payments support the people whose work makes...
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Frukt
Frukt Coffee is a contemporary coffee roasting company based in Turku, Finland. After working as a roaster at the local Turun Kahvipaahtimo and later on at the Coffee Collective in Copenhagen Samuli Pääkkönen founded Frukt Coffee Roasters Oy in his home town in 2018.
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Goût & Co
Founded in Chengdu in 2020, Goût & Co is a micro-roastery led by former robotics engineer Tong Zhang. Its ultra-light roasting is tailored to each coffee’s density, origin and natural character. Carefully selected microlots form a varied collection, with precise roast profiles designed to reveal the flavour of...
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H&S Coffee Roasters
Based in Laramie, Wyoming, H&S roasts both bright, expressive single origins and smooth, comforting blends. Its single origins range from very light to medium roasts, while blends explore richer, more chocolate-led profiles. Sourcing considers working conditions alongside cup quality, with each roast shaped around the coffee’s character and...
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Helm Coffee Roasters
Indianapolis-based Helm sources and roasts light, expressive coffees selected for their origin, variety and producer. Its welcoming approach pairs competition-level craft with a belief that remarkable coffee should invite curiosity and connection.
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Hydrangea Coffee Roasters
Hydrangea is a Berkeley coffee project built around light, fruit-forward and process-focused coffees. Founders Bill and Shuxin embrace the weird and wonderful side of specialty coffee, pairing vivid flavour profiles with playful illustrated packaging.
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Ilse Coffee
Founded in 2019, Ilse showcases distinctive coffees and the people behind them. Rebecca and Lucas bring a focus on meaningful relationships, careful sourcing and roasting that respects each producer’s work. Every lot is chosen for its quality and individual character, with the aim of revealing more of what...
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Klover
Klover is a Paris roastery and café founded by Harry Kim, shaped by his experience in Korea, Japan and Denmark. Its light roasts preserve the character of each variety, origin and producer’s work. Roasted in-house and continually refined, the coffees aim for clean, balanced cups that feel approachable...
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Koppi Roasters
Founded in Helsingborg in 2007 by Anne Lunell and Charles Nystrand, Koppi builds lasting relationships with skilled coffee producers. Its light roasting brings out sweetness, bright acidity and the distinct character of each origin. Small batches are cupped before release, sharing the work of its farming partners through...
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Manhattan Coffee Roasters
Founded in Rotterdam in 2017, Manhattan is led by experienced coffee competitors Ben Morrow and Esther Maasdam. The roastery pursues sweetness and provenance through exceptional small lots, close producer collaboration and an ambitious, competition-informed approach to flavour.
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Mazelab
Mazelab is a Prague roastery founded by Jackie and Thu, selecting coffees for clarity, sweetness, complexity and character. Each roast is guided by taste rather than a fixed light or dark style, aiming to reveal what is already present in the bean. Its approach respects every producer, picker...
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Mirra Coffee
Founded in the United States in 2022, Mirra is a Nordic-style roastery focused on bright, clean coffees. Its sourcing and roasting aim to preserve the natural character of each variety and place of origin. The emphasis is on clarity in the cup, allowing the coffee’s own flavour to...
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Moonwake Coffee Roasters
Moonwake is a San Jose roastery founded in 2020, offering carefully selected single origins from around the world. Its range spans delicate, tea-like and fruity coffees through to richer chocolate profiles. Traceable sourcing, detailed evaluation and small-batch roasting support a simple aim: a captivating cup and a moment...
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Native
Native is an origin-roasted coffee project connecting drinkers more directly with exceptional producers. Its curated releases include coffees from Diego Bermudez and Hachi, highlighting precise processing, distinctive varieties and expressive flavour through a producer-led approach.
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Nomad Coffee
Nomad grew from a roaming London coffee cart into one of Barcelona’s defining specialty roasters. Its work is grounded in close producer relationships, careful sourcing and precise roasting, with open spaces that bring people closer to coffee through tasting and education.
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Oma Coffee Roaster
Oma is a small-batch specialty roaster in Hong Kong, formed by a team united by a shared passion for coffee. Its carefully selected releases focus on clarity, craft and expressive lots from outstanding producers around the world.
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Onyx Coffee
Founded in Northwest Arkansas, Onyx Coffee Lab approaches sourcing, roasting and hospitality with meticulous care. Its team combines transparent coffee buying, competition-level expertise and thoughtful presentation to make every stage from producer to cup visible and intentional.
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POMA Coffee
Copenhagen-based POMA is an independent coffee research and cultivation company. Through controlled trials in Denmark and partnerships with farms worldwide, it studies how coffee can thrive under changing conditions, then roasts coffees that emerge directly from its research network.
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Prodigal Coffee
Founded by Scott Rao and Mark Benedetto, Prodigal focuses on clean light roasts and consistent quality. Its coffees are chosen through blind tasting, then roasted with close attention to development. Batch checks, optical sorting and further tasting help the team refine each release, bringing clarity and sweetness to...
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Prolog Coffee
Prolog opened in Copenhagen in 2016 with a simple goal: create a better coffee experience. Its roastery and cafés pursue delicious, sense-evoking coffees while investing in thoughtful sourcing, a healthy workplace and a more sustainable future for producers.
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Rose Coffee Roasters
Founded by 2021 World Brewers Cup Champion Matt Winton, Rose selects and roasts coffee in Zurich. Its team works closely with producers, choosing lots for sweetness and clear flavour. The range spans dependable daily coffees, seasonal single origins and rare competition lots, with a careful approach that keeps...
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Sandbox
Founded in 2023 by Lukas, Sandbox makes specialty coffee approachable through curiosity and experimentation. The roastery treats its craft as a creative space, continually exploring new flavours and refining its roasting while keeping the experience playful and welcoming.
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September Coffee Co.
September is a micro-roastery in Ottawa founded by Kyle and Natasha Rowsell. It highlights sweet, bright and interesting coffees through careful sourcing, modern light roasting and close relationships with the small producers whose work shapes every cup.
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SEY Coffee
Brooklyn-based SEY pursues crystal-clear expressions of exceptional green coffee. Its light, carefully developed roasts build on close producer partnerships, transparent buying and an uncompromising commitment to quality, sustainability and letting each coffee speak for itself.
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Shoebox Coffee Roasters
Shoebox focuses on high-quality coffee sourced and roasted in small batches. Its lightly roasted profiles favour lively acidity, layered complexity and generous fruit, giving each carefully selected lot a clean and expressive presentation.
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SL.OW Coffee Roasters
Founded by double Olympian Sam Dakin, SL.OW is a New Zealand roastery built around taking time to enjoy coffee. Its rotating single-origin releases are roasted for balanced flavour across filter and espresso. Thoughtful sourcing and an emphasis on the brewing ritual turn its founder’s search for a daily...
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Subtext Coffee
Subtext Coffee is based in an industrial part of Toronto, Canada. The roastery avoids blending, renaming or dark roasting its coffees, instead profiling each lot to reveal origin character, and lists every producer's name on the bag to keep sourcing transparent and traceable.
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Swerl Coffee Roasters
Swerl began in Falkenberg in 2019, when Beatriz and Daniel converted a 1972 Mercedes bus into a coffee bar. Now a dedicated roastery, it works closely with producers to share seasonal coffees that express their origin. Careful sampling, roasting and quality control support its focus on traceability, consistency...
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Tanat Coffee
Tanat roasts specialty coffee in Paris, opening a new chapter after its earlier life as Kawa. It sources directly from producers and roasts with precision, pursuing clean, balanced profiles that preserve each coffee’s terroir, identity and aromatic character.
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Terraform Coffee Roasters
Founded in Shanghai in 2019, Terraform Coffee Roasters is a prominent Chinese specialty coffee roastery known for its focus on light, ultra-clean roast profiles and high transparency. The roastery places a strong emphasis on classic washed processing, aiming to showcase delicate florality, vibrant fruit structure, and distinct terroir.
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The Naughty Dog
Founded by Petra and Gwilym in 2018, The Naughty Dog roasts in Jílové u Prahy, near Prague. Its carefully controlled roast profiles aim for clean, sweet coffees with bright flavour across filter and espresso. The team brings years of barista experience and quality control to seasonal releases, with...
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Three Marks Coffee
Barcelona’s Three Marks is a roastery and café shaped by curiosity and a shared passion for coffee. The team brings careful sourcing, quality control and thoughtful roasting together in seasonal releases designed to express each coffee with clarity.
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Tim Wendelboe
Tim Wendelboe is an Oslo roastery, espresso bar and training centre built around transparency, quality and direct producer relationships. Roasting to order since 2007, the team publishes what it pays and also farms coffee at Finca El Suelo in Colombia.
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XLIII Coffee
Vietnam-based XLIII grew from 43 Factory Coffee Roaster with a focus on origin, transparency and the sensory experience of coffee. Its producer partnerships and carefully selected lots bring together a wide range of varieties and regions. Through sourcing, roasting and brewing, the team aims to preserve each coffee’s...
