Fifteen years of asking farmers what they need.
Wrenhallow started in 2009 in a railway arch, with a five-kilo roaster and a conviction that the people who grow coffee should be paid for quality. So we went to the farms, cupped the coffee, and agreed a price with the people who grew it. That became the Farm Pledge.
The roastery moved to Larkspur Yard in Deptford in 2016. Everything is roasted to order in small batches and posted within a day. Part of it goes to cafés, restaurants and offices; the rest goes through the letterbox.
Our longest relationship is with a group of forest-coffee growers in south-west Ethiopia. The newest is Excelsa from Uganda, a species most people have never tasted.
- 2009
- First roast, in a railway arch
- 2016
- Roastery opens in Deptford
- Every harvest
- Back at the farms
- 24 hours
- From roast to post
- Saturdays
- Free public cuppings
- 200g to 1kg
- Bag sizes, whole bean or ground
The Farm Pledge, in four lines.
We wrote our own buying standard when we started roasting in 2009. Every coffee we sell is bought this way, and the farmer's name is on the bag.
A price agreed with the farmer
Negotiated face to face, above the market price, for quality we have cupped ourselves.
Long relationships
We would rather buy from the same farms every year than chase a new lot each season. We go back every harvest.
Quality scored and published
Every lot is cupped on arrival and scored. The score is on the product page, not in a drawer.
Roasted to order
Small-batch roasting in Deptford, packed the same day, posted within 24 hours. The roast date is printed on every bag.