Copenhagen, Denmark · since 2014
Nordlys Kafferisteri
Example: An example to show how the shop will work — not on sale.Nordic light roasting, uncompromising about acidity.
Example: An example to show how the shop will work — not on sale.Where to find them
Copenhagen, Denmark
Their story
Nordlys roast lighter than almost anyone in Europe, on the conviction that a great lot should taste of where it grew rather than of the roaster. Their drum profiles run short and hot, stopping well before first crack has settled, which is why their Ethiopians arrive tasting like tea and citrus peel rather than toast.
The roastery sits in a former ship-chandler's warehouse on the Copenhagen waterfront, and the roasting is done by the same three people who taste every lot. Nobody there will tell you a light roast is a gentler coffee. They will tell you it is a clearer one.
How they work
Sample-roasts every lot three ways before committing. Publishes the cupping score and the farmgate price paid for each coffee.
- Roasting machine
- Loring S15 Falcon, 15 kg
- Green coffee
- Through the importer Havn Green Coffee
- Roast days
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Posts your bag
- Within 2 days of roasting
In the shop
Their coffees now
In the monthly box: Explorer (1 bag) or Connoisseur (2 bags), always from one roaster