Our Blog

1. Homeless barista training with Hotel School London

   Situated near Victoria station, The Passage is London's largest voluntary resource centre for homeless and vulnerable people. From simply providing a bed to sleep in for the night or even long…

2. ​Extract Loves Recycling Coffee

   Part of our mission to make coffee better includes making coffee better for the planet. That means lowering our environmental impact. Recycling and  coffee sustainability has long been…

3. Jasal Mill, El Salvador

   Central American coffee has always fascinated Extract Coffee Roasters co-founder David Faulkner. We love to roast incredible El Salvadoran coffees as part of our limited edition coffee range…

4. Extract Coffee Roasters donates coffee to the NHS during Covid-19

   The smallest of gestures really do make a difference. At Extract Coffee Roasters, we believe in the idea of community. The idea that we are all better together. Society is pulling together in ways…

5. ​Donating skateboards to Ethiopia with our Kickflip Espresso

   Extract Coffee Roasters co-founder, Dave, discovered Ethiopia Skate by chance, and it turned out to be a match made in halfpipe heaven. A grassroots skateboard movement which provides children in E…

6. Finca La Casiana

   As with many exemplary coffee farms, Finca La Casiana is set amongst breathtaking views, this time in Colombia. It’s a farm that’s been making coffee since 1987, and we think the beans that we source…

7. Recycling coffee chaff as a garden compost

   Coffee chaff is a great byproduct of  roasting coffee beans that can create nutrient-rich soil for your garden. As well as recycling a waste product that would otherwise be thrown away, it’…

8. Rescuing Bertha

   How we rescued and rebuilt a vintage roaster from Bosnia. The restoration of Betty, our vintage Probat roaster, was transformational. In 2012 her arrival reduced our roasting schedule from 8 roas…