Assembly Coffee

Assembly are the quality and customer focused coffee roaster based in Brixton, London. They are one of the few coffee roasters in the UK that are pushing the boundaries of each aspect of their business.

About Assembly Coffee

The Assembly roastery is housed in a 19th century fire station in the heart of London. The Loring roaster alongside a state of the art coffee sensory lab and a couple of event spaces to hold cuppings is a testament to how serious these guys take specialty coffee. I love the concept of imagery and colour representing taste. It gives you an idea of the profile without suggesting specific flavours and highlights the differences in each of our perceptions of taste. Secondly, the coffee is of the highest standard. There is no compromise in quality and the meticulous quality control that these guys have as a standard is why they are dropping some of the best speciality ground coffees on the market today. The biggest difference in how Assembly operates for me is their collaborations. When talking to their business manager, Ed, he explained how the team is in constant conversation with their customers, whether it’s a retail customer purchasing a 250g bag every other week or a wholesale cafe that orders dozens of kilos per week.

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Coffee Origin

The House from Assembly Coffee Roasters originates from the South Kivu region of DR Congo.

This coffee is produced by the Kalehe Arabica Coffee Cooperative, a network of smallholder farmers working in and around Virunga National Park in DR Congo. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Virunga spans over 3,000 square miles along the borders of Rwanda and Uganda and is recognised as one of the most biodiverse places on earth.The park’s history is complex. Its natural resources carry enormous economic value but have also made the region vulnerable to instability. Civilian safety and security remains volatile in an environment in which armed groups engage in criminal activities ranging from ivory poaching and illegal fishing, to kidnapping and extortion.In response, the park established the Virunga Alliance in 2013 – a coalition of public organisations and private businesses – designed to channel Virunga’s natural resources into a resilient, green economy.

Since then, the Alliance has developed hydroelectric plants that now provide clean, reliable energy to thousands of households, including the city of Goma – where two million residents got access to electricity for the first time.One public entity working alongside the Alliance is African Coffee Connect – an organisation building a network of coffee small holder cooperatives, including the Kalehe Arabica Coffee Cooperative of 3,179 producers (including 993 women, many of whom are community leaders).The revenue generated through coffee sales enables the cooperative to fund construction of municipal water infrastructure, health centres and schools.