Fika Coffee Roasters

Fika Coffee Roasters are the Swedish inspired Durham based coffee roasters. Fika is the first coffee roasters to open in the city of Durham. Home to a great old Cathedral and one of the countries best Universities term time is buzzing with tourists and coffee-loving students.

About Fika Coffee Roasters

Fika is the first coffee roasters to open in the city of Durham. Home to a great old Cathedral and one of the countries best Universities term time is buzzing with tourists and coffee-loving students. Although these guys are fairly new to the coffee scene here in the UK the idea has been simmering for a few years. With a similar introduction to speciality coffee to me, owners Matt and Lynn discovered the wonders of Australian coffee culture in Melbourne 15 years ago. Australia is home to some of the finest coffee roasters in the world and although there are numerous roasters in the UK at the moment rivalling their quality, Australia has the edge when it comes to consistency and your average coffee drinkers expectation. Unlike the UK where Costa coffee rules the highstreet, Australia sees very few franchised cafes and predominantly supports small independent coffee brands. This creates an overall higher demand for quality coffee where just about everybody is a coffee connoisseur.

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Coffee Origin

The Luz Helena Salazar coffee from Fika Coffee Roasters originates from the Quindio region of Colombia.

Luz Helena grew up in Armenia and has been producing coffee for the last 20 years. She owns Maracay, an 8-hectare farm located at 1450 m.a.s.l, in Armenia Quindio. Luz is Carlos and Felipe’s mother, the co-founders of Cofinet and wife of Jairo Arcila.Luz’s passion for coffee was inspired by her husband’s work on coffee farms and as a dry mill manager. Luz would hear Jairo talking about coffee and wanted to be more involved in the industry. With the support of Jairo, Luz started learning how to care for coffee plants and what steps she needed to take to produce high-quality, ripe cherries. Luz found dealing with insects very challenging at the start and would draw on Jairo’s knowledge to help with this.

For several years now, her focus has been on producing high quality (‘specialty’) coffee. With the support of Cofinet, Luz has been able to improve farm practices and focus on producing the best cherries she can. Once ripe, the cherries are then processed by Cofinet at their processing station, La Pradera.When Luz is not tending to her coffee trees, she enjoys spending time with her friends and being part of local support groups for vulnerable people.