Foundation Coffee Roasters Review

World class coffee roasting crossed with laid back surf vibes. Waka waka. Foundation coffee roasters are an independent roastery and equipment supplier based in St Ives, Cornwall.

About Foundation Coffee Roasters Review

They began their coffee journey with a mission to create quality and high-grade speciality coffee while at the same time using the best possible ethical practices that have a minimal impact on the environment. This transcends from the sustainable relationships they build at source all the way through to the Omni-degradable and home compostable coffee bags that they showcase their coffee. Visit Foundation’s Website Foundation focus on honesty and transparency throughout their business – two things that we hold extremely important too. Their involvement at origin stems from these two ethics as they prefer to deal with coffee farms and mills directly. It is a super important step that more and more roasters across the world are making. Although it is hard and requires time and money, there is no substituting the value that is gained when you can see exactly where the coffee is coming from, speak to the people that grow it and nurture sustainable long-lasting relationships. All of this knowledge can then be passed onto the consumers to better educate them on the issues in coffee-growing regions of the world. The work that is put into their sustainable sourcing of coffee is carried into their local community in St Ives where they participate in the community orchard – donating the chaff (a byproduct of coffee roasting) to help mulch the fledgeling apple trees. They also send coffee grounds to the New yard restaurant to use in their walled garden.

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Coffee Origin

The Abadatezuka Coffee from Foundation Coffee Roasters originates from the Western Province of Rwanda.

From the “Land of a Thousand Hills” comes Abadatezuka. Named after a cooperative of smallholder farmers in Rwanda’s Western Province, this washed coffee comes to us via our friends at Cafe Imports and is another stellar example of the great work they do in responsibly sourcing exceptional coffees.Situated on the border of Lake Kivu and the Nyugwe forest, Rwanda’s Western Province is a very abundant and tropical area. The region’s fertile soil coupled with the extreme elevation has allowed for the local small producers and washing stations to turn out specialty coffee at higher volumes than ever before seen in Rwanda. Interestingly, the honeybees native to the area play a part in creating the unique profile of the coffee by assisting in the pollination of the coffee plants.

The process for washed coffees in Rwanda starts with coffee cherries being delivered to central processing units the day they are harvested where they will then be depulped and fermented in cement open-air tanks for up to 18 hours. Unique to Rwanda and parts of Kenya, the cherries are then taken after fermentation and soaked in water for 24 hours. Their mucilage is then removed and spread on raised drying beds.