TATE Coffee Roasters
Discover Tate Coffee Roasters and the incredible coffee they showcase.
The Roastery at Tate is a diverse and innovative Specialty coffee space.
Situated within the historic grounds of Tate Britain.
Home to Tate’s Gender Equality Coffee Project (GEP) and Slot Roasting Collective the WWII Nissen Hut Roastery is a vibrant community-led non-profit business that helps fund Tate Gallery and champion coffee producers and professionals of all genders throughout the coffee value chain.
The small team of specialists focuses on sourcing and roasting the highest quality and sustainable specialty coffees grown by inspirational female and male producers for Tate coffee sites, whilst hosting a diverse range of slot roasters, and developing a bespoke range of contract and white label coffee services for a variety of coffee businesses and professionals.
The range of coffees is comprised of individual, community and family producers and is designed to reflect the seasonality, diversity and quality of coffee grown by everyone throughout Latin America.
The range of Espresso and Filter coffees are the results of projects, relationships or initiatives that Tate coffee have instigated or supported in producing communities, with the help of their partners.
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The Origin
The Hermosa coffee from Tate coffee roasters originates from the Tarrazu region of Costa Rica.
The area known as Tarrazu is divided in to three parts – Dota, Tarrazu and Leon Cortes. It is also often known as Los Santos as the three main towns are San Pablo, San Marcos, and Santa Maria de Dota.
In the small town of Santa Maria de Dota, at the centre of the coffee growers of Tarrazu that contribute to it, is the coffee processing mill and facilities belonging to Coope Dota - a co-operative established back in 1960, starting with just 90 producers.
They currently represent around 900 small family growers and hold the title as the first coffee processor in the world to be certified as carbon neutral, back in 2011.
Prior to the arrival of Coopedota, coffee farming in the area was difficult. The producers had little or no expertise in agronomy, the coffee was sold to middlemen who paid producers unfairly, and there were no wet mills nearby, which meant a long trip to be able to process their coffee.
The closest wet mill was “La Raya” in Desamparados, where coffee carts were taken to for measuring and to prevent the coffee cherries from fermenting.
Mr Estanislao Ureña Mora was responsible for introducing coffee to the area, and gave seed to his brother Jose Ureña Mora. Between the two, they sowed a plantation of two hectares and produced their coffee without the use of agrochemicals.
Then came Ramon Blanco who built a wet mill in San Pablo de Leon Cortes, and producers began taking their coffee there. In 1929 a wet mill was built in Santa Maria, but as there was so much uncertainty in prices, producers turned to the Banco Nacional (National Bank), which had a department where farmers were given recommendations on how to process their owncoffee. Thus was born Coopedota R.L.
What To Expect
Here’s an idea of what to expect from this complex Costa Rican coffee from Tate Coffee Roasters.
Team Batch brew method of choice - Aeropress.
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FAQs
Where to buy Tate Coffee?
You can purchase all of their fantastic single origin, blends and decaf coffee’s from their online store.
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