Assembly Coffee is an award-winning specialty coffee roaster based in London. The Brixton-based roasters take great care to select the best beans and brew them to perfection to produce some of the greatest coffees in the country.
To keep themselves at the top of the game and to ensure that the coffee they make is of the best quality, they partner with other top roasters. They have insight into the world of coffee and are not afraid to reveal any secrets. In our Roaster of the Week segment, we got three of their current roasts, so keep reading to see what makes these guys so great.
Limited Editions — Rare coffees
Limited Editions are special releases of uncommon coffees that we think are exceptional. They handpick distinctive coffees that highlight farming innovation and, most importantly, give unique flavor experiences.
Because they are small lots with limited quantities, the coffees are distributed first to their mailing list.
Limited Editions — Rare coffees
Limited Editions are special releases of uncommon coffees that we think are exceptional. They handpick distinctive coffees that highlight farming innovation and, most importantly, give unique flavor experiences.
Because they are small lots with limited quantities, the coffees are distributed first to their mailing list.
Limited Edition: Panama Summer Geisha
Finca Santa Teresa’s summer planting site is located on a steep hillside at an elevation of 1500-1600 masl and is planted with 12 year old Geisha trees that provide shade grown coffee. These trees bloom 3-5 times per harvest from February to April each year. The sunlight in Panama helps the grapes ripen evenly and plenty of sunlight is available for post-harvest processing.
After being harvested, these geishas are placed on raised beds within hours, slowly dried for 30 days, and then processed in a controlled environment to maintain consistency.
According to tasters, this coffee contains a distinct red fruit flavor and rose tea notes. A perfectly poised Geisha.
Limited Edition: Edgar Robinson Conilon
With increasingly regular catastrophic weather occurrences, changing seasons, and devastating research papers explaining them, the full extent of the damage human species has wrought on the planet over the past few centuries is becoming increasingly apparent.
According to scenario models released in January 2022, rising temperatures, increased rainfall and changes in soil pH and texture could lead to the loss of 50% of land suitable for coffee cultivation by 2050.
About one-third of the world’s coffee is produced by 250,000 coffee growers in Brazil. Coffee producers are adapting to climate change to secure livelihoods and meet market demand.
Professor Lucas Louzada and his team at the Instituto Federal do Esprito Santo spent eight years refining a method to improve the quality of the Canephora gene cluster Conilon.
The proposal is to use high-quality, high-yielding Conilon to increase the number of less adaptable Arabica varieties threatened by climate change, thus allowing thousands of Conilon growers to enter the professional market.
During the 2021 harvest season, Lucas’ team traveled a total of 15,000 kilometers to share their observations and recommendations with coffee producers near Esprito Santo. In the first year of the program, 91% of the farms using the enhanced carbon impregnation method produced Conilon coffee with a cup rating of 84 or better.
The early signs are positive:Conilon may be able to protect the future of the specialty coffee industry.
The majority of the proceeds from this limited edition will be donated to the Federal Institute of Esprito Santo to help fund the continued development of the program.