Redroaster started roasting coffee in Brighton in 2000, on small Diedrich roasters imported from the United States, and moved up to larger Diedrich roasters in 2006. The roastery is in Kemptown, roasts every day and has a team of around 20 to 25 people. It works with Team Domenica, a charity that helps young adults with learning disabilities into work, and 16 young people work alongside the roasters.

Redroaster roasts only coffees graded above 84 points, buys them directly from the farmers, pays more than the Fairtrade price and roasts organic coffee. In 2016 it began supporting the Rwandan farmers who grow some of its coffee, starting with a school in Musenyi and going on to safe water, a health post, a community centre, farm equipment and training. The range runs across organic coffees, blends and single estates, and Redroaster also supplies cafés and restaurants around the UK, delivering by bike in Brighton and Hove.

The Kemptown café, “the UK’s original roastery cafe”, is in its 26th year. It serves the coffee with an organic brunch in a room full of plants, and it is known for its bottomless brunches. At Brighton Dome, Redroaster runs a second café and restaurant that wraps around the Corn Exchange and the Studio Theatre, with terraces facing the Royal Pavilion Gardens, and serves dinner, wine and cocktails as well as coffee. A beach café, Lucky Beach, sits between the two piers and takes no reservations.

Coffee on the shelf

Photograph: Redroaster