Sprout Coffee Roasters roasts in Eindhoven, at a roastery in the Gasfabriek that is open to visitors, with the café beside the roaster. The name refers to the moment a coffee plant sprouts, the start of growth. Its line is “Coffee should surprise you”: some of its coffees taste of chocolate, others of strawberries, bubblegum or tropical fruit, and flavour leads, with origin, variety and process behind it.

The team cups each new coffee together, then adjusts, tastes and roasts it again until the profile is settled. Sprout roasts in three styles. The espresso roast is for a rounder, fuller cup, the filter roast is built for clarity and is soluble enough for expressive espresso, and a coffee is called omni when its espresso roast also works as filter. The range divides into Daily Drivers, with chocolate, nutty and caramel notes, and Small Batch Bangers, with more acidity and fruit. The subscriptions follow the same split, beside a curated coffee of the month, and local deliveries go out by bike.

For cafés, Sprout supplies coffee bought through long-term relationships with producers, along with training, consultancy and equipment from partners including La Marzocco, Kees van der Westen, San Remo, Mahlkönig, Mazzer and Puqpress.

Partner cafés

Coffee on the shelf

Photograph: Sprout Coffee Roasters