ManCoCo is “born and brewed in Manchester”: a small team of coffee roasters that hand-roasts single-origin coffees from around the world in small batches. The roastery sits in one of the railway arches just off Deansgate, in the city centre, and the company serves its own coffees in the coffee bar next door. Every coffee is bought from identifiable single-origin farms, estates or small farm cooperatives, and the team also makes small-batch blends.

The range covers the ManCoCo Blend, the Americas, Africa, Asia/Pacific and decaffeinated coffees. The house blends are the Espresso Blend and the Manchester Blend, a lively all-day coffee roasted in the heart of the city. Alongside the coffee it sells loose-leaf and whole-leaf teas, filters, merchandise, gift sets and e-gift cards, and offers subscriptions.

The Coffee Academy runs from the roastery. Its courses are an introduction to coffee brewing, covering cafetière, AeroPress, V60 and a first go at espresso and milk steaming; a home barista session on the roastery’s two Sage Barista Express machines; a latte art class working through heart, tulip and rosetta; and a one-to-one session. Each runs up to three hours for a class of four and includes a tour of the roastery, a cupping of fresh ManCoCo coffees, a 250 g bag to take home and a drink from the coffee bar. The sessions are also offered as team-building activities.

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