Outpost is an independent specialty coffee roastery in Nottingham, run by a group of coffee people for whom “life long coffee learning is our thing”. It goes by OP.C, and its coffees arrive as named, numbered drops: Broken Promise 001 is an anaerobic natural from Mount Elgon in Uganda, Cheat Code 001 a natural from the Worka Wuri station in Gedeb, Ethiopia, and Potty Mouth 001 a washed Kenyan from the Kamwangi station in Kirinyaga. Some are roasted as omni lots, and some are sold in separate espresso and filter roasts.

Timber Town, a Brazil and Colombia blend, has been in the line-up since the start and is its go-to espresso. Soul Shaker, from Uganda and Guatemala, is the second seasonal blend, and Low Rider, a sugarcane decaf from Huila, has been a permanent fixture for years. The Cool Kids lot from Alfredo Ramirez in Huehuetenango, who began growing coffee five years ago as an experiment, came with a donation to the Kinder Coffee Project, which runs nurseries for farming families’ children during the harvest.

Outpost also supplies cafés, bakeries, restaurants, farm shops, garden centres, hotels and pubs, sends samples and invites wholesale customers to cup coffees with the team at the roastery. A single-origin subscription and T-shirts made with WASTE Studios and Wei Daji round out the shop.

Coffee on the shelf

Photograph: Outpost Coffee