Shokunin is a coffee roastery in Rotterdam run by one person, Jelle, who roasts to order on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and ships within the week, never more than ten days after roasting. Every coffee is an omniroast for filter and espresso, and needs a single day of rest. Jelle’s first roast, in about 2015 on a 1.5-kilo Giesen, was a Suke Quto from Ethiopia, and he brought the same coffee back through the importer Trabocca to mark ten years of roasting.

Its largest project at origin is with Juan Pablo Argote and his father Efrain in Nariño, Colombia. Together they have built drying beds, fermentation tanks and depulping tanks and run fermentation trials, and Shokunin is now the only roaster working with the family’s coffee, from washed and natural lots to lactic and double anaerobic ones. A quality premium on the 2018 La Vega lot was split between the pickers and Efrain’s farm. Other partners include Ana Restrepo in Valle del Cauca, whose coffee Shokunin imports itself, Gloria Gummerus in Kenya, its first direct trade outside the auction system there, and Gilbert Makembele in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

After a profitable 2025, Shokunin lowered its wholesale prices to help physical shops sell its bags and is funding a farm renovation for Juan Pablo Argote, who is planting new varieties. Workshops cover coffee origins and cupping, extraction and brew recipes, an introduction to roasting, and consultancy for professional roasteries.

Partner cafés

Coffee on the shelf

Costa RicaSan Isidro, product image from the roaster
  • Jasmine
  • White peach
Shokunin

San Isidro

Pulped naturaldried on raised bedsOmni
Rotterdam
KenyaKianamui, product image from the roaster
  • Rosehip
  • Blackberry
Shokunin

Kianamui

Fully washed3 x 24hr fermentationdried on raised bedsOmni
Rotterdam
TanzaniaAmkeni, product image from the roaster
  • Tamarind
  • Blueberry
Shokunin

Amkeni

Fully washedovernight fermentationdried on raised bedsOmni
Rotterdam
ColombiaArgote Juan Pablo Super Special, product image from the roaster
  • Lime zest
  • Jasmine
Shokunin

Argote Juan Pablo Super Special

-12 days lactic anaerobic natural fermentationthen-13 days alcoholic anaerobic washed fermentationthen thermal shock for 1 minute at 70 degreesOmni
Rotterdam
KenyaGloria Ruby Washed, product image from the roaster
  • Jasmine
  • Blackcurrant
Shokunin

Gloria Ruby Washed

Extra ripe cherry selectionFully washed3 x 24hr fermentationdried on raised bedsOmni
Rotterdam
PeruChurupampa, product image from the roaster
  • Tangerine
  • Nuts
Shokunin

Churupampa

Fully washeddouble fermentation (12 – 24 hours each)Omni
Rotterdam
ColombiaArgote Washed, product image from the roaster
  • Chocolate
  • Red apple
Shokunin

Argote Washed

Fully washed18 hours fermentationdried on raised bedsOmni
Rotterdam

Photograph: Shokunin