Johan & Nyström roasts at its own roastery in Länna, just outside Stockholm. The roastery is large, with room to grow, and, by its own account, one of the most modern specialty roasteries in Europe. The roasters run on biogas and the production on hydropower.

Everything it buys scores at least 80 points, and it pays more for the quality and responsibility it asks for. Some coffees come directly from a grower or producer, others through a cooperative or an export partner, and many of these partnerships have lasted more than ten years. The team visits producing countries and farms several times a year and welcomes its partners to the roastery. Each coffee can be traced to its origin, the day it arrived, the day it was roasted and the person who roasted it, and the whole buying volume now carries Enveritas Responsibly Sourced status, risk-assessed and verified by an independent party.

The coffees come in four series. House holds the espresso and brewed blends, made with some of the 15 producers it works with most closely. Flavours rotates with the harvests, mostly single origins. Farmers celebrates particular lots from long-standing producers, and Prime is released three or four times a year in runs of around 200 bags.

The first concept store, on Södermalm, carries the freshest coffees from the roastery. Its baristas are trained by Johan & Nyström’s own instructors to serve a cappuccino with latte art or a hand-brewed cup of a new single origin, and tea too. Another coffee bar is on Katajanokka in Helsinki, next to the Finnish office, with beer and wine on the menu.

Coffee on the shelf

Photograph: Johan & Nyström