Our Story

Celebrating 20 years of Climpson & Sons! 

Hailing from our roots as a market stall on Broadway Market in 2002, we are pioneers in the evolving UK specialty coffee scene. We've grown organically into a busy community led cafe and coffee bar, a leading specialty coffee roastery and as a home for collaborative innovation in food and drink.

20 years on, we continue to explore the possibilities of coffee sourcing, roasting, brewing and education. Our approach is equally driven by seeking and understanding quality to coincide with a commitment to developing sustainable and ethical relationships.  It is important to us that we continue to learn from and alongside our coffee producers, wholesale partners, suppliers and collaborators; with sustainability at the core.

We’ve been around for awhile, but it hasn’t dampened our desire to explore flavour, seek and encourage quality and bring the world of specialty coffee to life. Our coffee selection, range of Midnight Oil coffee liqueurs (and espresso martini) are a showcase of our values championing innovation, sustainability, inspiration and a bit of fun.

Our role in the process is to champion the coffees from our producers and our aim as a roastery is to highlight and showcase a coffee as more than just a commodity or product. We place value in the heart, soul and hard work, and the  risks taken by producers in growing our coffees.

Over 90% of our coffees come from producers we have worked with before - this commitment means coffee producers have more certainty in harvest planning, and we can ensure a consistently delicious, seasonal coffee offering which we can look forward to every year. 

In 2023 we became BCorp certified.