The Roastery at Tate is a diverse and innovative Specialty coffee space situated within the historic grounds of Tate Britain
Home to Tate’s Gender Equality Coffee Project (GEP) and Slot Roasting Collective our WWII Nissen Hut Roastery is a vibrant community-led non-profit business that helps fund Tate Gallery and champion coffee producers and professionals of all genders throughout the coffee value chain.
Our small team of specialists focuses on sourcing and roasting the highest quality and sustainable Specialty coffees grown by inspirational female and male producers for Tate coffee sites, whilst hosting a diverse range of slot roasters, and developing a bespoke range of contract and white label coffee services for a variety of coffee businesses and professionals
Gender Equality in Coffee
In the short term we aim to empower coffee producers of all genders throughout our value chain by travelling to producing countries during harvest, returning to the same producers each year and ensuring that we invest in relationships and projects within all aspects of coffee communities. We believe that creating equality within our supply chain contributes to the wellbeing and happiness of the families and communities we work with, enabling development, sustainability and increased coffee quality for the future.
Beyond the Cup
Alongside our own production we also host a collective of slot roasters who lease out our Probat roaster and expertise, offering roasting space and training for enthusiasts and professionals to create bespoke, affordable and accessible roasting solutions for their businesses. We also offer sourcing and profiling for white-label, bespoke and contract-roasted coffee, tailoring our services to each and every customer, as we understand the need for creativity in a competitive industry.
As part of Tate Eats all profits made by the roastery are donated to the gallery. Each roaster, coffee shop or customer purchasing any of Tate’s coffee or services are directly supporting, not only the farmers we work with in our GEP, but also the gallery itself.