Volcano Coffee Works

Join us on Thursday 21st November, from 5pm for our ’Throwdown Before Christmas’ and celebrate the festive season! Come show off your skills and compete for the title of best Christmas latte art champ. We’ve got some fantastic prizes up for grabs, including: VA Merch Oatly merch Coffee cocktail bundles Handmade gifts from Rebuild Women’s Hope in Congo Christmas coffee to brew at home Exclusive Volcano Christmas merch and so much more! Not competing? No worries! There are amazing prizes for you too, just grab a raffle ticket. All proceeds go to our mates at Well Grounded CIC , a charity running Specialty Coffee Training Academies to help unemployed people find careers in coffee. Drinks and snacks on us! Register via Eventbrite here: https://lnkd.in/evUt2v87

Ground Control to Major Taste!   We’ve joined forces with our neighbours, Brixton Brewery to launch our co-branded Ground Control Cortado Stout, a beer that celebrates our two brands' passion for bold flavours, sustainability, and the local spirit of our south London neighbourhood. This unique beverage combines a super smooth stout brewed by Brixton Brewery with our Brazilian single-origin Sombra coffee. The result is a seriously bold beer with warming notes of dark chocolate, plum and roasted malt that’s perfect for beer and coffee lovers alike. The name, Ground Control pays homage to our shared home, using reference to our most famous Brixton resident, David Bowie, as well as referencing to our very own ground-cover Sombra agroforestry project in Brazil, cultivating a vibrant forest ecosystem where coffee plants and birdlife can thrive together. All profits from this beer support this ground-breaking initiative. Grab yours now on at brixtonbrewery.com for a taste with impact!

We are hiring! If you know of an ambitious qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA equivalent) who wants to join a B Corp & Carbon Neutral speciality coffee roastery, then please tag them. This is a great role for someone who wants to get stuck in and join a Senior Leadership Team who are delivering an exciting level of growth across our two brands. Apply via link below! https://lnkd.in/ees83Mpy

Ski into the holiday season with our limited edition Christmas Coffee and Chocolate Calendar! ⛷️🎄 Featuring a curated selection of our speciality coffees, this calendar blends our beloved bestsellers with our brand new festive brews: Berry Crumble and Choccy Biscotti - bringing the festive flavours to every cup. From the rich soils of Brazil to the highlands of Ethiopia, embark on a global journey of coffee discovery. Each delightful brew is perfectly complemented by delicious chocolates from our friends and fellow B-Corp brand Love Cocoa | B Corp. We have a very exciting range of Christmas goodies this holiday season, including limited edition mugs, natural cotton tea towels and festive bundle gift sets. A range of gifts suitable for all of the coffee lovers in your life! Check out the range below. https://lnkd.in/eYBBvkdc

Last week we welcomed a new Loring S70 Peregrine into our South London Roastery. The installation of this new roaster means we’re about to double our roasting capacity- a huge milestone for us! This exciting addition is part of our commitment and dedication to keeping the UK caffeinated with top notch speciality coffee from all over the world. Cheers to that!

This week we have some very special guests visiting us from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and yesterday we managed to take them to where their Rise Up Blend is served at the WeWork Barista Stations. A very full circle moment for the team.

Join us for an evening of cupping, judging and celebrating the most exciting coffees to come out of the Congo Co-ops. We will be welcoming extremely special guests from the DRC to help us run the evening. Marceline Budza, founder of ground breaking women’s cooperative Rebuild Women’s Hope. Daniel Habaumungu, Director of Muungano Cooperative. And Emmanuel Nitrata, consultant and project manager for Farm Africa, Africa Coffee Connect and many more. If you are at all interested in the mechanics of speciality coffee supply chains, and the potential for coffee agriculture and procurement then this is an event you should not miss! Register via Eventbrite below. https://lnkd.in/ewhY-eCv

How exciting! We've been nominated for the Climate Action: Sustainable Impact Award with Be Lambeth Awards 2024. It means the world to us to be recognised for our commitments to sustainability. We would really appreciate you to vote for us through the link below. Voting ends Wednesday, July 17th. https://lnkd.in/eT8HkBaw

Come join us!

Are you interested in scaling business within speciality coffee? Or just interested in scaling your business in general? Join us over the next few months for 3 sessions led by our Founder, Emma, who will be joined by guest experts, providing more insight into business scalability. These sessions will be held at our Brixton Roastery and as always, we will be laying on refreshments and snacks. You can register via Eventbrite below, we hope to see you there! https://lnkd.in/eDzfY7Pp