April Coffee Roasters

Overview

April was founded in Copenhagen in 2017 by Patrik Rolf, the Swedish-born former head of roastery at Berlin's Five Elephant who placed second at the 2019 World Brewers Cup in Boston. Rolf began by roasting on a 15kg Loring at Copenhagen's Factory Roastlab, working with a single green importer to grow alongside producers; April has since opened two concept cafes in Copenhagen and developed its own April Brewer pour-over.

Known for

• Patrik Rolf — 2019 World Brewers Cup runner-up (Boston)
• Nordic-style ultralight roasting with single-importer green sourcing
• April Brewer — proprietary pour-over dripper for light-roast extraction
• Cafe-as-living-room concept in Copenhagen rather than traditional retail
• From Nerd to Pro — Rolf's 2022 memoir, printed on paper made of nine recycled takeaway cups per book

Why it matters

April represents the next step in Nordic light-roast lineage — Rolf trained at da Matteo and Five Elephant, names Tim Wendelboe as his coffee inspiration, and is building the rare roastery-only specialty brand that is internationally distributed but quietly local. The April Brewer is one of the few founder-developed brewing devices to find broad professional adoption.

Production

head roaster

Patrik Rolf

roaster machine

15kg Loring Falcon (initial production at The Factory Roastlab)

roastery location

Copenhagen, Denmark

Café

This roaster operates a café.

Recognitions

• World Brewers Cup runner-up — Patrik Rolf (2019, Boston)

Sources

• https://www.aprilcoffeeroastery.com/our-story
• https://sprudge.com/meet-april-coffee-new-nordic-roaster-patrik-rolf-karlsson-111157.html
• https://europeancoffeetrip.com/patrik-rolf-karlsson-april-coffee-copenhagen/
• https://collectedcoffee.com/blogs/journal/patrik-rolf-april
• https://www.gcrmag.com/read-patrik-rolfs-from-nerd-to-pro-a-coffee-journey/