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Hamburg · Germany

Speicherstadt Kaffeerösterei

Since 2006 · Thimo Drews, Andreas Wessel-Ellermann

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Overview

Speicherstadt Kaffeerösterei was founded in 2006 by Thimo Drews and Andreas Wessel-Ellermann, two second-generation Hamburg coffee men whose fathers had once shared an office at the city's largest green importer. After multi-year negotiations with monument and environmental authorities, they took over an 1888 warehouse floor at Kehrwieder 5 in the UNESCO-listed Speicherstadt district, where the same Probat drum still roasts daily in full view of café guests for a 50-person team drawn from twenty nationalities.

Known for

  • Founded 2006 by Thimo Drews and Andreas Wessel-Ellermann, both from second-generation Hamburg coffee-trade families
  • Roastery and café in 1888 warehouse at Kehrwieder 5, UNESCO Speicherstadt
  • Crema magazine 'Roaster of the Year' 2014, multiple gold medals from the German Roaster Guild
  • Each variety roasted individually on its own profile before any blending
  • Operating company Hacienda San Nicolás GmbH (founded 1994) maintains direct ties to Colombian green coffee origins

Why it matters

Hamburg has been Europe's main green coffee port for over two hundred years, and the Speicherstadt warehouse district was built in the 1880s specifically to hold the trade's beans — but until the mid-2000s the city's third-wave roasting culture was barely visible. Speicherstadt Kaffeerösterei put a modern specialty operation back into the original warehouses themselves, anchoring Hamburg's specialty scene at the literal source of European coffee.

Production

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Probat drum
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roastery location
Kehrwieder 5, Speicherstadt, Hamburg
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Café

Kehrwieder 5, 20457 Hamburg

Recognitions

  • Crema magazine Roaster of the Year (2014)
  • Multiple gold medals — German Roaster Guild
  • Der Feinschmecker recommendation

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