Supreme Roastworks

Overview

Supreme Roastworks was founded in 2007 in a Torshov garage in Oslo by Magnus Lindskog and Joar Christoffersen, both formerly of Robert Thoresen's Mocca, and moved to a Grünerløkka cafe in 2013. Photographer-turned-barista Odd-Steinar Tøllefsen — who became a Mocca regular in his forties solely to drink Lindskog's brews — joined as co-owner and went on to win the 2015 World Brewers Cup with a natural-processed Ninety Plus Nekisse from Sidamo, Ethiopia, becoming Norway's third-ever world coffee champion after Robert Thoresen and Tim Wendelboe.

Known for

• Founded 2007 in a Torshov garage by Magnus Lindskog and Joar Christoffersen (both ex-Mocca), with Odd-Steinar Tøllefsen joining as co-owner before the 2013 Grünerløkka cafe opening
• Odd-Steinar Tøllefsen — 2015 World Brewers Cup Champion (natural Ninety Plus Nekisse, Hario V60), four-time Norwegian Brewers Cup Champion
• Pioneered the natural-processed-coffee bias in Nordic specialty — Supreme was the only WBrC 2015 finalist using a natural; within two years it was the default
• 12kg Diedrich roaster on display in the Grünerløkka cafe
• Aker Brygge satellite cafe inside a Porsche showroom; signature 'Satans god iskaffe' iced coffee with rose lemonade

Why it matters

Supreme is the natural-processed-coffee answer to Tim Wendelboe's washed Nordic orthodoxy — the same Oslo specialty lineage running through Mocca, Java, and Wendelboe, but pointed at fruit-forward, sweet, fermenty cups rather than the airy clarity that defined the Nordic style for a decade. Tøllefsen's 2015 World Brewers Cup win, with a coffee no one else would have brought to the stage, is the moment naturals stopped being viewed as second-rate at the top of European specialty.

Production

destoning

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head roaster

Magnus Lindskog

color sorting

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roaster machine

Diedrich 12kg (Grünerløkka cafe display)

filter equipment

Hario V60

cupping frequency

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roastery location

Oslo (originally Torshov garage 2007–2013, then Grünerløkka)

espresso equipment

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annual volume tonnes

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Café

Thorvald Meyers gate 18, Grünerløkka, Oslo

Recognitions

• Odd-Steinar Tøllefsen – World Brewers Cup Champion (2015)
• Tøllefsen – Norwegian Brewers Cup Champion (4x)

Sources

• https://kaffetid.com/cities/oslo/grunerlokka/supreme-roastworks/
• https://www.localspecialtycoffee.com/specialty-coffee-place/supreme-roastworks-oslo
• https://acaia.co/blogs/news/5-questions-with-odd-steinar-tollefsen-2015-world-brewers-cup-champion
• https://www.ovalware.com/blogs/oval-blog/2015-champion
• https://sprudge.com/odd-steiner-tollefsen-wins-the-2015-world-brewers-cup-79912.html