Our coffee is hand-roasted in small batches – no automated machinery used here!
Ever wondered who was behind the perfect roast of your Union coffee? Meet our Roastmasters...
James: Roasting coffee for 16 years
Best thing about the job: You never stop learning.
What most people don't know about coffee roasting: It makes for an interesting conversation when people ask what I do for living – usually people don’t know much!
Favourite coffee: Revelation
Andy: Roasting coffee for 4 years
Best thing about the job: The variety, all coffees are different and are approached differently. If they were all the same, it'd be boring.
What most people don't know about coffee roasting: To roast coffee well takes months and years, to ruin it takes seconds.
Favourite coffee: Maraba. It is consistently great, crop after crop, year after year.
Jamie: Roasting coffee for 2 years
Best thing about the job: There is always something to learn, new coffee means experimentation.
What most people don't know about coffee roasting: No coffee roasts the same, it takes time and practice to get the coffee just right.
Favourite coffee: Yayu Wild Forest - bright and sweet, great to wake up to in the morning.
Stefan: Roasting coffee for 10 years
Best thing about the job: Knowing that I’m roasting great coffee for our customers.
What most people don't know about coffee roasting: Just how many lives we are changing and how big of a difference we are making in so many countries helping so many people.
Favourite coffee: All our coffees from Brazil.
Lee: Roasting coffee for just under a year
Best thing about the job: Best thing about the job is learning a new skill because I am quite new to roasting.
What most people don't know about coffee roasting: To roast 120kg of coffee only takes about 12mins, I was surprised by that!
Favourite coffee: Timana, Colombia