British roastery Hasbean

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HASBEAN ROASTERY

The founder of Hasbean, Stephen Leighton, started roasting coffee in his garage in 1999. The story of the roastery began to be written a few years before the official founding. Stephen found his love of coffee at a young age. Hewanted a drip coffee machinefor Christmas and started drinking coffee before the rest of his family. A few years later, when he was working as a gas station clerk, he would order green coffee online and then roast it at home in a skillet.

He then bought a small 1kg roaster and roasted the coffee in his garage. He and his wife also bought a small coffee shop in Stafford where he wanted to sell the coffee. At the time, however, awareness of choice coffee was not as widespread, so it was not easy to get a foothold, but Stephen went on to pursue his dream. In 2003, he and his wife bought a two-kilogram roaster and, with the help of his friend Pete, launched the e-shop. And he succeeded. Coffee started selling in bulk.

It was alsoa big step for him to sit on the jury of the 2005Cup of Excellencecompetition in Nicaragua.

In early 2021, founder Stephen Leighton left the roastery. However, Steve remains co-owner of 3fe Coffee and Drop Coffee Roasters. In addition, Hasbean has been part of Ozone Coffee Roasters since 2018.

COFFEE ORIGIN AND SELECTION

Hasbean's green coffee is sourced from long-standing partners in Africa, Central and South America and Asia. To push the coffee selection even further, they connect their producers. They can then share their experiences. Founder Steve also writes about the importance of maintaining good relationships in the coffee world in his book Coffeeography.

Their range of coffees is really wide and they always offer around 30-40 coffees, this is also due to the size of the whole roastery.

HASBEAN COFFEE - ROASTING AND SALES

Hasbean roasters roast coffee for espresso, filter or omni. In this case, it is suitable for both espresso and filter coffee. Customers can choose from two roasting grades, medium and medium dark. Beans that are roasted medium look a little uneven, usually with a few darker spots. They usually bring out fruity or simple sugar flavors. While roasting medium dark, which ends just before the second crack of the bean, produces a flavour profile that is usually balanced between fruitier and more chocolatey flavours.