The Ethiopian Coffee Company

The Ethiopian Coffee Company is a London business focused exclusively on Ethiopian coffee, run from a cafe at 61 Amwell Street in Islington. The team source green beans direct from Ethiopia where possible, visiting suppliers regularly and buying small lots from the current season's crop across regions including Yirgacheffe and Sidamo.

Current offerings feature named lots such as Bombe Kontema, Shantawene Buncho, Keramo Sidamo and Yirgacheffe Aramo, alongside an espresso blend drawn from Keramo, Qoncana and Mirado. The cafe serves the full range as filter and espresso, plus homemade soups, sandwiches, pastries and cakes, and is open seven days a week.

The business also trades at South Bank Centre Food Market on weekends and Partridges Specialist Food Market on Saturdays. The company notes that Ethiopian coffee is grown organically by tradition, with farmers using natural soil supplements rather than chemical inputs, although it holds no formal organic certification.