A specialty coffee roastery from Berlin, and a pioneer of direct trade since 2010.
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A specialty coffee roastery from Berlin, and a pioneer of direct trade since 2010.
Specialty coffee, made for each and every one of us: from extraordinary beans to simply good coffee.
Our direct trade principles: direct, on the ground, long-term and, above all, transparent.
The quality of a coffee does not just depend on variety and roast. It begins with how it is grown and the conditions it is produced under, a path you can follow transparently with us.
At Coffee Circle, we offer the world’s finest coffee and equipment. We source directly from coffee growers and pay high prices for high-quality coffee, and we treat people how we want to be treated. Since 2016 we have roasted in our own roastery in Berlin-Wedding, where experienced roasters bring every variety to perfection. We serve and ship freshly every day to deliver the best flavour experience, and we make the big world of specialty coffee easy for you: a broad portfolio for every way of brewing, a hand-picked selection of equipment, and a knowledge base and coffee finder to help you choose.
We promote positive social change in coffee-growing regions, support research to make coffee farming more climate-smart and secure the income of coffee farmers and their families for generations to come. Through the Coffee Circle Foundation we invest one euro per kilogram of coffee sold in projects for clean drinking water, sanitation and sustainable farming, all designed to carry on long after we have left. Since 2010 that has added up to several million euros.
Coffee Circle was founded in 2010 in the spirit of discovery and change, before anyone bought coffee online or spoke of social business. Our own roastery followed in 2016 and the first café in Berlin in 2019. In 2026 the Specialty Coffee Association honoured the model with its Sustainability Award.
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