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## A small London coffee roastery

**Heron Coffee** is a single-origin roaster on Druid Street, Bermondsey. We roast 12kg batches every Tuesday morning. We ship within 48 hours of the roast date.

The cafe is open **Monday to Saturday, 7:30am to 4pm**. Online orders ship across the UK and Europe. Allow 2-3 working days.

## This week's roasts

- **Finca La Esperanza** *(Colombia, washed)* — citrus, brown sugar, milk chocolate. Roasted 14 April.
- **Sidamo Guji** *(Ethiopia, natural)* — blueberry, jasmine, dark molasses. Roasted 14 April.
- **Cerrado** *(Brazil, pulped natural)* — hazelnut, dark cocoa, low acidity — our espresso default. Roasted 14 April.

Subscribe to a [monthly bag](/contact/) and we'll ship the same day we roast.

## Visit the cafe

**47 Druid Street, London SE1 2HQ**
*(2-minute walk from London Bridge station, behind the Maltby Street Market)*

Open Mon–Sat 7:30am–4pm. Closed Sundays.

## What we're brewing this morning

- Espresso: **Cerrado** (default) or **Finca La Esperanza** (£0.50 supplement)
- Filter: **Sidamo Guji** on V60, **Finca La Esperanza** on Chemex
- Decaf: **Mexican Chiapas** (Swiss water process), available all day

## Recent journal entries

- **[Why we roast on Tuesdays](/why-we-roast-tuesdays/)** — the workflow that lets a small team ship fresh coffee every week
- **[Choosing a grinder for home espresso](/grinder-buying-guide/)** — the only piece of equipment that matters, and the three we recommend
- **[The Sidamo Guji story](/sidamo-guji-story/)** — how this season's natural-process Ethiopian made it from Yirgacheffe to Bermondsey

[Read all journal posts](/posts/) · [Browse by topic](/tags/)

## Wholesale

We supply 14 cafes across South London. The minimum order is 8kg per week with weekly delivery. Email **wholesale@heron.coffee** for pricing and the full list of origins and blends.
