PLOT Roasting

02/09/2026

What actually makes something taste the way it does?

For the third instalment of Crossroads, we’re joined by Dr Fabiana Carvalho for an exploration of flavour, perception and how our senses shape the way we experience coffee.

Expect a short talk and Q&A, followed by an interactive cupping using The Coffee Garden of Forking Paths, Fabiana’s card-based sensory game.

18 September 2026
2.30 - 4pm

Unit 38, The IO Centre,
Armstrong Road, Woolwich,
London, SE18 6RS

Grab your spot via the link in bio!

26/08/2026

This is the first time we’ve featured an Indian coffee in our ICON series, and we’re truly excited about it. Often considered as an origin for bulk lots used in blends, India has the potential to produce excellent coffees and the pace of development there is staggering. Processed experimentally by Akshay Dashrath and the team at Mooleh Manay, this competition lot is outstanding. The cup brims with rich fruit flavours, tasting like mulberry compote, grapes, and pear juice.

PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE NOW: 1st Roast shipping 1st September

22/08/2026

One of the most sought-after qualifications in coffee. Six days to earn it.

From 7–12 September, Plot are hosting the SCA Evolved Q Grader Course. an intensive six days covering sensory calibration, cupping, defect recognition and Coffee Value Assessment.

The course will be taught by , Plot’s Head of Training, UK Cup Tasters Champion 2024, Q-Instructor, SCA AST and SCA UK Sensory Judge.

The Q Grader is one of the industry’s leading qualifications for coffee professionals, giving you the skills and framework to evaluate coffee with consistency across the supply chain.

For experienced cuppers, roasters, green buyers and other coffee professionals looking to take their sensory skills to the next level.

7–12 September at Plot.

Places are limited. Book now to avoid disappointment.

25/07/2026

NOW OPEN FOR PRE-ORDERS! First roast shipping 3rd August.

The second of our lots from Ecuador this season is a beautiful Sidra from Maputo. This exotic and highly prized variety has its roots in a now closed breeding facility, allegedly linked to Nestlé, located in Pichincha province, the origin of this lot. This meticulously honey processed example is truly special and it shows loads of complexity. We get juicy red fruits like raspberry and pomegranate with delightful floral notes like hibiscus and soft lemongrass undertones. A stunning coffee from an exceptional farm.

02/07/2026

Presenting a limited edition collaboration between us and our friend Alexandru Marin from Sip Collective, the current UK Roasting Champion. A friend of PLOT for quite some time, we jumped at the chance to work together, and what better way than by making the most of his profiling skills. We sourced the coffee, and he designed the roast profile to accentuate delicate florals and juicy citrus notes. This a a special lot of SL9, colloquially known as "Inca Gesha", and we're tasting orange blossom, juicy citrus notes like tangerine and a sweetness like honey.

Get some whilst you can!

30/06/2026

July's ICON release sees the return of Alfonso Villagomez from Ecuador, an origin which has a combination of excellent growing conditions, exotic varieties, and small-scale producers focused on quality and innovation. Alfonso Villagomez produces tiny, competition-sized lots each year that are among our favourites. This Pacamara has a lovely boozy character, with rich, candied stone fruits like plums and cherries and a delightful, warming nutmeg undertone.

As always, this coffee is a limited run so get some whilst you can or subscribe to make sure you never miss out.

25/05/2026

PRE-ORDER NOW - Roasting and dispatching 1st June

It’s time once again for our Daterra Masterpiece edition. This year feels especially meaningful, as the release coincides with our first visit to the Daterra farm in Minas, Brazil, a dream come true to see where these remarkable lots are grown and processed with such meticulous care. We were fortunate to win this Gesha lot, an absolute stunner and one of the standouts of the auction. In the cup, we’re tasting cherry cola, loads of stone fruit like plums and peaches, watermelon candy and sugarcane, and a gentle herbal undertone reminiscent of green tea.

*Anything ordered with this item will also be dispatched on 1st June.

21/05/2026

London Coffee Festival 2026

This year’s programme centred around coffees from the latest Future Coffee release, with rare species and hybrid lots brewed throughout the weekend

Thank you to everyone who stopped by the stand and spent time with us across the festival

If you didn’t make it to the show:

Matthew has written a piece on the future of coffee and the Libex hybrid

A limited number of Future Coffee 3 Hybrid Edition tasting box sets are now live on the webstore

The World Wide Coffee Supply tee is also now available online

Links in our bio

14/05/2026

For the last two editions, our Future Coffee box has been focussed on species that have the genetic potential for providing alternatives to our current coffee crop mainstays, Arabica and Robusta. This year, we take things a step further and present rare and new interspecies hybrids, alongside some of their parental species, and one of the rarest coffees in the world. This is the first public presentation of Coffea × libex (Libex) a newly identified hybrid between Liberica and Excelsa, alongside the Tree Coffee Hybrid (Excelsa × Arabica) and Aramosa (Racemosa × Arabica) making it a unique opportunity to try some truly singular coffees. 

We will be brewing these super rare coffees between 09:00 - 11:00 on Thursday and Friday, joined by friends Komal and Pannaga from South India Coffee Company and Dr Aaron Davis from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Friday only) who will be happy to answer your questions regarding the new research paper on Libex coffee, hybridisation, and the future of coffee.

We will have a limited number of Future Coffee box sets available each morning and will hold a few back for sale on the website after the festival.

Get them while you can!

12/05/2026