Casa Espresso becomes Bradford’s first coffee roaster

Yorkshire coffee specialist, Casa Espresso, looks to significantly expand after investing in new roasting facilities and becoming the first coffee specialist to roast its own coffee in the Bradford area.

Shipley-based Casa Espresso, established in 2000, supplies luxury coffee across the country and premium Sanremo coffee machines to restaurants and cafes throughout the North of England.

After identifying a gap in the market, Nino Di Rienzo, owner of Casa Espresso, invested in a 5kg roaster to enable him to offer high quality coffees in small batches and remain at the forefront of the coffee industry in Yorkshire.

Nino and his colleague - roaster and barista trainer Jonnie Drake - hand roast the coffee to order twice a week at the company’s Shipley headquarter, this gives the duo full control over the roast to provide the flavours the customers desire and require.

The new coffees are already proving popular with customers, with Bradford’s The Record Café, Shipley Health Store and recently opened Moo’d Cereal House in Leeds scheduling in regular orders.

Nino said: “Supplying excellent products has always been our main priority, and what better way to ensure top quality coffee than to roast our own? More and more micro roasteries are popping up – a bit like micro-breweries – but there isn’t one in Bradford so we felt it was a great opportunity to offer an even more bespoke service to our customers.

“We started with a smaller roaster and our coffees were really well received so we have now invested in a much larger roaster to enable us to meet demand. Traceability is important to us – we can track our coffee back to the individual farmer and village – and we source ethical green coffee that supports sustainable development of coffee agriculture.”

Casa Espresso, which also provides specialist barista training at its dedicated coffee training facility, launched the new roasting business at an event which included a ‘cupping’ demonstration and tutorial on the Sanremo Opera espresso machine.

In a further expansion Matthew Adams has now joined the Casa Espresso team as a barista trainer and account manager.