Our Coffee
Launching 6 January 2025
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Welcoming Bridge Coffee Roasters to campus!
After listening to feedback from our students and staff, we’ve decided to make the switch from Starbucks to Bridge Coffee Roasters. This change reflects our commitment to:
- Supporting ethical and sustainable sourcing.
- Delivering coffee that’s brewed with care for people and the planet.
Get ready to enjoy exceptional coffee that’s better for everyone!
About Bridge Coffee Roasters
Bridge Coffee Roasters began its journey in 1985 in Bristol, driven by a passion for quality coffee and exceptional customer service. Since its inception, the company has focused on delivering exceptional coffee while ensuring its operations are guided by transparency and respect for both people and the environment.
Now a midstream coffee roaster spanning three generations, Bridge Coffee Roasters takes pride in its industry-leading coffee collections and its unwavering commitment to sustainability. The company emphasizes producing the finest coffees and maintaining a transparent and ethical supply chain from farm to consumer. By focusing on sustainable practices, they aim to minimise their environmental impact and contribute positively to the communities and ecosystems involved in coffee production.
Their Coffee Ethos
Fairtrade
Fairtrade is about better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world and enables them to improve their positions and have more control over their lives.
Rainforest Alliance
From fighting deforestation and climate change to building economic opportunities and better working conditions for rural people, the Rainforest Alliance is working to solve urgent environmental and social challenges.
Organic
Organic coffee means farmers don't use unnecessary chemicals and pesticides - good news for plant and animal life. It's also good news for farmers, organic certification means they command higher prices, on top of the Fairtrade premium.
Our Chosen Coffee Blend
The coffee blend we will be serving is Botanical Coffee, chosen for it's triple certification of Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance and Organic.
In addition to this the beans in Botanical Coffee are proudly grown by female farmers at the Cecanor Cooperative in Peru which is part of Café FemininoLink opens in a new window.
Bridge also collaborated with Project Waterfall Link opens in a new windowon this collection which means 10% of their profits from each bag sold will help bring clean water to coffee-farming communities worldwide.
Tasting Session Roadshows
Join us at our tasting sessions to sample the blend and learn more.
Tasting session dates:
- Monday 13 January: SLS atrium, Gibbet Hill | 11.00am - 2.00pm
- Tuesday 14 January: University House Atrium | 11.00am - 2.00pm
- Wednesday 15 January: Piazza | 11.00am - 2.00pm
Bridge Coffee will be available in the following outlets from Monday 6th January 2025:
- Café Gibbet Hill
- Café Oculus
- Café Social
- Library Coffee Bar
- Red Rocket
- Westwood Cafe
- Eatwise Test Kitchen
- District
NAIC Café and Café Library will be switching to Bridge Coffee at a later date once the existing coffee supplier stock has been used to ensure no coffee waste during the transition.