12 Months at Climpsons in 12 Photos

12 Months at Climpsons in 12 Photos

Climpson & Sons 3 mins Read

Pictures speak louder than words. To round up the year, here’s 12 photo highlights from 12 months in the world of specialty coffee.

Tash hosts an inspiring ‘Mind, Body, Barista’ panel to open the conversation on mental health in hospitality in response to Well Grounded’s ‘State of the Coffee Nation’ report. The topic is serious, but the mood is uplifting as we share ideas on how we can constantly improve the ways we support our incredible team.

Ask and you shall receive. With so many of you asking to get behind the scenes of our roastery space, we open the doors and launch tours and tastings at our Leyton production. Valentine's date? You can join for our next tour on the 14th February 2026.

Another early start at Whitchapel Mission as the Climpsons team returns to volunteer their hospitality skills in the kitchen. Whitechapel Mission offers essential breakfasts, advice and community every day of the year to those that need it in our East London neighbourhood.

Celebrating B Corp month with a collaborative coffee with Dalston Soda. There’s no added flavours here, just bright, punchy filter coffee from Rwanda that shares all the fruity characteristics of their rhubarb soda.

Our bike courier team, Neko Home Delivery, covers an insane distance by bike every year, successfully pedalling deliveries to every wholesale account within a 5 mile radius.

We made hats! Laura joins the marketing team, lending her design skills to our merch offering. We love seeing our old-school Climpsons logo on stylish heads around Hackney and beyond.

A year at Climpsons would not be complete without showing our support for Blue Marine Foundation. This year we speedily set up three coffee bars enroute and one espresso martini celebration at the finish line for their big fundraising cycle from Somerset House to The Solent.

Summer was in full swing on Broadway Market as the cafe opened late for espresso martinis, frozen margaritas and a pop-up by Fun Guys Tacos. It was a proper vibe.

We head to Arepa & Co to host the legendary end-of-summer wholesale party. With latte art throwdowns and espresso-martini-pong it’s a night to remember.

Barista Trainer Sujan joins as judge for Joe & The Juice’s internal latte art competition and runs a follow up masterclass in expert milk pouring skills with their top baristas.

We celebrate 20 years on Broadway Market with custom tees and a big old party with our regulars. Here’s to the next 20.

Climpsons launches the Daterra 6. A pioneering project in coffee processing that began during our trip to the Minas Gerais farm last year. The project looks to processing as a way to future-proof production for the region in the midst of dramatic changes in climate.

Boldly green. We release Matcha Martini  using our tried and tested Midnight Oil production skills. Have you tried it?

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While these are the highlights, it’s also worth sharing our appreciation to all the everyday hard work from our talented team in London and our producing partners across the world. It’s these many skilled hands that continue to make our coffees oh so delicious. We can’t wait to see what’s coming for 2026.

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