11 best independent coffee brands to brighten your morning

11 best independent coffee brands to brighten your morning
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11 best independent coffee brands to brighten your morning
Author: Emma Henderson
Published: Feb, 10 2025 16:00

Summary at a Glance

Although this particular coffee is now out of stock, Redemption says the Makuriya Wako coffee is a similar fruity coffee with notes of blackcurrant and pink grapefruit and some sweet sherbet-like notes.

11 best independent coffee brands to brighten your morning Redemption is both a 13-strong chain of coffee shops across London, and a social enterprise that trains prison-leavers and those at risk of offending with valuable skills in the coffee industry.

As one of the stalwarts of the ethical coffee industry, Cafédirect began life way back in 1991 as a social enterprise, in response to the unregulated coffee industry, which meant farmers were losing money.

What started in 2018 as a single coffee shop in Richmond, south west London, has since bloomed into a mini-chain of eight coffee shops across the capital.

It does this in its own academies in HMP High Down and HMP Pentonville, providing people with all the new skills they need to be an excellent barista or roaster (the brand's coffee is roasted inside HMP The Mount in Hertfordshire, too) helping them to find work after they leave the prison.

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