Plymouth's specialty roastery since 2011 15kg Besca at Faraday Mill
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◆ Plymouth's specialty roastery · Faraday Mill, Cattedown · since 2011

Hand-roasted on a 15kg Besca, at Faraday Mill, since 2011.

Andrew Baker founded The Devon Coffee Company in an old galley kitchen under Plymouth Guildhall in 2011. Today the roastery sits at Unit 195, Faraday Mill in Cattedown, a Spanish-made Besca BSC-15 classic double-drum supplying more than one hundred South West cafes, restaurants and offices. The 1kg drum we learned on in 2011 still runs alongside.

2011Founded by Andrew Baker
15kgBesca double-drum
100+South West accounts
1%For the Planet
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Andrew Baker and the team posed on and beside the green-and-cream 15kg Besca classic double-drum roaster at Unit 195, Faraday Mill, Plymouth
The Besca install · Unit 195 · Faraday Mill

Andrew Baker (left, on the hopper), with the team on the day the 15kg drum went in. Every bag we sell still comes off this machine.

2011Founded by Andrew Baker
Besca BSC-1515kg classic double-drum
100+ accountsAcross the South West
Organic1% for the Planet
Four lines, one Faraday Mill roastery

The roastery, the wholesale trade, the training school, the trade counter. All under one roof at Unit 195.

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01 · Roastery

The Besca BSC-15 at Faraday Mill.

Every bag we sell is roasted at Unit 195 on a Spanish-made Besca BSC-15 classic double-drum. Roast profiles are logged against a data-logging software profile, cupped, and re-cupped before any batch leaves the building. The 1kg drum we learned on in 2011 still sits alongside, used now for sample roasts of new single-origin lots before they go on the 15kg drum.

  • • 15kg + 1kg, two-drum operation
  • • Cupping room on the same floor
  • • Roast-profile data logged batch by batch
02 · Wholesale

Trade supply to 100+ South West cafes.

The trade desk is the volume side of the business. We supply and support more than one hundred cafes, restaurants, offices and venues across the South West, with bean delivery on a weekly batch rhythm and machine support across Astoria, Ascaso, Mahlkönig and Fiorenzato. Sample bags on request, trade pricing on application, kit support on the call.

  • • Weekly batch roast, 24-48h to ship
  • • Espresso machine + grinder support
  • • Bespoke white-label roasting
03 · Training

A purpose-built barista training room.

A dedicated training room at Unit 195, set up for trade-only courses. Two formats: a workshop for those with little experience or a refresher, and a deeper certified format covering coffee extraction, brewing science, latte art and machine maintenance. Booking goes through the order line by phone or to orders@devoncoffeecompany.com.

  • • Two formats, by appointment
  • • Live machines on the bar
  • • Trade only · not open to the public
04 · Trade counter

Pick up at Unit 195 in Cattedown.

Trade customers can collect bagged coffee from the counter at Unit 195. We are an industrial-park roastery, not a cafe, so phoning ahead means a member of the team is at the counter rather than at the drum. The counter is also the easiest place to taste new lots before you commit a wholesale order.

  • • Faraday Mill PL4 0ST
  • • By appointment, weekday hours
  • • Cup the new lot before you order
100+ South West accounts · named partners

The cafes, kitchens and venues we roast for, across Devon, Cornwall and the South West.

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ZINNSHettie'sMeraki Coffee Co.Arthur's DeliPier OneDewerstoneJoe's Java

A selection of the named South West partners on the public wholesale page. The full list runs past one hundred accounts.

What a first trade conversation looks like.

We start with the bar setup you already run, the volume you go through in a week, and which of our blends would sit well on your menu. Super Eight is the house espresso for most accounts; Gumdrop rotates seasonally; The Americas is the everyday workhorse; The Dock is the Plymouth-named blend that travels well. A sample bag, sometimes two, goes out before any order.

Equipment, grinders, after-sale.

New bar, replacement grinder, or a service call on what you already have, we work with Astoria and Ascaso on the espresso side and Mahlkönig and Fiorenzato on the grinders. The conversation about kit happens alongside the conversation about beans, not after it.

Blends + single origins

Four signature blends and a Peruvian single origin, on the drum this season.

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Super Eight bag, The Devon Coffee Company
Signature espresso blend

Super Eight

Our flagship blend, the one most of our trade accounts pour as their house espresso. Roasted on the 15kg Besca, cupped against profile before any batch leaves the building.

Gumdrop bag, The Devon Coffee Company
Seasonal espresso

Gumdrop

A seasonal blend that rotates with the green-bean book. Lighter end of espresso, leans towards the cup as much as the bar.

The Americas bag, The Devon Coffee Company
Espresso blend

The Americas

A Central and South American component blend. The everyday workhorse for cafes that want a familiar profile that holds through milk.

The Dock bag, The Devon Coffee Company
Plymouth blend

The Dock

The Plymouth-named blend, a nod to Cattedown and the docks at the foot of Faraday Mill. Carried by trade and retail.

Del Oso bag, The Devon Coffee Company
Single origin · Peru

Del Oso

Organic single origin from Peru. Sample-roasted on the 1kg drum first, cupped, then profiled on the 15kg Besca if it joins the rotation.

Training room · Unit 195

A trade-only barista training room, on the same floor as the roaster.

The training room at Faraday Mill is built around the working bar. Two formats run by appointment: a workshop for those with little experience or a refresher, and a deeper certified format covering coffee extraction, brewing science, latte art and machine maintenance. Trade customers book through the order line on 01752 222 567 or by email to orders@devoncoffeecompany.com. Courses are not open to the general public.

Format 01 · Workshop

The workshop format

For team members with little experience, or for a refresher after a long break. Half-day on the bar, the cupping table and the grinder.

Format 02 · Certified

The deeper certified format

Coffee extraction, brewing science, latte art and machine maintenance. Multi-session, by appointment for trade accounts.

How to book

Trade-only. Book by phone or email.

A booking conversation starts with what your bar needs. We agree dates against the production rhythm in the roastery so the trainer is not on the drum the same morning. Most accounts book the workshop format first and graduate to the certified format once the bar settles.

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Founder · Andrew Baker

From an old galley kitchen under Plymouth Guildhall, to a 15kg drum at Faraday Mill.

Andrew Baker, a University of Plymouth Business graduate and former Students' Union trustee, founded The Devon Coffee Company in January 2011. The first roastery was an old galley kitchen under Plymouth Guildhall, set up as a co-operative of cafe owners trying to lift the quality of the coffee they all served.

After five years under the Guildhall, the operation moved across town to Faraday Mill in Cattedown, a ten-acre business park one mile east of Plymouth city centre off the A374 Gdynia Road. The team built out a Roastery, a Training Room, a Warehouse, a Cupping Room and a Trade Counter, all on the same floor at Unit 195.

In 2017 a Spanish-made Besca BSC-15 classic double-drum was installed, replacing the original 1kg roaster as the production machine. The 1kg drum was kept on alongside the Besca, used now for profiling single-origin lots at small scale before any commit to a 15kg batch, a discipline most single-machine roasters cannot run.

“Business theory really matters. Without that I would have fallen flat on my face.” Andrew Baker, University of Plymouth alumni profile

Five moments · one Plymouth roastery
2011
Andrew Baker founds The Devon Coffee Company under Plymouth Guildhall, originally as a co-operative of cafe owners.
2016
The operation moves across town from the Guildhall galley kitchen to Faraday Mill in Cattedown.
2017
A 15kg Besca BSC-15 classic double-drum is installed at Unit 195. The original 1kg drum stays alongside for sample roasts.
100+ accounts
Wholesale supply grows past one hundred named South West cafes, restaurants, offices and venues.
Today
Roastery, Training Room, Warehouse, Cupping Room and Trade Counter, all under one roof at Faraday Mill PL4.
Specialism · the seam between a roastery and a teaching kitchen

Uncommonly good at the seam between a working roastery and a teaching kitchen.

The 15kg Besca is large enough to roast for the hundred-plus wholesale accounts, but small enough that a trade customer can sit at the cupping table that same morning, taste the new lot, and watch the next batch go through the drum. The five rooms at Unit 195, Roastery, Training Room, Warehouse, Cupping Room and Trade Counter, collapse the supply chain into a single thirty-step walk.

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Two-drum operation, intentionally.

The 1kg sample roaster from 2011 was retained alongside the 15kg Besca specifically so single-origin lots can be profiled at small scale before any commit to a 15kg production batch. A discipline most single-machine roasters cannot run.

ii

Roast-profile data logging.

Every roast is recorded against a data-logging software profile, then cupped against the profile. The cupping room is set up for blind triangulation, not just hedonic scoring.

iii

A deeper B2B equipment bench.

Wholesale machine support spans Astoria, Ascaso, Mahlkönig and Fiorenzato across espresso machines and grinders. A deeper bench than most single-roaster operations carry.

Visit · Faraday Mill, Cattedown

Unit 195, Faraday Mill, one mile east of Plymouth city centre.

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Unit 195 · Faraday Mill

Off the A374 Gdynia Road in Cattedown, one mile east of Plymouth city centre and 1.4 miles south-east of Plymouth railway station. Faraday Mill is a ten-acre, seventy-unit business park covering 192,000 sq ft of internal space. We are an industrial-park roastery, not a cafe, so phone ahead before you travel.

Address
Unit 195, Faraday Mill, Oakfield Terrace Road, Plymouth PL4 0ST
Phone
01752 222 567
Retail
shop@devoncoffeecompany.com
Trade
orders@devoncoffeecompany.com
Counter
Weekdays by appointment. Phone the order line before you travel.
Unit 195, Faraday Mill, Plymouth PL4 0ST. Off the A374 Gdynia Road, one mile east of the city centre. Open in Google Maps ↗
FAQ · trade and retail

Five questions a Plymouth or Salcombe cafe owner usually asks.

If your question is not below, the order line and the trade desk get every call: 01752 222 567 or orders@devoncoffeecompany.com.

Are the barista courses open to the public or trade only?

Courses are trade-only. The training room is a working room and the format is built around cafe owners, baristas in post, and accounts considering the switch to The Devon Coffee Company. Booking goes through the order line on 01752 222 567 or by email to orders@devoncoffeecompany.com. We do not open courses to the general public, and we ask trade customers to confirm a date before travel.

How do I open a wholesale account, and what does the first order look like?

Email orders@devoncoffeecompany.com or call 01752 222 567 and ask for the trade desk. The first conversation covers your bar setup, what you currently pour, how much you go through in a week, and which of our blends would sit well on your menu. We send a sample bag, sometimes two if you are weighing options. From there we agree volumes, delivery rhythm, and any equipment support across Astoria, Ascaso, Mahlkönig and Fiorenzato.

How fresh is a bag when it ships?

Every bag is roasted at Unit 195 and cupped against profile in the same building. Trade orders ship within 24 to 48 hours of roast on a weekly batch rhythm; subscription bags go out on the rotation you choose (weekly, fortnightly or monthly). Roast date is on the bag.

Do you do white-label or bespoke roasting for our cafe brand?

Yes. We have profiled bespoke blends on the 15kg Besca for cafes who want their own bag on the shelf. The conversation starts with a tasting of the in-house blends you respond to, then we work through profile, bag design and lead time. Minimum order is volume-dependent and we discuss it on the first call.

Can I visit the trade counter and pick up beans?

Trade customers can collect from Unit 195 at Faraday Mill. We are an industrial-park roastery, not a cafe, so we ask you to phone ahead so a member of the team is at the counter rather than at the drum. The trade counter is the easiest place to taste the new lots before you commit a wholesale order.