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Union Hand-Roasted Coffee

Newham, United Kingdom · their shop

Plastic free packagingCompostable packagingRecyclable packagingLiving wage employerSocial enterpriseCharity partner
18coffees listed
18in stock today
£34.95/kgmedian across 18 priced
—too few priced coffees to place them
0traced to a named farm

What we can work out from their listings

Traceability
traced to a region on 6, traced to a country on 12
Origins they name
Brazil, Burundi, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Peru, Rwanda
Processes they name
anoxic, honey, natural, washed
Single origin or blend
2 single origin, 8 blends, 8 not stated
Decaf
3 in the range

Every figure here is counted from this roaster’s own listings, not from a profile they filled in. We hold no review scores and no verified certifications for any roaster, and we do not collect them. How we count this

How Union Hand-Roasted Coffee compares

18 of Union Hand-Roasted Coffee’s coffees carry a price we can compare, so there is no middle 80% and no position against the catalogue here. Below 20 priced coffees a spread describes one shop’s pricing rather than the market.

How they describe their coffee

Roasters describe Union Hand-Roasted Coffee's coffees as caramel and sweet on 89% of them, 55% more often than the catalogue, and citrus on 56% of them, 1.9 times as often as the catalogue.

How often roasters use each flavour family to describe Union Hand-Roasted Coffee's coffees: 18 of 18 carry notes. The dashed outline is the whole catalogue. These are the roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement.
Flavour families in roasters’ notes for Union Hand-Roasted Coffee's coffees, most common first, against the whole catalogue.
FamilyCoffeesShareCatalogue
Caramel and sweet1689%58%
Chocolate1478%52%
Fruity1267%60%
Citrus1056%29%
Nutty844%28%
Spice422%9%
Floral317%15%

Counted from their own listings, not from a profile they filled in. The same figures for the whole market.

What they say about themselves

Delivery

Free over £30.00, which at their median price is about 4 bags of 250 g.

Plastic free packagingno register to check it against

…avoid compostables. And although our original aim when changing our packaging was to be plastic free, now even WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme) says that it is more beneficial… part of a longer passage their page

Compostable packagingno register to check it against

“Our paper coffee cups are 100% biodegradable and compostable, and recyclable where facilities exist.” their page

Recyclable packagingno register to check it against

…serts and booklets, all our cartons, shipping packaging and print materials are made from recyclable, FSC-certified materials and are printed with vegetable ink. part of a longer passage their page

Living wage employerno register to check it against

“We believe that a hard day's work deserves a fair day's pay. We are proud to be a Living Wage employer and part of the Living Wage Foundation. Interested to know more?” their page

Social enterpriseno register to check it against

…stery tours and seed-to-cup coffee talks to students of Well Grounded. Well Grounded is a social enterprise with a focus on providing highly-skilled Barista Training to vulnerable adults looking… part of a longer passage their page

Charity partnerno register to check it against

…arity dedicated to fighting hunger and food waste in the UK In June 2022, we committed to donating 10% of all our online Natural Spirit sales to Pride in London's Unity Fund. part of a longer passage their page

These are claims this roaster makes on its own website and we have checked none of them. The sourcing and packaging ones are about the business rather than any particular bag, so they are never applied to an individual coffee. The delivery total is the exception: it is quoted on each of their coffees, because what you pay to have a bag sent to you is part of what the bag costs.

Their coffees

18 listed, cheapest per kilo first. The ones with no published price come last, and £34.95/kg is the middle of this range

Indonesia

Union Hand-Roasted Coffee

Foundation, Blend

_notes: Fudge · Treacle · Dark Chocolate · _category: chocolate

Indonesia, traced to the country

£32.95/kg

4% below similar on their 200 g bag

£32.95 for 1 kg

Ethiopia

Union Hand-Roasted Coffee

House Roast, Original Blend

_notes: Chocolate · Caramel · Citrus · _category: chocolate

Ethiopia, traced to the country

£32.95/kg

4% below similar on their 200 g bag

£32.95 for 1 kg

Costa Rica

Union Hand-Roasted Coffee

Revelation, Signature Espresso

_notes: Treacle · Cinnamon · Dark Chocolate · _category: chocolate

Costa Rica, traced to the country

£32.95/kg

4% below similar on their 200 g bag

£32.95 for 1 kg

Brazil

Union Hand-Roasted Coffee

Bobolink, Brazil

_notes: Morello Cherry · Macadamia · Milk Chocolate · _category: nuts

Brazil, traced to the country

£34.95/kg

17% below similar on their 200 g bag

£34.95 for 1 kg

Costa Rica

Union Hand-Roasted Coffee

Bright Note, Blend

_category: chocolate · caramel · _notes: Nectarine · Milk Chocolate

Costa Rica, traced to the country

£34.95/kg

2% above similar on their 200 g bag

£34.95 for 1 kg

Peru

Union Hand-Roasted Coffee

Community, Blend

_category: chocolate · caramel · _notes: Red Berry Jam · Dark Chocolate

Peru, traced to the country

£34.95/kg

2% above similar on their 200 g bag

£34.95 for 1 kg

Honduras

Union Hand-Roasted Coffee

Decaf, Blend

_notes: Treacle · Dark Chocolate · Walnut · _category: chocolate

Honduras, traced to the country

£34.95/kg

12% below similar on their 200 g bag

£34.95 for 1 kg

Union Hand-Roasted Coffee

Gajah Mountain, Sumatra

_notes: Grapefruit · Chocolate Truffle · Molasses · _category: chocolate

Sumatra, traced to a region

£34.95/kg

17% below similar on their 200 g bag

£34.95 for 1 kg

Colombia

Union Hand-Roasted Coffee

Half Caff, Blend

_category: chocolate · caramel · _notes: Chocolate · Toffee

Colombia, traced to a region

£34.95/kg

12% below similar on their 200 g bag

£34.95 for 1 kg

Guatemala

Union Hand-Roasted Coffee

Liberacion, Guatemala

_notes: Red Grape · Dark Chocolate · Custard Cream · _category: chocolate

Guatemala, traced to a region

£34.95/kg

9% below similar on their 200 g bag

£34.95 for 1 kg

Rwanda

Union Hand-Roasted Coffee

Maraba, Rwanda

_notes: Citrus · Redcurrant · Toffee · _category: chocolate

Rwanda, traced to the country

£34.95/kg

17% below similar on their 200 g bag

£34.95 for 1 kg

Ethiopia

Union Hand-Roasted Coffee

Natural Spirit, Organic Blend

_notes: Candied Lemon · Fudge · Chocolate Truffle · _category: chocolate

Ethiopia, traced to the country

£34.95/kg

2% above similar on their 200 g bag

£34.95 for 1 kg

Colombia

Union Hand-Roasted Coffee

Timana, Colombia

_notes: Plum · Orange Blossom · Maple Syrup · _category: citrus

Colombia, traced to the country

£34.95/kg

17% below similar on their 200 g bag

£34.95 for 1 kg

Ethiopia

Union Hand-Roasted Coffee

Yayu Wild Forest, Ethiopia

_notes: Citrus · Marzipan · Bourbon Biscuit · _category: chocolate

Ethiopia, traced to a region

£34.95/kg

22% below similar on their 200 g bag

£34.95 for 1 kg

Ethiopia

Union Hand-Roasted Coffee

Yirgacheffe, Organic Ethiopia

_notes: Kumquat · Peach · Toffee · _category: citrus

Ethiopia, traced to a region

£34.95/kg

22% below similar on their 200 g bag

£34.95 for 1 kg

Rwanda

Union Hand-Roasted Coffee

Decaf Maraba, Rwanda

_notes: Tangerine · Redcurrant · Toffee · _category: chocolate

Rwanda, traced to the country

£37.95/kg

3% below similar on their 200 g bag

£37.95 for 1 kg

Guatemala

Union Hand-Roasted Coffee

José Fernando, Guatemala

_notes: Red Apple · Roasted Hazelnut · Dried Apricot

Guatemala, traced to a region

£49.50/kg

32% above similar on their 200 g bag

£49.50 for 1 kg

India

Union Hand-Roasted Coffee

Hospura, India

_notes: Wild Strawberry · Lemon Balm · Cane Sugar

India, traced to the country

£55.50/kg

£55.50 for 1 kg