The people behind the Coffee Bay Experience…
With over 30 years specialist experience in the coffee business, we pride ourselves on understanding & exceeding our customers’ needs for the best coffee, machines and related products.Starting as coffee & tea retailers in the 1980s with coffee roasted for us in nearby Richmond-upon-Thames by Francois, a dear friend and experienced coffee roaster, we soon opened a café on our own premises. It wasn’t long before other cafes and restaurants were asking us to use the same coffee, so we decided it was time to start roasting.
Our original, rather old roaster sited in our first shop in Victoria Road, (Surbiton) expelled a beautiful aroma whilst roasting pulling in extra customers. Since moving to Ewell Road we still employ this technique with a more up to date Solar Multi convection 2 kilo roaster. Jason and Eric can be found most days preparing our specialist micro lots, available to the public from our shop or on line.
Over the years we have changed roasters a few times, recently acquiring the Probat 60 drum roaster that has given us improved consistency and a greater capability to meet the increasing demand for our specialist coffees.
