Uncommon Ground
A Roaster We Trust
Uncommon Ground Coffee Roastery is an independent, family owned and operated specialty coffee bar situated in Cardiff's historical Royal Arcade. It is owned and run by two local brothers, Paul and Ian Hayman, who have devoted their passion for coffee into roasting and serving the finest, freshest and expertly prepared coffee to the people of Cardiff since opening in March 2015.
As one of only three commercial roasters in South Wales, Uncommon Ground are able to source, roast, cup and develop flavour profiles for new coffee before directly introducing new products to friends and customers in their busy city centre coffee bar. That kind of hands-on, source-to-cup control is exactly what we look for in the independent UK roasters we feature in our specialty coffee subscription boxes.
San Fernando, Peru
This organic washed coffee comes from a group of producers located in the San Fernando area of Cusco in Peru. This micro-lot coffee is produced on small hold farms and delivered for processing at the Incahuasi co-operative. Each farm is only about 1.5 hectares in size, so they don't have their own processing facility and instead deliver their freshly harvested cherry to the washing station for processing. At the washing station, the coffee is washed and dried naturally in the sun. This coffee has a very clean mouthfeel and is best enjoyed as a filter brew.
This coffee is organic certified and was grown and harvested by small holder farmers. We know how much work it is for farmers on small holder farms like these to become organic certified, and we also love the citrusy notes.
Coffees like this are exactly why RISE Coffee Box exists. Every month, we blind taste 25-30 coffees from independent specialty coffee roasters across the UK – from Cardiff favourites like Uncommon Ground Coffee Roastery to standout names we've discovered along the way – and choose only the very best to feature in our coffee subscription boxes. If you love discovering new specialty coffee, sustainably sourced and roasted by people who genuinely care about where it comes from, a RISE coffee subscription is the easiest way to explore it all from home.
