Save the date, first espresso martini nights with the dearest @populus.coffee crew here @nooo.berlin 🎩
Good drinks, summer-ish vibes, come hang!
May 15, 2026 | 6 pm | Gabriel-Max-Strasse 11, 10245 Berlin
See ya 👋
Berlin specialty coffee legend @populus.coffee is coming to @roast.different_festival ☕️
Populus Coffee was founded in 2016 in Neukölln, Berlin, but their story began even earlier in Finland and later on the roads of Guatemala and Honduras. That was where their first long-term partnerships with producers were born, as well as the name Populus — meaning “people”.
Behind the roastery are Sari and Henrik Haavisto, who have built their work from the very beginning on direct sourcing, fair relationships and coffee that carries not only clarity and brightness, but also a real story.
Today, Populus Coffee is one of the standout names of Berlin’s specialty coffee scene, and this year we are welcoming them as one of the headliners of Roast Different Festival. ❤️🔥
See you on 30–31 May 2026 at Refinery Gallery.
🇸🇰 Legenda berlínskej výberovej scény @populus.coffee prichádza na @roast.different_festival ☕️
Populus Coffee vznikli v roku 2016 v berlínskom Neuköllne, no ich príbeh sa začal ešte skôr vo Fínsku a neskôr na cestách po Guatemale a Hondurase. Práve tam sa zrodili ich prvé dlhodobé partnerstvá s producentmi aj meno Populus – „ľudia“.
Za pražiarňou stoja Sari a Henrik Haavisto, ktorí od začiatku stavajú svoju prácu na priamom nákupe, férových vzťahoch a káve, ktorá má nielen čistotu a jas, ale aj skutočný príbeh.
Populus Coffee dnes patria medzi výrazné mená berlínskej výberovej kávy a tento rok ich privítame ako jedného z headlinerov Roast Different Festivalu. ❤️🔥
Vidíme sa 30. – 31. mája 2026 v Refinery Gallery.
#RoastDifferentFestival #roastery
Ariel Gomez - Honduras
Juicy cup with notes of stone fruits, mixed berries and black tea. Anaerobic washed Catimor variety from Ariel Gomez’s farm, Finca Vertical in El Dorado, Santa Bárbara, Honduras.
Ariel is a motivated and dedicated coffee producer who cultivates multiple varieties on his farm, he acquired from a colleague and friend, Arturo Paz. In addition to producing coffee he works as a junior Agronomist at San Vicente, our partners in Honduras and one of the most sough-after specialty coffee exporter. We met Ariel for the first time a few years ago and this is the second year we are buying coffee from him.
This region, the producers, and the coffees have a special meaning to Populus, as it’s the place where the idea of working with specialty coffee was born after meeting the people, seeing how specialty coffee can be traded directly and tasting these coffees.
This lot, is roasted especially for another long-term partner of ours. Sofi the bakery, with whom we have been working closely together since 2021. You can find it on their batch brew as well as their shelves and online shop.
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Bright and light. 💫
With roasting, we aim for the same transparency as with our sourcing – clean, bright cups that represent the coffees' origin, variety, and processing. 🙌
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Easy Evening Cupping at @ronincoffeespot this Friday. Limited spots, book yours now at Eventbrite (link to our events on bio)
We are coming to Prague this weekend for Barista Roku and are popping by our friends at Ronin for an easy evening cupping of our current lineup. Coffees from our longterm partners from Honduras, Mexico, Costa Rica, Ethiopia and Peru.
Come slurp, chat and have a good start to the weekend. 🙌
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Samuel Espinosa - Peru
Refined and fresh, washed Typica from Samuel Espinosa’s farm, Finca Tarcuyuc in Incahuasi district high in Peru.
Samuel is a new partner for us, whom we met through our old Peruvian partners, APU Coffee, exclusively working with the Incahuasi district, where we visited for the first at the end part of 2025. Traveling to this district is a two-day trip by car from any of the closest airports on a wild, serpentine roads climbing well above 4000 meters.
In Incahuasi everyone farms organically, adding only seabird guano as a fertiliser. The farms share characteristics with some Ethiopian forest farms, with low-intervention cultivation and an abundance of shade trees. The best performing varieties are mainly Geisha, Typica, a natural mutation named “Americano” and an as-yet-to-be-genetically-determined SL-9 mutation that many producers refer to as Geisha Inca.
Samuel’s farm sits at an elevation of 2110 meters where coffee trees are subjected to colder temperatures and more stress. This leads to increased sugar levels and more complex acids to develop contributing to clean and fresh cup notes with fruity acidity and complex flavor notes.
Get your bag from our online shop or our selected retail partners around Europe.
A special spring treat from our friend @benjaminpaz from Santa Barbára, Honduras.
Yellow Typica and Yellow Bourbon varieties blend in to this creamy, sweet and juicy cup with notes of apricots, peaches, black tea and Osmanthus florals.
This is a limited release, so get your box quickly, before we run out.
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#specialtycoffee #roastedinberlin #coffeeroasters #berlincoffeeroasters
Brewsday brews with our newest release from @benjaminpaz , Honduras. This mix of yellow Typica and yellow Bourbon makes a sweet and juicy cup with velvety mouthfeel. Perfect for spring vibes. 🏵🙌☀️💚
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The first non-binary roasting champion of Germany: ellie dunlop (@peaberry3000 )
This amazing person joined our team around two years ago with a few months of roasting experience and determination to learn more. Within a year they became our head roaster and now that determination has lead them to earn the titel of the German Roasting Champion 2026 as well as a spot to represent Germany at the 2026 World Coffee Roasting Championship in Brussels. 🙌💪
They are the first non-binary person to win this title as well as the first non-cis male. Together with their amazing coach @mars_flavourplanet they are also the first non cis-male duo to take this title home.
We couldn't be prouder of them and having them in our team, to work with them and having them as a friend.
If you want to support their way to the world roasting championships, you can dm them directly @peaberry3000 or through us.
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A glimpse into today’s @populus.coffee pop-up. From hand brews to a public cupping, each moment was a celebration of craft. The apple danish as pastry of the day was the perfect complement, marking their birthday celebration.
Birthday Celebrations continue. 💚
This Thursday we are joining our dear friends at @sofithebakery in Mitte for an afternoon Brew Bar pop-up and a Public Coffee Cupping.
Join us for an afternoon of delicious baked goods, great coffee and friendly faces.
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Brew bar Pop-Up : 13:00-16:00
Cupping : 17:00-18:00
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See you on Thursday! 🙌
Working with friends since 2016
Ten years ago, when Populus Coffee was opened in Berlin, one of the very first coffees we roasted came from Dolmin Moreno, Honduras. We had met him in person 2 years earlier on his farm and tasted his coffees. This year, as we are celebrating our tenth anniversary, we wanted to mark this special milestone with Dolmin’s coffee as our first special Birthday release.
This washed SL-28 comes from his farm, La Plantilla, on the steep hills of the Santa Barbara mountain range. A vibrant and elegant cup with notes of fresh blackberries, soft florals, and juicy green grapes.
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