Nordic Approach and Tropiq are excited to announce that we are merging. Instead of sister companies, we’re creating a single entity that will unify our team, consolidate operations, enhance service offerings, and provide more diverse options to our valued customers. Nordic Approach and Tropiq were both founded by Morten Wennersgaard, Read more…
Neumann Kaffee Gruppe has recently bought a majority share in our companies Nordic Approach Coffee Importers and Tropiq. In the event that this would raise any questions among valued clients, partners, stakeholders, and friends, we, as the founders of Nordic Approach and Tropiq, want to assure you that this merger Read more…
It’s not about where to drink coffee but about the how. Scandinavians are true coffee lovers and that’s a fact. But where can you find the very best quality coffee in the Norwegian capital? Working in the coffee industry for over 10 years in the Nordic country gave us a Read more…
For new roasteries, one of the toughest questions, after “which roaster should I buy?” is “what should go on my menu?” The answer will be different for everybody, depending on your customers, your location, and your capacity. To help decide what is best for you, we asked some of our Read more…
Our latest updates and information on new warehouse in Belgium and cooperation with Seabridge.
At this year’s autumn cupping, we prepared a sensory workshop for all the attendees. It was a great success and people have been asking me to share how we did it. So, here it is, this blog post is going to guide you step by step so you can do Read more…
Mwaramutse! The most wonderful time of the year has come.…no not Christmas. Scrap the bearded guy with the out of fashion red tracksuit from your calendar, the Burundi’s are coming in. The first container landed last Friday – have to be pretty quick, only 4 lots left. November – This Read more…
“Our goal from day one was to develop and manufacture a state of the art coffee roaster.” In this blog post, I am going to introduce you to ROEST and what is their story with sample roaster. A sample roaster is essentially a coffee roaster that was built with really Read more…
We’re always looking for ways for all roasters, big and small, to have a chance to get some of the most beautiful coffees in the world. We want everyone to have access to a wide variety of coffees and foster long lasting relationships with the producers who make them. That’s Read more…
Ever since I got into roasting coffee quite some years ago, before joining up with Nordic, I was always searching for personal stories on travels to origin. Without too much luck. I’ll try to fill that gap a little by giving you my personal and educational insight into Rwanda and Read more…
It seems to be a good year for coffees, and our Burundian coffees are tasting great this year! We should be able to make our first selections now the next few weeks with shipments around July/August. We will buy naturals and washed as well as a small selection of honeys. Read more…
What’s the thing with Huila? Why are we and so many roasters almost addicted to those coffees? Well, I think it’s first of all the combination of tons of fruit, the sweetness, richness and the complexity you can find in many of the great coffees there. But there is also Read more…
We have the last few years been involved in a project with a producer in Antioquia that’s been having such a great progress and development with his coffees and quality. It’s about great washed coffees of different cultivars, but also naturals dried in an innovative way. But most of all Read more…
From being here almost one month now, I am actually starting to get a hang of this place. But for those of you who do not know Ethiopia, I have listed my favourite fun facts about Ethiopia below. Over 80 languages are spoken in this country. The most widely spoken Read more…
I have tried to wrap up what we are currently doing on the sourcing side, and what to expect of this season’s harvest. ☺ In addition to Colombian arrivals it’s the time of year again when everything seems to happen at once, both in Centrals and East Africa. Ethiopia and Read more…
We’re sponsoring a new educational project in Tanzania called Coffee Club, with the aim to improve the future for the kids in the regions we are buying coffee from, and increase the quality of the coffee in this region long term. We will sponsor Coffee Club in one school, the Read more…
We’re now under one month away from our first ever conference in origin. Of course it’s not really a conference. First of all, the audience is limited to 30 tickets, so it will feel cosy. Everyone will have time to ask questions, and form long lasting relationships with famers, producers Read more…
We cup alot here at Nordic Approach HQ. We cup coffees at 4 different stages: Type sample – This is a sample of a lot that is not yet finished or blended yet. It can give us an indication of what a coffee can be like. And usually it is Read more…
For this blogpost, I wanted us to go through sample roasting. How do we go about doing it? Well, let’s start with the basics. What is a sample roast ? Anything from 50-300 grams of coffee can be roasted on a sample roaster. It usually takes less time than a normal Read more…
This is exciting stuff. We are finally increasing our range of organic coffees, this time from Colombia. We didn’t buy them only for being organic, they taste great too. It’s from a recent buying program we have initiated with an exporter. They also have their own purchasing point (bodega) and Read more…
Since we started Nordic Approach, we’ve tried to bring roasters along with us into the confusing and complicated world of sourcing green coffee. One of the most important but least-talked-about subjects is: $$$$$$$$$, in this case meaning financing. We have coffees landed in our warehouses available for purchase by any Read more…