Project Description

United Kingdom
Matthew Robley-Siemonsma
Prufrock Coffee

Please tell us a little bit about yourself:

I am a new father. I love great coffee, coffee roasting, coffee people, coffee business, product design, art.

How did you get started in coffee?

It’s a long story like everyone’s!  In 2007 during the last year of my art degree I was just starting to learn how to make decent filter coffee at home.  I think it was in that same year that I first had a really really good coffee.  It was a Kenyan brewed with a Chemex at Sightglass Coffee when they were just a kiosk starting in San Francisco.  It really tasted like strawberries!  In 2009 I moved to the UK and since then I’ve taken part and learned a lot during this exciting era for coffee in London.  I became a naturalised British Citizen in 2015 and I’m now the General Manager at Prufrock Coffee!

Please list the coffee competitions you have participated in, what year they took place, and your results:

2017 UK Roasting Championship – 1st Place

2016 World Coffee Roasting Championship – 3rd Place

2016 UK Roasting Championship – 1st Place

What roaster do you currently roast on?

IKAWA Pro, 2kg Probat, 1kg Diedrich

How did you learn how to roast coffee?

We learn best when we work together and collaborate as a community!

What are your interests outside of coffee?

Drawing, designing and making things, listening to records and podcasts.

Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 

On a beach somewhere with good coffee:)

Is there anyone you would like to thank or recognise, or who helped you to prepare for the WCRC?

I’d really like to thank my partner Beth and everyone at Prufrock for supporting me.

What are you excited to do while you are in Guangzhou?

Eat the amazing food!

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