Ethiopia Sawana Washed

John Schot founded his namesake roastery in Rotterdam, setting up inside the Diepeveen Building, a former warehouse that was redeveloped in 2022 by Atelier Thomas Dirrix while maintaining its raw industrial character and now houses pottery artists, designers, a bookshop, a gallery called Huidenclub, and a wood workshop alongside the roastery. Schot roasts on a Giesen W15 in small batches calibrated to each coffee's destination, twelve kilos for espresso, six kilos for filter, and four kilos for competition coffee, roasting weekly to maintain freshness and adjusting profiles to produce balanced, sweet, well developed cups that highlight the unique regional flavors of each origin. The operation buys top quality coffee beans directly from farmers and trusted suppliers, paying premium prices for green coffees so that producers can invest in their plantations, an approach the roastery describes simply as coffee with a conscience. On weekends the building hosts markets where local artists showcase and sell their creations alongside the coffee bar, and customers can walk directly from their espresso into exhibitions at the adjacent Huidenclub gallery, blurring the line between roastery visit and cultural outing. Schot also offers barista training sessions from the roastery, sharing the craft knowledge that underpins an operation where the creative energy of the building's artist community and the precision of small batch roasting exist in unusually close proximity.