Ozone Coffee Roasters

Ozone sit in an interesting position within the London specialty hierarchy. Their 69K Instagram following puts them among the most visible independent specialty brands in the UK, and the Ilya Milstein illustration system — consistent, distinctive, immediately recognisable — has made the bags one of the more covetable objects in the specialty category. But the visual brand is backed by sourcing that predates the recent wave of design-first specialty brands.

The Antipodean influence is real and relevant. New Zealand and Australian specialty coffee culture developed differently from the UK's, with a stronger emphasis on approachable cafe environments that served excellent coffee without exclusivity. Ozone brought that ethos to London, and the Leonard Street flagship became a model that influenced how other London specialty cafes thought about the relationship between space, food, and coffee.

B Corp certification is worth noting in context: it's a rigorous process that requires supply chain and environmental performance to be documented and verified. For coffee specifically, B Corp certification usually indicates a level of sourcing and producer-relationship transparency that goes beyond marketing language. The 70% post-consumer recycled packaging is one visible output of that commitment.

For Cuppd users, Ozone is a good roaster to track if you're drawn to well-executed, approachable specialty coffee across a range of origins and processes. The catalogue depth means there's always something new to try, and the Milstein branding makes the bags good visual context for tasting notes in the app.