Redemption Roasters

Redemption's founding structure parallels Old Spike's in one key way: both organisations treat the social mission as the reason the coffee business exists, not as a marketing layer applied to a conventional roastery. The operational difference is in focus — Old Spike centres on homelessness, Redemption on the criminal justice system — but the commercial model is similar: high quality coffee as the vehicle, training and employment as the output.

Their pricing transparency is worth noting separately. Product pages state the cost of the coffee and, in some cases, how the margin is split between operations and the social programme. This mirrors Origin Coffee's FOB pricing approach, but applied to the operational side rather than the sourcing side.

The experimental lot programme is genuine rather than decorative. Anoxic naturals require careful fermentation management — oxygen exclusion during fermentation produces a specific lactic-dominant acidity that is quite different from aerobic naturals. Redemption source and produce these lots with the same care as any process-forward London roaster.

For Cuppd users: the Mugoyi Anoxic Natural is the reference lot. It is the most distinctive product in the Redemption range and the clearest demonstration of their quality ceiling. Log it against Scenery Coffee's lacto naturals and you will start to build a useful map of how fermentation method affects cup character.