# Our Coffee

**Source**: https://warwick.ac.uk/services/foodgroup/about/our-coffee/
**Parent**: https://warwick.ac.uk/services/foodgroup/eat-drink/

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## Freshly brewed for campus life

**Good coffee is now part of the daily campus grind**

We are proud to serve Bridge Coffee on campus!

After listening to feedback from our students and staff, we’ve changed our coffee supplier to Bridge Coffee Roasters. This change reflects our commitment to:

- Supporting ethical and sustainable sourcing.
- Delivering coffee that’s brewed with care for people and the planet.

Now it's time to enjoy exceptional coffee that's better for everyone!

Bridge Coffee video description

Bridge Coffee video description

This video interviews multiple different people about their thoughts on the coffee suppliers for the University of Warwick, Bridge Coffee Roasters. The video starts with a pink screen that says, “Celebrating one year partnered with Bridge Coffee Roasters”, there is the Eatwise logo in the bottom right corner. The first interview follows a student who is speaking fondly of their experience drinking bridge coffee, with Café Oculus in the background.

It then shows multiple shots of the Bridge Coffee beans being ground, prepared and poured in Cafe Library and across multiple Eatwise branded coffee outlets on campus.

The second interview is of a woman talking about how she enjoys the taste of the coffee and how it is ethical. In the third interview a woman talks about how good the coffee is.

The video then introduces Ben Thomas, the Head of Food and beverage at Warwick food group, with a pink information box coming in from the left-hand side. Ben talks about why Bridge is the chosen coffee supplier and how they went about deciding who to choose. The video continues to interview Ben Thomas with multiple shots of coffee being made across Eatwise Branded coffee outlets on campus, as well as panning shots of Eatwise Test Kitchen and Café Oculus with the interview audio playing over the top. Then the logos for Fairtrade, and Rainforest Alliance pop up on the left hand side of the screen. The video ends with a pink screen that says: “Bridge Coffee Roasters” and the Eatwise logo underneath.

## About Bridge Coffee Roasters

Bridge Coffee Roasters began its journey in 1985 in Bristol, driven by a passion for quality coffee and exceptional customer service. Since its inception, the company has focused on delivering exceptional coffee while ensuring its operations are guided by transparency and respect for both people and the environment.

Now a midstream coffee roaster spanning three generations, Bridge Coffee Roasters takes pride in its industry-leading coffee collections and its unwavering commitment to sustainability. The company emphasizes producing the finest coffees and maintaining a transparent and ethical supply chain from farm to consumer. By focusing on sustainable practices, they aim to minimise their environmental impact and contribute positively to the communities and ecosystems involved in coffee production.

## Their Coffee Ethos

### Fairtrade

Fairtrade is about better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world and enables them to improve their positions and have more control over their lives.

### Rainforest Alliance

From fighting deforestation and climate change to building economic opportunities and better working conditions for rural people, the Rainforest Alliance is working to solve urgent environmental and social challenges.

### Organic

Organic coffee means farmers don't use unnecessary chemicals and pesticides - good news for plant and animal life. It's also good news for farmers, organic certification means they command higher prices, on top of the Fairtrade premium.

[Find out more about Bridge Coffee Roasters](https://bridgecoffeeroasters.co.uk/)

## Our Chosen Coffee Blend

The coffee blend we will be serving is Botanical Coffee, chosen for it's triple certification of Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance and Organic.

In addition to this the beans in Botanical Coffee are proudly grown by female farmers at the Cecanor Cooperative in Peru which is part of [Café FemininoLink opens in a new window](https://www.cafefemenino.com/).

Bridge also collaborated with [Project Waterfall Link opens in a new window](https://www.projectwaterfall.org/)on this collection which means 10% of their profits from each bag sold will help bring clean water to coffee-farming communities worldwide.

Bridge Coffee will be available in the following outlets from Monday 6th January 2025:

- [Café Gibbet Hill](https://warwick.ac.uk/services/foodgroup/eat-drink/cafe-gibbet-hill)
- [Café Oculus](https://warwick.ac.uk/services/foodgroup/eat-drink/cafe-oculus)
- [Coffee Lab](https://warwick.ac.uk/services/foodgroup/eat-drink/coffee-lab)
- [Library Coffee Bar](https://warwick.ac.uk/services/foodgroup/eat-drink/library-coffee-bar)
- [Red Rocket](https://warwick.ac.uk/services/foodgroup/eat-drink/red-rocket)
- [Eatwise Test Kitchen](https://warwick.ac.uk/services/foodgroup/eat-drink/eatwise-test-kitchen)
- [District](https://warwick.ac.uk/services/foodgroup/eat-drink/district)

NEXUS and Café Library will be switching to Bridge Coffee at a later date once the existing coffee supplier stock has been used to ensure no coffee waste during the transition.

Please note Westwood Cafe is temporarily closed, we apologise for any inconvenience caused.