Roastery coffee bar in Södermalm, Stockholm

Johan & Nyström

The Concept Store That Became a Habit

3.5 of 5

Johan & Nyström roasts in Skogås, south of the city, and sells to cafés, offices and shops across Sweden and Finland. That is the business. The heart of it is the shop on Swedenborgsgatan in Södermalm, the company's first concept store, which the roasters now describe as an institution full of their freshest coffees and their most devoted regulars. I believe them. Regulars do not lie about where they spend their mornings.

The method is direct trade plus a great deal of homework. The roastery has earned Enveritas Responsibly Sourced status, meaning its entire coffee volume is risk assessed and verified by an independent party, and it invests in improvement projects where its beans are grown. On the bar this shows up as single origins that move with the harvest. Recent releases have included three very different coffees from one producer, Wicho Valdés, running from green grape and red currant to a Geisha that smells of orange blossom.

Order a brewed single origin and ask for the espresso next to it, then compare notes with whoever is pouring. Walk out with beans, maybe an AeroPress, because this company clearly wants you drinking better coffee at home too. It even runs brewing and barista courses. A roaster that teaches you to brew is a roaster that is not afraid of the comparison.

Order this

Brewed single origin of the moment, Espresso alongside it, A bag of fresh beans to take home

The damage

$

Go

Weekday mornings with the regulars, or a slow weekend afternoon on Söder; check current hours on the shop page

Find it

Swedenborgsgatan, Södermalm, Stockholm

Website

johanochnystrom.se