Roasteries / Sincerely Coffee
Sincerely Coffee
Berlin, Germany
Sincerely (legally Sincerely UG) is a Berlin specialty coffee roastery founded by John Darcy, an astrophysicist turned coffee roaster, built around direct, long-term relationships with growers — "sustainable coffee built on relationships," ensuring everyone along the chain, from farmer to drinker, is looked after. The catalog leans on partnerships with sourcing groups like Raw Material and Muraho Trading Co., spanning single-origin lots from Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Rwanda plus a sugar-cane-process decaf and a 50/50 half-caf blend. Darcy also co-founded Open House, a café, bakery and community space at Christburger Straße 13 in Prenzlauer Berg that opened in November 2023 and serves Sincerely's coffee exclusively — daily rotating filter and a Brazil-roast espresso — alongside house-baked sourdough and a full daily brunch. Source: sincerely.coffee, openhouse.berlin
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Half-caffeinated blend combining El Carmen's washed lot with its sugar-cane-processed decaf in equal parts — "all the flavour, half the caffeine." Good for espresso and filter. Source: sincerely.coffee
Dark chocolate, caramel and citrus fruits
The same El Carmen producer families' cup, decaffeinated via a natural sugar-cane-and-water process that avoids high temperatures — 97% caffeine-free with smooth caramel and sweet citrus notes rather than typical decaf flatness. Good for espresso and filter. Source: sincerely.coffee
Dark chocolate, caramel and citrus fruits
A quintessential Colombian cup from a collective of roughly 300 producer families in Huila, sourced through one of Raw Material's most established producer associations for improved market access and stable income. Good for espresso, filter, moka pot, aeropress and French press. Source: sincerely.coffee
Dark chocolate, toffee and orange
From a roughly 180-family cooperative practicing reciprocal labour at harvest; individual smallholders farm under a hectare each, pulping and fermenting in handcrafted wooden tanks before drying on traditional woven mats. Good for espresso and filter. Source: sincerely.coffee
Green apple, cocoa and hazelnut
Single-origin Mexican lot. Source: sincerely.coffee (per-lot origin story not published at time of writing).
Grown by Marco and Maria Guardabaxo on a farm established by the Frozoni family in the 1960s, now run with manager Ivan Cirino using bio-fuel energy and protecting over 80 hectares of native forest. Good for espresso and filter. Source: sincerely.coffee
Milk chocolate, hazelnuts and cream
A naturally-processed lot from Kilimbi, the inaugural washing station for Muraho Trading Company (est. 2016), which benefits from an open, sun- and airflow-rich drying plain on Lake Kivu. Source: sincerely.coffee
Blueberry, spiced lime, mulled wine
From the Kilimbi washing station on Lake Kivu, reachable only by boat, run in partnership with Raw Material and Muraho Trading Co. to support affiliated cooperatives. Good for espresso and filter. Source: sincerely.coffee
Green apple, toffee, assam
Single-origin Brazilian lot. Source: sincerely.coffee (per-lot origin story not published at time of writing).
Naturally-processed single-origin Colombian lot. Source: sincerely.coffee (per-lot origin story not published at time of writing).