Hundred House Coffee is a micro-roastery in the Shropshire Hills – hand crafting exquisite speciality coffee.
They are a two person team, hailing originally from London with combined expertise in art, music and coffee with passion!
Their head roaster is Matthew Wade, who has been roasting coffee for over 15 years. After graduating in Fine Art, Matt moved to New Zealand where he worked as a barista at a number of different coffee houses and roasters, across the North and South islands. Bringing this knowledge back with him to London, he played a leading role in the rapidly emerging coffee scene that began ascending in the city from 2004 onwards, becoming one of the UK’s first licensed Q-Graders and a graduate of LA’s Coffee Chemistry. He was a key speaker for SCAE at London’s Olympia and was 4th place runner up at SCAE Coffee and Good Spirits 2008; 2nd place runner up in the World Roasters Competition in Portland 2009 and a British representative and judge, 2010 Costa Rica Cup of Excellence. Matt has held a number of roles centered around the art of coffee roasting, including Matthew Algie, Bullet Coffee and was head roaster for Union Hand Roasted from 2007 to 2012 and Coffee Planet from 2012 to 2015. He is a co-founder of Nightjar Coffee in the Middle East – a leading specialty roaster at the forefront of an emergent coffee market.
