BYBO Coffee

BYBO Coffee is a coffee roastery in Amsterdam, established in 2020. The company is registered as Zwarts Coffee and operates under the name BYBO coffee. The location is at Nieuwendammerdijk 526P in Amsterdam. Public business records describe the enterprise as a sole proprietorship with two to ten employees.

Bo Zwarts is named as the founder and coffee roaster in public project information. No public data is available regarding the initial financing, starting volume, or the precise reason for the establishment. BYBO describes trust, stable relationships, and transparent value distribution as the guiding principles for the supply chain.

The roastery focuses on hot air roasting. According to available coffee passports, BYBO uses energy-efficient hot air roasters with built-in afterburners and digital roasting software. According to this documentation, an average roasting process takes approximately ten minutes. The development time after the first crack accounts for about 25 percent of the total roasting time.

For blends, the individual coffees are first roasted separately. The roastery then combines the components. This method allows for different roasting profiles for each coffee and keeps the origin of each batch transparent. The brand, model, and capacity of the current roasting equipment are not publicly disclosed. Data on the annual production volume is also missing.

The documented offering includes coffees from Brazil, Kenya, Peru, Ethiopia, Nicaragua, and Rwanda. BYBO provides information on producers, regions, processing methods, and cultivars. Examples from Brazil include coffees from Maristela & Valdeir and Mulheres do Café. These lots use a naturally fermented process and a honey process, respectively.

Public leftover lists mention three products in one-kilogram packages:

For Dark Horse, a choice is mentioned between an Evolving Blend and a single origin from Nicaragua. A complete and dated overview of fixed blends, seasonal coffees, filter roasts, espresso roasts, and decaffeinated products is not publicly available.

BYBO names eight producers or producer groups with which it maintains relationships. These are Maristela & Valdeir, Mulheres do Café, Gloria Gummerus, Neftali Santos, Gidhe Berhe, Rene & Rina Paguaga, Silvio Orrelano, and Abakunda Kawa Rushashi.

The documented regions include Matão and Tomazina in Brazil, Trans Nzoia County in Kenya, and Chirinos in Peru. Additionally, coffees come from Limmu Kossa and Galeh in Ethiopia, Nueva Segovia and Mogotón in Nicaragua, and Gakenke in Rwanda.

This Side Up Coffees acts as an importer and manages digital data on origin and transactions. BYBO commits to returning annually to existing producers. The company also makes the names of producers, exporters, and importers available to buyers. According to a 2025 report, a program by Selecta, This Side Up, and BYBO includes over 5,000 farmers across fourteen countries.

BYBO reports support for regenerative agriculture, more sustainable packaging, and reduced production waste. However, no publicly documented target for the company’s total emissions has been established. The hot air dryers used are said to produce less emissions than standard equipment, but an independently verified reduction percentage is lacking.

In 2025, BYBO supplied used jute coffee sacks to the Coffeebags Re-Imagined project. Clean & Unique, i-did, and designer Sylvia Calvo also worked on this project, with support from the municipality of Amsterdam. After a one-year development period, a bio-based felt was created, registered as Re-Yut-Cel. The material was later showcased at events in the Netherlands, France, and Belgium.

For certain coffees, organic, Fairtrade, and Rainforest Alliance certifications are recorded in chain passports. However, there is no public documentation of a single certification for the entire company or the full range of products.

BYBO primarily supplies business chains. Koffie Leute in Utrecht collaborates with BYBO and This Side Up to develop espresso profiles. Selecta lists BYBO as the roaster for traceable coffee for clients such as KLM and the Municipality of Amsterdam. A coffee passport for Radboud UMC outlines BYBO’s role in roasting, blending, and packaging.

Other documented users and partners include IzyCoffee, De Broodbode, and Surplace Coffee. A complete overview of business clients has not been published. Additionally, no regular consumer webshop with a full assortment was visible during the research period.

The location on Nieuwendammerdijk functions as a roastery and business site. Visits from partners and management teams have been documented. However, there is no mention of a public café, a permanent tasting room, a retail program, or a recurring cupping schedule. No regular tours, consumer courses, or workshops have been documented either.

In addition to Bo Zwarts, Celly van Helvoirt lists BYBO Coffee as an employer, without a publicly visible job title. Other permanent roles, such as head roaster, green coffee buyer, or production manager, are not publicly described.

No competition wins or formal roasting awards have been found under the name BYBO Coffee. Bo Zwarts participated in Roast Masters 2020 on behalf of Special Roast prior to the company’s founding. This is a personal career detail and not an award for BYBO. Most public attention has focused on the coffee chain and the project regarding the reuse of jute sacks.