Koffiebranderij Fascino

More About Koffiebranderij Fascino

Koffiebranderij Fascino is a coffee roastery based in Weert, Limburg. The company lists Celsiusstraat 1, 6003 DG Weert as its business address. Fascino focuses on the sale of roasted, ground, and green coffee via its own webshop. Additionally, the company serves business channels, including corporations, hospitality, private label, and contract roasting.

Origins and Development

Fascino lists 2006 as its founding year. Lieke Hanssen and Bas Spierings are publicly named as the founders. Their mission is described as “truly fresh and honest coffee”. According to a 2021 interview, the webshop was started because consumers found it difficult to buy freshly roasted coffee directly from a roaster. That same interview states that Fascino opened its own roastery in 2011.

This step followed approximately five years of growth for the webshop. According to available information, the own roastery was intended to provide more control over the process and claims regarding origin. Consequently, Fascino shifted from purely online sales to a model where sourcing, roasting, packaging, and distribution were more closely integrated.

Roasting Process and Freshness Policy

The company documents a freshness policy where coffee beans are roasted daily. According to this description, beans do not leave the roastery if they are older than three days. The toll roasting page states that existing roast profiles can be translated to Fascino’s machines. The company also refers to software and standardized quality controls.

According to company information, there are two coffee roasters in the roastery, intended for small and large volumes. The brand, model, and batch capacity of the machines are not publicly documented. Furthermore, the CSR information mentions active filters on the roasting installation and proactive maintenance to limit emissions.

Assortment and product lines

The official product page lists 125 products. The collection can be filtered by origin, brewing method, and roast. Within the assortment, there are categories such as Espresso coffee, Direct Trade coffee, Single Origin coffee, Budget coffee, Tasting packages, Decaf coffee, and Overstock.

Under espresso, Espresso Emporio, Espresso Grande Alta, Espresso Italiano, Espresso La Morelia, Espresso Romana, and Espresso Bella are mentioned. For origin coffees and single origins, these include Peru Monteverde, Colombia Supremo, Ethiopië Sidamo, Costa Rica Tarrazu, Sumatra Orang Utan, and Colombia Mariposa Azul. The tasting packages include variants for espresso, single origin, direct trade, and decaf. The tasting package page mentions packaging of four times 250 grams.

The product information also shows various roast levels. Light Roast and Medium Roast are listed as filters. A Rwanda Isimbi is described as a light roast and is given a cup score of 85 in the product information. Such data places the offering within the standard language of specialty coffee, although not all coffees are described in the same way.

Origin and Supply Chain

Fascino defines Direct Trade as purchasing directly from the farmer, without intermediaries. In doing so, the company mentions traceability and payments to producers. The public origin filters include Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ethiopië, Guatemala, Peru, Rwanda, and Sumatra.

Some coffees are documented in more detail. For Brazil Sitio Baixadão, producer Helisson Afonso da Silva is mentioned, with Cristina in Mantiqueira de Minas as the location and an altitude of 1,350 meters. COCARIVE and PGI and BSCA certifications for affiliated farms are also mentioned. For Colombia Eymar Rosero, it is stated that Eymar Rosero comes from Santamaría/Buesaco and took over his parents’ farm in 2023. He has a background as a barista and Q Grader.

For Peru Finca Churupampa, Santos Marrufo and Luciano Pérez are mentioned. Their Rumi Lot is described as washed coffee, with an average fermentation time of twenty hours. According to the documentation, the coffee dries completely in the shade, in a solar dryer.

Sustainability and social projects

Fascino states that it has been working on corporate social responsibility since its founding in 2006. The CSR information states that the company seeks local partners in producing countries. Once such partners are found, the company aims to establish long-term contracts. Operational measures include green energy, waste separation, recycling, waste stream management, coffee husks for mushroom growers, and the reuse of jute bags.

Fascino also mentions partially biodegradable packaging and CO2-neutral delivery via offsetting. A separate project is Mujeres de Giraldo in Colombia. This project is described as a collaboration with The Coffee Quest and MVO Nederland. In March 2022, fifteen women were involved. The training program began in September 2021 and had an estimated training budget of 12,000 euros.

Business activities and location

In addition to sales to consumers, Fascino works for business clients. The private-label page lists webshops, mobile espresso bars, delicatessens, specialty stores, hospitality, and companies as potential customers for roasted and packaged coffee. The toll roasting page mentions that Fascino can store green coffee from customers and roast it upon request.

There is no publicly documented permanent café or dedicated tasting room for Koffiebranderij Fascino. However, their collections page mentions that orders can be picked up directly from the roastery in Weert. Local Koffie lists Local Koffie / Koffiebranderij Fascino at the same address and notes that visits are by appointment only. For business clients, there is also an option to request a tasting package for a team.

Team, press and activities

Alongside the founders, Ocean Kencana is mentioned as Team Coordinator and Damion Hoppener as Specialty Coffee Roaster. Harold van Lierop, Cis Willems, and Janou Spaas are publicly listed in roles related to packaging and logistics.

Public information highlights several milestones outside of regular business operations. In December 2013, Fascino was nominated for the MVO-prijs 2013-2014 and took second place in the MVO Weerterland election. In 2016, a collaboration with Brouwerij de Natte Gijt for “Latte Gijt” was reported. In 2018, a fire occurred at the roastery on Kampershoek, though production resumed after a few days. Additionally, workshops with Bici Barista and an OpenBedrijvendag on 24 May 2025 have been documented.

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