Hello, I’m Ian. I started my coffee roasting journey in 2016 and almost four years later the much talked of dream of quitting the day job and opening my own roastery has become a reality.
Prior to Brookmill Roastery, I spent eight years teaching in a secondary school in south east London and as anyone who has spent any time in a school will understand, my one little oasis of calm was my 7am coffee. Office door shut. No noise. No emails. V60. 10 minutes. Bliss.
I have a brilliant and very understanding wife and a little gem of a baby boy who have played a huge part in enabling my career leap. Originally from Pembrokeshire, we live in south east London and love nothing more than escaping to the countryside whenever we can.