OUR TEAM
SEAN FOWLER
Sean joined forces with James in 2014-2015 after working at Lincoln and York, a large commercial roastery. His role as an assistant buyer is where he amassed a wealth of coffee knowledge by visiting coffee origins and tasting a lot of coffees allowing him to pick the best, which he continues to do at Heart & Graft.
KIERON CARNEY
Kieron joined us in 2018 as our coffee trainer and he provides all our wholesale customers with top quality training and support. A certified SCA Trainer and UKBC competitor he is our fountain of all coffee knowledge and has enabled our customers to track and train there progress and skills in the world of coffee.
FRANKIE RANDALL
Frankie our head roaster has been with us since 2021 he roasts the majority of our coffees. The ultimate lion tamer of Big & Lil’ Purple (our 24 and 15kg roasters). He leads QC with cupping and other analytical measurements to make sure our coffee is as tasty as can be. Fueled almost entirely by yogurt and fruit.
NICOLE COX
Nicole started out as a volunteer. Helping out around the roastery for a hobby. Following her passion for coffee and developing skills and knowledge along the way. In 2023 she became a fully fledged member of this dysfunctional family and is not in charge of lead generation, events management and social media.
OUR STORY
James set up The Coffee Circle in 2012 and set about learning the complex craft of roasting in his garage, Sean was the youngest Q grader (industry certified coffee taster) in the country, working for a large commercial coffee roasters.
Keen to build something special in Manchester, we started Heart and Graft in 2015 on a mission to make fantastic speciality coffee approachable and accessible. The wholesale business has grown a lot in the last 5 years, and we very proudly supply some of Manchester’s biggest and busiest bars and coffee shops.
Mike has brought new levels of “Guy at the Desk” skill set to us, relishing streamlining our packing and deliveries operation . Kieron joined us 2 years ago as our trainer, as we wanted to support all our wholesale customers with all the training they need to up their coffee game.
We all have the same outlook on speciality coffee. Our job is make sure it’s easy for people to feel invited into the experience of buying and brewing better coffee, and do this by sourcing and roasting fantastic coffees that have real character and provenance.
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