About Colonna Coffee
Colonna Coffee is a specialty-coffee roaster founded in Bath, United Kingdom, in 2009 by Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood, who originally traded under the name 'Colonna & Small's' and opened the flagship Bath cafe that same year. Colonna-Dashwood is a multiple World Barista Championship finalist who won the UK Barista Championship in 2014 and 2015, the UK Brewers Cup and UK Cup Tasters Championship in 2014, and was named Best Coffee Shop in Europe in 2016. He co-authored the book 'Water for Coffee' with Dr. Christopher Hendon of MIT. Colonna sells whole-bean coffees, Nespresso-compatible capsules, specialty instant coffee, coffee-science books, and brewing accessories, and serves UK customers.
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Colonna Coffee is a specialty-coffee roaster based in Bath, United Kingdom, founded in 2009 by Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood, who originally traded under the name 'Colonna & Small's' and opened the flagship Bath cafe that year. Colonna-Dashwood is a multiple World Barista Championship finalist. His competition record includes winning the UK Barista Championship in 2014 and 2015, the UK Brewers Cup and UK Cup Tasters Championship in 2014 (the latter three at the London Coffee Festival), and Best Coffee Shop in Europe in 2016. He co-authored 'Water for Coffee' with Dr. Christopher Hendon of MIT. The company sells single-origin and blend whole-bean coffees, including a quarterly 'Limited Release Rare' program of small special-release lots, and 'Rare' specialty instant coffee. Colonna also offers Nespresso-compatible capsules across multiple lines, a capsule subscription program that includes a free Opal One machine, and free aluminium capsule recycling through Podback membership. Additional products include coffee-science books, such as 'Water for Coffee' and 'The Physics of Filter Coffee', and brewing accessories. Colonna serves UK customers.
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Colonna & Small's earned 'Best Coffee Shop in Europe' in 2016, and the accolades extend across several UK competition disciplines — at the 2014 London Coffee Festival, the team swept the UK Barista Championship, UK Brewers Cup, and UK Cup Tasters Championship in a single event. Colonna-Dashwood's own competition record — including a sixth-place finish at the 2012 World Barista Championship in Vienna and continued WBC finals appearances in 2014 and 2015 — put the Bath shop on the international specialty coffee map early. Sprudge covered his 2015 UK championship win, noting his scientific approach to brew variables. He has since published The Coffee Dictionary and The Business of Specialty Coffee, extending his influence beyond the cafe format.
The Bath shop on Colonna Smalls remains the mothership: a focused, conversation-forward space where the menu changes without ceremony and seasonal single origins cycle through both espresso and filter formats. Retail bags and subscriptions are available through colonnacoffee.com for those outside Bath or London, with roasted-to-order options that reflect the same rotating-selection logic as the cafe menu.
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Awards & Recognition
- ★Best Coffee Shop in Europe2016
- ★UK Barista Championship2014· London Coffee Festival
- ★UK Brewers Cup2014· London Coffee Festival
- ★UK Cup Tasters Championship2014· London Coffee Festival
- ★UK Barista Championship2015
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