A barn, a roaster, and a long obsession
It started the way it usually does — at home, brewing more coffee than was reasonable, reading more about extraction theory than anyone should. Hand grinders. Pour-overs. A notebook of dial-in ratios. Eventually the gap between drinking good coffee and wanting to roast it yourself collapsed.
Marcus Krautwurst founded LADN in 2024. The name comes from the Swedish dialect word for a small barn or outbuilding — a functional space, not a grand one. That felt right.
Why Österlen
Österlen is the southeastern corner of Skåne — rolling hills, rapeseed fields, a coastline that empties out after September. It's where Marcus grew up and where the roastery now sits, in a converted farm building on the family property.
The location is deliberate. Specialty coffee in Sweden clusters in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö. Österlen has good restaurants, a growing food culture, and almost no local roasters. We'd rather build something where it's needed than compete in a saturated market.
How we roast
We roast on a [roaster model TBD] in small batches — typically 5–12kg. Every coffee gets its own profile developed through systematic cupping, not guesswork.
Our range runs from light Nordic filter roasts to fuller espresso profiles. We don't have a house ideology about roast level. Some coffees want brightness and transparency. Others want body and sweetness. We follow what the bean asks for.
Green coffee is sourced through established importers with transparent supply chains — Nordic Approach, Collaborative Coffee Source, and others. Direct trade where possible, always traceable to farm or cooperative level.
Who we work with
Our wholesale customers are cafés and restaurants who want more than a commodity supplier. We offer freshly roasted coffee on a schedule that works for their volume, dial-in support, and training for bar staff if needed.
We also sell 250g retail bags for home brewers — people who own a grinder and care about what's in the hopper. No capsules. No pre-ground. No subscriptions yet, but probably eventually.
If you're a café owner in Skåne looking for a local roaster, or a home brewer who wants to try something from Österlen — get in touch.