Leeds coffee shop owner 'Mr Rand' plans trip to Latin America to learn more about coffee beans

Rand Coffee Roastery is a speciality coffee company run by Aydin Dogan, who is passionate about coffee and imports beans which he sells in his shops and online.

Aydin has had to continually adapt and change how he operates the business during the pandemic - but has still managed to expand during Covid times.

The business has won new customers who regularly stop for takeaway brews on their daily walks.

He opened his first shop called Coffee Rand on Blenheim Terrace opposite Leeds University in 2010.

In August 2019 he opened Rand Coffee Roastery on Street Lane in Roundhay.

That was followed by a third shop, which opened on Moortown Corner in Moortown in October 2020.

Aydin - who is known to customers as 'Mr Rand' - imports coffee beans from across the world and roasts them in house to create his own unique coffees.

Aydin said he imports up to 20 different coffee beans from countries including Costa Rica, Honduras, Peru and Columbia.

He has travelled to coffee festivals in the USA, Italy, Germany, France, and Turkey to learn more about his craft.