Best Coffee Roasters Worldwide

La Cabra Coffee Roasters ★ 4.9 · Aarhus

Graven 1, 8000 Aarhus C

The roastery that put Aarhus on the specialty coffee map. Founded in 2012 in the Latin Quarter, La Cabra pioneered Nordic light roasting in Denmark and now.

Tim Wendelboe Roastery ★ 4.9 · Oslo

grunerlokka · Tøyengata 29c, 0578 Oslo

Tim Wendelboe's roastery and lab on Toyengata in Oslo's Toyen district is the World Barista Champion's working roast house, with retail bag pickup.

Apartment Coffee ★ 4.9 · Singapore

chinatown · 139 Selegie Road, Singapore 188309

Tip: Retail beans available for purchase. Open Friday to Wednesday 10am to 6pm. The filter bar is the main event; ask the barista what is on the grinder.

LAB Tostadores de Cafe ★ 4.8 · Buenos Aires

palermo-hollywood · Humboldt 1542, C1414 Buenos Aires

The roastery that helped launch BA's third-wave coffee scene; sister cafe LAttente Caffe in Palermo Soho. Single-origin filter, espresso, retail whole bean.

Strauss FD ★ 4.8 · Brisbane

cbd · 189 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane City QLD 4000

Strauss FD on Elizabeth Street in Brisbane CBD pours its own Coffee Supreme house blend alongside rotating single-origin filters. At 189 Elizabeth Street.

Proud Mary ★ 4.8 · Melbourne

collingwood · 172 Oxford Street, Collingwood VIC 3066

Proud Mary in Collingwood is Melbourne's most awarded roaster: direct-trade sourcing, rotating single origins and a cafe drawing coffee pilgrims from abroad.

Single O ★ 4.8 · Sydney

surry-hills · 60-64 Reservoir Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010

Sydney specialty pioneer on Reservoir Street, Surry Hills. Single O has roasted at this site since 2003; the solar-powered roastery now sits in Botany.

Kaffemik ★ 4.8 · Vienna

neubau · Zollergasse 5, 1070 Wien

Kaffemik on Zollergasse in Vienna's Neubau is the city's longest-running third-wave roastery and cafe, the tiny room off Mariahilfer Strasse a fixture.

Tip: The bean lineup rotates weekly; ask for whichever Ethiopian washed lot is on the espresso grinder that day.

Ministry of Cejf ★ 4.8 · Sarajevo

centar · Hiseta 2, 71000 Sarajevo

Ministry of Cejf on Hiseta is Sarajevo's first third-wave coffee roastery, sourcing single-origin beans and roasting in-house behind a tucked Centar cafe.

Tip: Whole bean retail at the front; ask for the seasonal Ethiopian or Burundi.

Cajdzinica Dzirlo ★ 4.8 · Sarajevo

kovaci · Kovaci 16, 71000 Sarajevo

Cajdzinica Dzirlo on Kovaci pours Bosnian coffee in the dzezva, the canonical Sarajevo specialty roastery technique tied to the Ottoman coffeehouse tradition.

Tip: The Bosnian coffee comes with rahat lokum on the saucer; cash only.

Doubleshot ★ 4.8 · Prague

holesovice · Bubenske nabrezi 306/13, 170 00 Praha 7

Doubleshot is the original Czech specialty roaster, founded 2010. Located in Holesovice. Open mon-fri 09:00-18:00, sat 09:00-16:00. Booking recommended.

Tip: Their Holesovice market hall espresso bar is the cheapest way to taste the current bag.

Coffee Collective ★ 4.8 · Copenhagen

Godthåbsvej 34 B, 2000 Frederiksberg

Coffee Collective in Frederiksberg is Copenhagen's reference specialty roaster, running direct-trade contracts with Kenyan and Ethiopian washing stations.

Tip: The roastery cafe runs Saturday cupping sessions; the Jægersborggade shop is the original retail counter.

L'Alchimiste ★ 4.8 · Bordeaux

golden-triangle · 12 Rue de la Vieille Tour, 33000 Bordeaux

L'Alchimiste in Bordeaux's Golden Triangle is the city's pioneer specialty roaster, opened 2014, with two cafes, a training programme and a wholesale book.

Tip: Beans rotate weekly; the El Salvador and Rwanda lots have been the consistently best-rated of the seasonal arrivals.

Deep Coffee Roasters ★ 4.8 · Marseille

15 Rue Glandeves, 13001 Marseille

Deep Coffee Roasters in Marseille's 1er roasts on-site at Rue Glandeves, sourcing arabica from Brazil, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Myanmar and Ethiopia.

Mama Baker ★ 4.8 · Nice

13 Rue de Lepante, 06000 Nice

Mama Baker on Rue de Lepante in Nice's Carre d'Or runs a Riviera levain bakery with a small espresso and filter program, organic beans paired against.

Schamong Kaffee ★ 4.8 · Cologne

ehrenfeld · Venloer Str. 535, 50825 Koln

Schamong Kaffee on Venloer Strasse in Cologne has roasted its own beans since 1949, making it the oldest specialty roastery in the city; the Altstadt cafe.

Elbgold ★ 4.8 · Hamburg

sternschanze · Lagerstrasse 34c, 20357 Hamburg

Elbgold's roastery and flagship cafe on Lagerstrasse in Hamburg's Sternschanze has roasted specialty coffee in a former meat-packing hall since 2004.

Tip: Roastery viewing windows at the back; whole-bean retail and subscriptions available at the counter.

The Cupping Room Roastery ★ 4.8 · Hong Kong

sheung-wan · 62-72 Po Hing Fong, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

The Cupping Room Roastery on Po Hing Fong in Sheung Wan is the production heart of Hong Kong's most established independent coffee operation.

Tip: Saturdays see weekend roasting demos; ask about the latest competition lot.

Casino Mocca ★ 4.8 · Budapest

ujbuda · Hunyadi János út 3, 1117 Budapest

Casino Mocca on Hunyadi Janos ut in Ujbuda is Hungary's leading new-wave coffee roastery, supplying most of Budapest's wave-three cafes with single-origin.

Tip: Most downtown specialty cafes pour Casino Mocca; the roastery itself runs cuppings.

SOMA Coffee Company ★ 4.8 · Cork

City Centre · 23 Tuckey Street, Cork, T12 WD98

Cork's most technically advanced specialty roaster, roasting on 15kg and 30kg Giesen drum roasters while serving customers at the Tuckey Street counter.

3fe ★ 4.8 · Dublin

docklands · 32-34 Grand Canal Street Lower, Dublin 2, D02 TD58

3fe by Colin Harmon, Dublin's defining third-wave coffee roaster since 2009, eight Dublin cafes plus retail beans, the city's reference specialty operation.

Tip: Buy whole-bean retail through the cafes; the rotating Ethiopian single-origin is the espresso bag worth carrying home.

Coffeewerk + Press ★ 4.8 · Galway

latin-quarter · 4 Quay Street, Galway, H91 R6V1

Coffeewerk and Press on Quay Street Galway reached number 32 in the World's Best Coffee Shops 2026; the espresso uses a rotating East African single-origin.

REC Coffee ★ 4.8 · Fukuoka

yakuin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0012, Japan

Founder Yoshikazu Iwasa was a World Barista Championship competitor. REC's Shirogane flagship roasts in-house and runs a public espresso bar with retail.

Tip: Five minutes from Yakuin Station. Whole bean retail bags are the souvenir order.

Iolite Coffee Roasters ★ 4.8 · Kyoto

nakagyo · 422 Ikesucho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8242, Japan

Iolite in Nakagyo in Kyoto is Daisuke Yoshida's roaster inside his grandfather's old wagashiya, cedar beams, single-origins, light-roast V60 and espresso.

Tip: Tiny back nook seats four; mornings are calmest. Cuppings by appointment.

LiLo Coffee Roasters ★ 4.8 · Osaka

Shinsaibashi and Amerikamura · 1-10-28 Nishishinsaibashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 542-0086

One of western Japan's most respected independent roasters, LiLo sources from Ethiopian and Colombian farms. The open roasting bay is visible to guests.

Glitch Coffee and Roasters ★ 4.8 · Tokyo

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0054, Japan

Glitch Coffee in Tokyo's Jimbocho is Kiyokazu Suzuki's light-roast specialty room, surrounded by secondhand bookstores. Pour-over flight is the morning order.

Tip: The light roasts read more like tea than espresso. Order a Geisha pour-over and the staff will walk you through it.

palReal ★ 4.8 · Guadalajara

lafayette · Calle Lope de Vega 113, Arcos Vallarta, 44130 Guadalajara, Jalisco

palReal in Guadalajara is the Arcos Vallarta specialty bar on Lope de Vega 113, the operation that roasts Mexican single origins as Cafe Estelar.

Buna ★ 4.8 · Mexico City

roma-norte · Orizaba 42, Roma Norte, Cuauhtemoc, 06700 Ciudad de Mexico

Buna in Mexico City is the Roma Norte in-house specialty roaster on Orizaba, the operation that sells Mexican single-origin Chiapas, Veracruz and Oaxaca.

Cafe Brujula ★ 4.8 · Oaxaca

centro-historico · Macedonio Alcala 104, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca

Cafe Brujula is Oaxaca's specialty-coffee anchor on the Andador, roasting small lots from Sierra Norte and Pluma in-house at the Garcia Vigil sister branch.

Lot Sixty One ★ 4.8 · Amsterdam

Kinkerstraat 112, 1053 ED Amsterdam

Lot Sixty One has roasted in Amsterdam West since 2013, the Kinkerstraat cafe doubling as roastery and retail, supplying espresso bars across the city.

Man Met Bril Koffie ★ 4.8 · Rotterdam

Rotterdam Noord · Vijverhofstraat 70, 3032 SN Rotterdam

Rotterdam's defining roastery brand, roasting under the Hofbogen arches in Noord. Located in Rotterdam Noord. Open mon-fri 07:00-17:00; sat-sun 08:00-18:00.

Origen Tostadores de Cafe ★ 4.8 · Lima

miraflores · Calle Enrique Palacios 1008, Miraflores, Lima 15074

Origen Tostadores at Calle Enrique Palacios 1008 in Miraflores is Gino Kanashiro and Jessica Tejada's 2013 single-origin Peruvian roastery-cafe in Lima.

Tip: Three Lima cafes: Miraflores, Pueblo Libre (the Av Simon Bolivar roastery) and Barranco (Av San Martin 131).

La Gacca Cafe by Brisman ★ 4.8 · Poznań

stary-rynek · ul. Woźna 21, 61-777 Poznań

La Gacca on Woźna in Poznań's Old Town is Mateusz Gaca's micro-roastery and cafe, opened July 2024 to succeed the closed Brisman, blending beans on premises.

Tip: Cold brew is the house bar trick; the espresso menu rotates as the drum runs, so trust whichever single-origin Mateusz is pouring.

HAYB Speciality Coffee ★ 4.8 · Warsaw

ul. Lodygowa 38, 03-687 Warszawa

HAYB in Warsaw roasts effortless-specialty from a flagship roastery on Lodygowa, the Borowski family business that started as Coffee Republic and rebranded.

Hello, Kristof ★ 4.8 · Lisbon

principe-real · Rua do Poco dos Negros 103, 1200-337 Lisboa

Hello, Kristof in Lisbon's Principe Real: a Scandinavian-style roastery on Rua do Poco dos Negros, 100 percent arabica, with branches across the city.

Origo Coffee Roasters ★ 4.8 · Bucharest

lipscani · Strada Lipscani 9, 050071 București

Origo Coffee Roasters opened on Lipscani 9 in 2014 as the first specialty roastery and shop in Bucharest, fronting the city's third-wave coffee revival.

Tip: The Lipscani roastery hosts cupping events; whole-bean subscription bags ship nationally.

Fritz Coffee Company ★ 4.8 · Seoul

Hongdae and Yeonnam · 17 Saechang-ro 2-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul

Fritz Coffee Company is the roaster that set the standard for Seoul's specialty coffee era, sourcing and roasting single-origins from Ethiopia to Guatemala.

Arvo Specialty Coffee ★ 4.8 · Bilbao

Calle Barraincua 9, 48009 Bilbao

Arvo Specialty Coffee on Barraincua near the Guggenheim Bilbao opened 2021, with Basque-roasted beans, brunch, acai bowls and homemade food.

Hola Coffee Roasters ★ 4.8 · Madrid

lavapies · Calle Doctor Fourquet 33, 28012 Madrid

Hola Coffee Roasters in Madrid's Lavapies is the specialty roastery with a 15kg Loring roaster, beans sourced direct from East African and Colombian.

Tip: The bag of single-origin Ethiopian beans (16 to 22 euros) is the counter recommendation; the subscription posts monthly.

Ineffable Coffee Roasters ★ 4.8 · Seville

Calle Pintor Amalio Garcia del Moral 2B, 41702 Dos Hermanas, Sevilla

Ineffable Coffee Roasters on Calle Pintor Amalio Garcia del Moral in Dos Hermanas is the Seville-area's headline specialty roaster, supplying espresso.

Tip: The Dos Hermanas roastery is 20 minutes by Cercanias C1; the cupping room runs by reservation. Subscription bags ship across Spain.

Simple Kaffa Flagship ★ 4.8 · Taipei

zhongzheng · No. 27, Section 2, Zhongxiao East Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 100

Simple Kaffa is the home cafe and roastery of Berg Wu, 2016 World Barista Champion. Beans from competition lots, Geisha and Alishan among the standards.

Tip: Bean retail on site. Sola at 88F Taipei 101 is the second-cafe spot.

Roots Coffee Roasters ★ 4.8 · Bangkok

335 Soi Thonglor 17, Khlong Tan Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok 10110

Roots Coffee in Bangkok's Thonglor 17 is the foundational 2014 Thai third-wave roaster from Varatt Vichit-Vadakan, supplying many of the city's specialty.

Tip: The pour-over flight is the way to read the bean program. Weekend mornings queue from 09:00.

Artisan Roast ★ 4.8 · Edinburgh

canonmills-inverleith · 57 Broughton Street, Edinburgh EH1 3RJ

Artisan Roast on Broughton Street in Edinburgh, founded 2007, the city's third-wave coffee pioneer with a Glasgow roastery and cafes in Bruntsfield.

Tip: Whole-bean retail is sold from the Broughton counter; the Glasgow roastery does Saturday public tours by booking.

Caravan Manchester ★ 4.8 · Manchester

deansgate · 6 Goods Yard Street, St Johns, Manchester M3 3BG

First Caravan site outside London, opened 2024 in Goods Yard at St John's off Spinningfields. 10,000 sq ft all-day room with takeaway coffee bar.

Kaladi Brothers Coffee ★ 4.8 · Anchorage

south-anchorage · 6921 Brayton Drive, Anchorage, AK 99507

Kaladi Brothers started as a 4th Avenue espresso cart in spring 1986 and has grown into Alaska's premier specialty coffee operator, roasting on Brayton.

PennyCup Coffee Co ★ 4.8 · Asheville

river-arts-district · 362 Depot St, Asheville, NC 28801

PennyCup Coffee Co's roastery on Depot Street in the River Arts District is the home of the small-batch Asheville roaster.

Tip: The roastery cafe runs cupping sessions monthly; book on the operator site for the public Friday cuppings.

Portrait Coffee ★ 4.8 · Atlanta

west-end · 1065 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd SW, Atlanta, GA 30310

Portrait Coffee in West End, Atlanta opened its flagship cafe and roastery in 2023 as a Black-owned third-wave roaster sourcing directly from farmers.

Tip: Whole bean retail on the cafe counter. The Westside Beltline trail runs past the front door; subscription ships nationally.

Houndstooth Coffee ★ 4.8 · Austin

401 Congress Ave, 100C, Austin, TX 78701

Houndstooth Coffee in Austin is the multi-roaster cafe chain founded by Sean Henry in 2010, with seven Austin shops pouring house blends alongside guest.

Tip: The Frost Bank Tower location is the central flagship; the original on North Lamar has the larger bar.

Ceremony Coffee Roasters ★ 4.8 · Baltimore

mount-vernon · 520 Park Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21201

Ceremony Coffee Roasters runs a flagship cafe in Mount Vernon Marketplace, an Annapolis roaster pouring single-origin espresso and filter from its own beans.

Tip: The Mount Vernon Marketplace cafe is the city's busiest Ceremony; the bar pulls a clean espresso.

Domestique Coffee ★ 4.8 · Birmingham

lakeview · 3017 6th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35233

Domestique Coffee on 6th Avenue South in Lakeview Birmingham is the cycling-named production roastery, with the Dawn Patrol Homewood cafe and a Lakeview.