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All 18 coffee roasters

Ranked by our editors.

Fritz Coffee Company

  • ★ 4.8
  • Hongdae and Yeonnam
  • Seoul

Fritz Coffee Company is a coffee roaster at 17 Saechang-ro 2-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul, open Monday to Friday 08:00-22:00, Saturday and Sunday 10:00-22:00.

Anthracite Coffee Roasters

  • ★ 4.7
  • Hongdae and Yeonnam
  • Seoul

Anthracite Coffee Roasters sells blend and single origin coffee with a subscription and wholesale orders, and has a cafe at 10 Tojeong-ro 5-gil, Mapo-gu.

Werk Roasters

Werk has roasted in Busan since 2017 and supplies cafes across the city, with Gesha filters and tasting sets poured at its own Gwangan showroom counter.

Coffee Libre

  • ★ 4.5
  • Hongdae and Yeonnam
  • Seoul

Coffee Libre is a specialty coffee brand founded in 2009 by Korea's first Q Grader, with direct trade relationships with around 250 origins.

Mesh Coffee

  • ★ 4.5
  • Seongsu and Dongdaemun
  • Seoul

Mesh Coffee is a roaster at 43 Seoulsup-gil, Seongsu-dong 1-ga, Seongdong-gu, Seoul.

Blackup Coffee Seomyeon

  • ★ 4.4
  • Seomyeon and Jeonpo
  • Busan

Blackup is one of Busan's first-generation specialty roasters, running since 2006 with its Nero and Mono blends stocked across its nine Korean stores.

FM Coffee House

  • ★ 4.3
  • Seomyeon and Jeonpo
  • Busan

FM Coffee roasts behind its Jeonpo shopfront in Busan, a compact operation whose rotating daily filter menu doubles as the roast-profile changelog.

Tide

Tide roasts small lots for its own Dalmaji Hill cafe in Busan, a hand-drip-first roastery above Haeundae that trades on quiet skill rather than scale.

Café SangGuk

Café SangGuk is a roastery cafe at 47-7 Changdeokgung-gil that roasts its own beans, in a remodeled vintage house next to Changdeokgung Palace.

etba seoul

Etba is an espresso bar in Seongsu with an antique Italian look, involved in the coffee from bean blending to roasting at its in-house roastery.

Ju Bean

Ju Bean is a hand-drip coffee shop at 127 Uisadang-daero with more than 150 kinds of beans, roasted on the premises so they are as fresh as possible.

Lowkey

Lowkey is a Seoul roastery specializing in specialty coffee, roasting and supplying beans since 2010 in small batches, with four Seoul stores.

Coffee Tour

Coffee Tour specializes in house-roasted hand-drip coffee at 12 Gyeonghuigung 2-gil; it is small, and its coffee has drawn a loyal following.

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