26 coffee roasters worth the trip across United Kingdom, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All United Kingdom guides.
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.
Williams and Johnson Coffee Co ★ 4.7 · Edinburgh
leith · 1 Customs Wharf, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6AL
Williams and Johnson Coffee Co roastery and cafe on Customs Wharf in Leith Edinburgh, founded in 2017 by two former Square Mile baristas, runs one.
Tip: Saturday morning roastery tours run by booking; the cafe sells single-origin whole-bean retail from the roastery rack.
Square Mile Coffee Roasters ★ 4.7 · London
hackney · Unit 5, Wenlock Studios, 50-52 Wharf Road, London N1 7EU
Anette Moldvaer and James Hoffmann's Square Mile coffee roastery near Wenlock Basin in north London, founded 2008, the city's most-cited specialty roaster.
Tip: No public cafe; the beans go to subscribers and the city's top espresso bars (Workshop, Prufrock, Kaffeine).
Monmouth Coffee Company ★ 4.7 · London
borough · 2 Park Street, London SE1 9AB
Anita Le Roy's pioneer London coffee roaster, founded in 1978 on Monmouth Street in Covent Garden, runs two retail-and-cafe sites and is one.
Tip: The Covent Garden original on 27 Monmouth Street has the standing counter; Borough has more outdoor seats.
Ancoats Coffee Co ★ 4.6 · Manchester
ancoats · Royal Mills, Redhill Street, Manchester M4 5BA
Manchester's Royal Mills roastery, founded 2013. Warehouse City espresso blend, single origins from Ethiopia and Colombia; on-site cafe and bean shop.
Obadiah Coffee ★ 4.5 · Edinburgh
old-town · Unit 4-5 The Arches, Abbeyhill, Edinburgh EH8 8EE
Sam and Alice Young's Obadiah Coffee roastery in a railway arch at Abbeyhill in Edinburgh, founded 2017 a few minutes east of Waverley Station.
Tip: Card-only at the arch counter; weekday opening 9am to 4pm, closed at the weekend. Subscriptions and wholesale ship UK-wide.
Dear Green Coffee Roasters ★ 4.5 · Glasgow
dennistoun · 13-27 East Campbell Street, Glasgow G1 5DT
Dear Green is a pioneering speciality coffee roaster in Glasgow's East End, running an SCA training school and supplying cafes across the city since 2011.
Tip: It is a roastery and coffee school rather than a walk-in cafe; its beans turn up in the best independents citywide.
Assembly Coffee ★ 4.5 · London
brixton-tooting · 244 Ferndale Road, London SW9 8FR
Assembly Coffee's specialty roastery inside a 19th-century Brixton fire station in south London, founded 2015, runs a Loring roaster, sensory lab.
Tip: The Door Coffee Bar runs weekdays only. Cuppings at the roastery book through their site; subscription ships UK addresses weekly.
Climpson and Sons ★ 4.5 · London
hackney · 67 Broadway Market, London E8 4PH
Daniel Climpson's roaster on Broadway Market in Hackney London, founded 2002, runs a Saturday-market cafe at 67 Broadway and a roastery on Helmsley Place.
Tip: The Saturday market is the canonical visit. Climpson's Arch on Helmsley Place is a Friday-Saturday-only railway-arch bar.
Allpress Espresso ★ 4.5 · London
shoreditch · 58 Redchurch Street, London E2 7DP
Michael Allpress's New Zealand-founded specialty roaster, opened in London on Redchurch Street in Shoreditch in 2010, runs cafes across east London.
Tip: The Redchurch Street original sits next to Brat. Their Dalston site has the bigger laptop seating area.
Origin Coffee Roasters ★ 4.5 · London
shoreditch · 65 Charlotte Road, London EC2A 3RL
Tom Sobey's Cornwall-founded Origin Coffee, roasting in Helston since 2004, opened the Charlotte Road London cafe in 2015 and runs a third-wave filter bar.
Tip: The retail wholesale relationship runs to many of Soho and Clerkenwell's morning coffee bars.
ManCoCo ★ 4.5 · Manchester
deansgate · Hewitt Street, Manchester M15 4GB
Manchester Coffee Company runs a roastery-and-cafe arch on Hewitt Street behind Deansgate. Roastery one side, coffee bar the other, single-origin focus daily.
Twelve Triangles ★ 4.4 · Edinburgh
leith · 90 Brunswick Street, Edinburgh EH7 5HU
Twelve Triangles bakery-cafe on Brunswick Street in Edinburgh, founded 2014, a third-wave coffee counter pouring filter and espresso from UK roasters beside.
Tip: Coffee is rotating UK single-origins; the bakery counter is the volume play. Saturday queues from 09:30.
Papercup Coffee Company ★ 4.4 · Glasgow
west-end · 603 Great Western Road, Glasgow G12 8HX
Papercup Coffee Company is a Glasgow roaster and cafe on Great Western Road, roasting beans on-site that supply its own room and cafes across Scotland.
Tip: The Great Western Road site pairs a busy brunch cafe with the roasting; the separate Eastvale Place arch is the roastery.
Has Bean Coffee ★ 4.4 · London
various · Unit 5, Triumph Industrial Park, Stafford ST16 3AB
Stephen Leighton's Has Bean Coffee, founded 2002 in Staffordshire and a foundational supplier to the early London specialty scene, runs a subscription.
Tip: Has Bean's beans feature at Tap, Prufrock and other London cafes. Subscribe through their site for weekly single-origin filter beans.
Brew Lab ★ 4.3 · Edinburgh
old-town · 6-8 South College Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AA
Brew Lab on South College Street in Edinburgh Old Town, founded 2012, a coffee bar and barista-training academy with Saturday cupping sessions and an open.
Tip: Saturday public cuppings at 11:00; sign up online a week ahead. Their training academy runs barista courses through the year.
Thomson's Coffee ★ 4.3 · Glasgow
southside · 5 Burnfield Avenue, Glasgow G46 7TL
Thomson's Coffee is Scotland's oldest coffee roaster, tracing back to 1841 in Glasgow and still roasting on the Southside for cafes across the country.
Tip: The Giffnock site is a production roastery; look for Thomson's beans and blends in cafes across Glasgow.
Volcano Coffee Works ★ 4.3 · London
brixton-tooting · 5-7 Stockwell Lane, London SW9 9XR
Kurt Stewart's Stockwell-based London coffee roaster, founded 2010, runs a serious B-corp-certified specialty roastery in south London and supplies cafes.
Tip: No public cafe; subscribe online or buy beans through stockists. The Mons Sandwiches deli on Stockwell Road is the nearest cafe pouring their beans.
Swan Song Coffee ★ 4.3 · Manchester
deansgate · Unit 4, Islington Mill, Oldfield Road, Salford, Manchester M5 4DE
Seasonal speciality roaster in Islington Mill, Salford, ten minutes' walk west of Spinningfields. Located in Deansgate. Open mon-fri 10:00-16:00.
Ovenbird Coffee Roasters ★ 4.2 · Glasgow
southside · 30 Glenwood Place, Glasgow G45 9UH
Ovenbird is a small-batch speciality coffee roaster on Glasgow's Southside, roasting single-origin beans for cafes across the city and for online order.
Tip: There is no walk-in cafe at the roastery; order beans online or find Ovenbird pouring in independent Glasgow cafes.
Grindsmith Deansgate ★ 4.2 · Manchester
deansgate · 231-233 Deansgate, Manchester M3 4EN
Manchester-roasted Grindsmith espresso bar in two arched railway brick units on Deansgate. House-roasted single-origin beans, pastries, branded wooden boards.
Machina Coffee Marchmont ★ 4.1 · Edinburgh
marchmont-meadows · 38 Marchmont Road, Edinburgh EH9 1HX
Machina's south-side roastery cafe on Marchmont Road, a bright sit-in space pouring their own single-origin espresso and filter, also a specialist retailer.
Tip: The retail equipment side runs through machina-coffee.com; the cafe is the public-facing tasting room.
Matthew Algie ★ 4.1 · Glasgow
southside · 16-18 Lawmoor Road, Glasgow G5 0UL
Matthew Algie has roasted coffee in Glasgow since 1864, a Gorbals roastery and coffee school that supplies cafes and restaurants across the UK.
Tip: It is a commercial roastery, not a public cafe, but its beans pour in countless Scottish cafes and hotels.
Cairngorm Coffee ★ 4.0 · Edinburgh
new-town · 1 Melville Place, Edinburgh EH3 7PR
Cairngorm Coffee Company on Melville Place in Edinburgh New Town, founded 2014, a basement coffee bar pouring rotating UK and European roasters daily.
Tip: Whole-bean retail is sold from the Melville Place basement counter; the Frederick Street branch runs more sandwiches.
Heart and Graft Coffee ★ 4.0 · Manchester
salford · Unit 6, North Western Street, Manchester M12 6DY
Wholesale roastery on North Western Street, Manchester, supplying speciality grade beans to independent cafes across the city. Open for cupping events.