Climpson and Sons is a coffee roaster in Hackney, London.
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.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The Saturday market is the canonical visit. Climpson's Arch on Helmsley Place is a Friday-Saturday-only railway-arch bar.
Address: 67 Broadway Market, London E8 4PH
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).
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Brazil, Kenya, Costa Rica
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, Subscription
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.
Sources from: Brazil, Honduras, Ethiopia, Colombia
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
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.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Brazil, Kenya, Costa Rica
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, Subscription
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.
Sources from: Brazil, Ethiopia, Honduras, Peru
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, Subscription
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.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, Subscription
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).
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Brazil, Kenya, Costa Rica
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, Subscription
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.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Kenya, Costa Rica
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, Subscription
