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Coffee roasterVarious
Stephen Leighton's Has Bean Coffee, founded 2002 in Staffordshire and a foundational supplier to the early London specialty scene, runs a subscription.
BeansEthiopia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, Subscription
TipHas Bean's beans feature at Tap, Prufrock and other London cafes. Subscribe through their site for weekly single-origin filter beans.
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Coffee roasterHackney
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.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Brazil, Kenya, Costa Rica
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, Subscription
TipNo public cafe; the beans go to subscribers and the city's top espresso bars (Workshop, Prufrock, Kaffeine).
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Coffee roasterBrixton TootingPublic cafe
Assembly Coffee's specialty roastery inside a 19th-century Brixton fire station in south London, founded 2015, runs a Loring roaster, sensory lab.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Kenya, Costa Rica
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, Subscription
TipThe Door Coffee Bar runs weekdays only. Cuppings at the roastery book through their site; subscription ships UK addresses weekly.
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Coffee roasterBoroughPublic cafe
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.
BeansEthiopia, Guatemala, Colombia, Brazil
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
TipThe Covent Garden original on 27 Monmouth Street has the standing counter; Borough has more outdoor seats.
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Coffee roasterHackneyPublic cafe
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.
BeansBrazil, Ethiopia, Colombia, El Salvador
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, Subscription
TipThe Saturday market is the canonical visit. Climpson's Arch on Helmsley Place is a Friday-Saturday-only railway-arch bar.
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Coffee roasterShoreditchPublic cafe
Michael Allpress's New Zealand-founded specialty roaster, opened in London on Redchurch Street in Shoreditch in 2010, runs cafes across east London.
BeansBrazil, Honduras, Ethiopia, Colombia
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
TipThe Redchurch Street original sits next to Brat. Their Dalston site has the bigger laptop seating area.