Ugly Mug Coffee Roasters is a wholesale-leaning specialty roaster founded in Memphis in 2008, now headquartered in Olive Branch and supplying local cafes.
Tip: No retail cafe; buy whole beans online or pick up from cafes like Otherlands and Java Cabana.
Address: 3015 Tower Rd, Olive Branch, MS 38654, Memphis
Cxffeeblack in Memphis is Bartholomew Jones and Renata Henderson's Black-owned coffee roaster with Ethiopia-direct sourcing, pour-overs and an East Memphis cafe.
Tip: The roastery cafe doubles as the retail counter; subscription coffee ships nationally.
Sources from: Ethiopia
How they serve: Espresso, Pour over, Whole bean retail
French Truck Coffee at Crosstown Concourse is the New Orleans roaster's Memphis flagship, with single-origin espresso, drip and bean retail on the atrium.
Tip: The Highland Row branch runs the same menu; both serve as cafe and retail roastery outpost.
Sources from: Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
City and State on Broad Avenue in Memphis is a hybrid retail and cafe pouring rotating local roasters, plus a small in-house bean selection on the retail shelf.
Tip: Whole-bean retail rotates monthly; ask the barista what is on the bar for daily pour-overs.
Sources from: Colombia, Guatemala, Kenya
How they serve: Pour over, Espresso, Whole bean retail
Belltower Coffee on Highland Street is a Memphis-grown roaster and cafe with three outposts, the signature honey-lavender latte and a single-origin retail line.
Tip: Subscription beans ship monthly. Cooper-Young is the second cafe; bean roasting happens at Highland.
Sources from: Honduras, Ethiopia, Brazil
How they serve: Espresso, Drip, Whole bean retail, Subscription
Vice and Virtue Coffee is a Memphis micro-batch roaster inside the Arrive Hotel on South Main with pour-overs, espresso and a small whole-bean retail line.
Tip: Buy whole beans at the lobby counter; the in-house pastry comes from Lucy J's at Crosstown.
Sources from: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Indonesia
How they serve: Pour over, Espresso, Whole bean retail
