Starting down the rabbit hole and wondering if people would suggest their favorite independent coffee roaster that do online shopping.
I’m based in the UK so would like to support domestic business if possible. I’ve tried gentleman baristas which I’ve enjoyed but looking to expand my horizons and experiment with things like natural coffees.
Extract in Bristol, Square Mile London, Podda and Wren Lake District, Routon coffee North Yorkshire. Can’t remember where Hasbean are based but they’re solid.
I’ve got coffee from all of them at one point or another and enjoyed them all.
Seems roasters are all over the place these days :)
Edit: have a subscription with Podda and Wren ATM, new coffee; roasters choice delivered fortnightly.
Cheers, will have a look at those! My first port of call was Google but it’s a bloody minefield these days.
No worries, enjoy your coffee experimentation
I like rave
I did come across them in my initial googling and they seem to be reasonably priced 👍
Current drinking a cup from Kickback Coffee in the Peak District, great coffee and great people, usually go and pick it up in person.
Cheers, they look good and not too expensive
Most welcome, and really enjoying this thread for recommendations myself. Others I’ve been to in person in the last 12 months now I’ve had to think about it:
- Origin coffee, Cornwall - fantastic roastery café, very friendly staff.
- Buxton coffee roasters, Peak District - generally seem to be darker roasts but have some interesting ideas. Sadly doesn’t have a café
- Foundation coffee, Manchester - used to have a lot more in store than is currently online, not sure what’s going on. Two very nice cafés though
- ManCoCo, Manchester - white lie, didn’t go myself in person, but friend I was with did to get me a surprise gift as we were <5 mins away. Was a tasty coffee but can’t comment further.
Places I personally avoid from experience:
- Chatsworth house restaurant blend - had this in a Christmas hamper for the past few years, goes straight in the bin as it is undrinkably dark for my taste
- Pippas London - a front for a huge white label coffee distribution warehouse. Coffee was nice enough, but prefer to support small batch roasters.
Personally I really enjoy the whole going to the roastery and seeing what they have, trying a few things out etc, so I’m heavily biased towards what’s available to me locally. I’ve got The Nocturn to try when I next run out of Kickback, but as I’ve never tried any I can’t pass any judgement.
Off the top of my head… Rave, Origin, Django, Pact, Square Mile, Caravan, Foundry, James Gourmet, Horsham…
Thanks for those suggestions!
Currently drinking Origin because I wanted to use a B Corp roastery, but shout out to Jericho Coffee in Oxford who are all very friendly with a good line of beans.
There’s some great suggestions here already but to add a couple more: Union coffee & Edgcumbes. Had great beans from both!
Cheers! Will take a look.
