Antigua Specialty Coffee
Tirana · Albania
Antigua Caffe was founded in Tirana in 1995 by Julia Bozo's family, opening Albania's first specialty coffee roastery at
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Café Cazengo
Quiculungo · Angola
Café Cazengo was launched in 2009 by the Miguel family of Cuanza Norte — coffee farmers for several generations before t
Carib Bean Coffee Roasters
English Harbour · Antigua and Barbuda
Carib Bean Coffee Roasters has been operating from a hilltop on Horsford Hill above Falmouth Harbour since 1997, making
Café Registrado
Buenos Aires · Argentina
Café Registrado was an early specialty pioneer in Buenos Aires's Palermo neighborhood, building one of Argentina's first
Coffee Town
Buenos Aires · Argentina
Coffee Town opened inside Mercado de San Telmo at Bolívar 976 in Buenos Aires after years of green-coffee travel through
Felix Felicis & Co.
Buenos Aires · Argentina
Felix Felicis & Co. opened in Palermo Soho in early 2015, founded by Lattente alumna Natalia Montoya together with thre
LAB Tostadores de Café
Buenos Aires · Argentina
LAB was founded in 2014 by Alexis Zagdañski and Paula Zyssholtz in Palermo Hollywood, Buenos Aires, with a two-storey Hu
Lattente
Buenos Aires · Argentina
Lattente was opened in Palermo Soho in 2011 by Daniel Cifuentes — a Colombian who represented Argentina at the 2012 Worl
Aruba Coffee Roasting Company
Oranjestad · Aruba
Aruba Coffee Roasting Company brands itself as Aruba's first and only micro-roaster, operating as a roastery and a conne
Axil Coffee Roasters
Melbourne · Australia
Axil was founded in 2010 by husband-and-wife team David Makin — a two-time Australian Barista Champion — and Zoe Delany,
Code Black Coffee
Melbourne · Australia
Code Black was founded by Joseph Haddad in Brunswick, Melbourne, in 2012 with the explicit goal of making high-end speci
Five Senses Coffee
Perth · Australia
Five Senses was founded in 2000 by Dean Gallagher in a Perth shed, after Gallagher returned from a stint as a school pri
Industry Beans
Fitzroy · Australia
Industry Beans is an independent specialty roaster founded by brothers Trevor and Steve Simmons, who started roasting in
Market Lane Coffee
Melbourne · Australia
Market Lane was founded in 2009 by Fleur Studd and Jason Scheltus, two Melburnians who met working at Anita Le Roy's Mon
Mecca Coffee
Sydney · Australia
Mecca Coffee was founded in 2005 by former-musician-turned-cafe-owner Paul Geshos, who opened a compact espresso bar on
Ona Coffee
Canberra · Australia
Ona Coffee was founded in Canberra by Bosnian-Australian Sasa Sestic — a former handball Olympian — who won the 2015 Wor
Padre Coffee
Melbourne · Australia
Marinus Jansen, a software engineer with no prior coffee background, started Padre in late 2007/early 2008 in Brunswick
Patricia Coffee Brewers
Melbourne · Australia
Patricia opened in December 2011 in a tiny laneway off Little Bourke Street in Melbourne's CBD as a joint venture betwee
Proud Mary Coffee
Collingwood · Australia
Proud Mary was founded in 2009 in Collingwood, Melbourne by husband-and-wife Nolan and Shari Hirte; Nolan was an early A
Reuben Hills
Sydney · Australia
Russell Beard sold his Mosman micro-roastery The Source and opened Reuben Hills on New Year's Day 2012, building a roast
Sample Coffee
Sydney · Australia
Sample Coffee was founded in 2011 by Reuben Mardan as a single-shopfront espresso bar on Devonshire Street in Surry Hill
Seven Seeds
Melbourne · Australia
Seven Seeds was founded in 2007 by Mark Dundon and Bridget Amor, who took the company's name from the seventeenth-centur
Single O
Sydney · Australia
Single O was founded in 2003 in Surry Hills by husband-and-wife Emma and Dion Cohen, who left corporate jobs to open a s
ST. ALi
South Melbourne · Australia
ST. ALi opened in 2005 in a converted South Melbourne warehouse by Mark Dundon — who later founded Seven Seeds — and was
Toby's Estate Coffee
Sydney · Australia
Toby's Estate began in 1997 when Toby Smith — a Sydney lawyer who had become obsessed with coffee — left law to start ro
Jonas Reindl Coffee Roasters
Vienna · Austria
Jonas Reindl was founded by Philip Feyer, who opened the original café in Vienna's 9th district across from the Schotten
Süssmund Kaffee
Vienna · Austria
Süssmund was founded in 2014 by Nikolaus Hartmann, who left a career as an architect after concluding his vision of slow
Bahamas Coffee Roasters
Gregory Town · Bahamas
Bahamas Coffee Roasters opened in 2008 on the island of Eleuthera, founded by Canadian transplants Kirk and Patti Aulin,
North End Coffee Roasters
Dhaka · Bangladesh
North End Coffee Roasters was founded in Dhaka in 2011 by American expats Rick Hubbard — a former Starbucks Coffee Maste
Wyndhams Coffee
Bridgetown · Barbados
Wyndhams Coffee is Barbados's only dedicated specialty coffee roaster, founded in 2014 by husband-and-wife team Mandy an
Kitchen Coffee Roasters
Minsk · Belarus
Kitchen Coffee Roasters, known locally as KCR, is a Minsk-based specialty roastery, café, importer and barista school op
Caffènation
Antwerp · Belgium
Caffènation was founded in 2003 in Antwerp by Rob Berghmans, who opened what is widely credited as the first specialty c
MOK Specialty Coffee
Brussels · Belgium
MOK was founded in 2012 in Leuven by then-21-year-old Jens Crabbé, a two-time Belgian Cup Tasters Champion who scraped h
OR Coffee Roasters
Aalst · Belgium
OR Coffee Roasters was founded in 2001 in Aalst, East Flanders, by Tom Janssen — whose grandfather and uncle had been co
Rock Island Coffee
Hamilton · Bermuda
Rock Island Coffee was started in 1995 by Susannah Frith and Mark Kaufman in an old machine shop next to Hamilton's orig
Bhutan Mountain Coffee
Paro · Bhutan
Bhutan Mountain Coffee was founded in 2015 by Karma Chime as a single café and roastery in Paro after a trip to Utrecht
Café Buena Vista
La Paz · Bolivia
Café Buena Vista is the consumer-facing brand of the Rodriguez family's Agricafe operation, a 35-plus-year Bolivian prod
Ministry of Ćejf
Sarajevo · Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ministry of Ćejf is a Sarajevo specialty café-and-roastery in the city's Old Town opened by former Australian actor Resh
Gaborone Coffee Company
Gaborone · Botswana
Gaborone Coffee Company is Botswana's documented in-country specialty roaster, born from the founders' frustration at no
Coffee Lab
São Paulo · Brazil
Isabela Raposeiras — flamenco dancer, English teacher, airplane pilot, Q grader and Brazil's first National Barista Cham
Lucca Cafés Especiais
Curitiba · Brazil
Lucca Cafés Especiais opened on June 7, 2002 in Curitiba's Batel district — founded by Georgia Franco and her husband Lu
Octavio Café
São Paulo · Brazil
Octavio Café is the consumer brand of O'Coffee, the Quércia family's coffee enterprise rooted in more than a century of
Suplicy Cafés Especiais
São Paulo · Brazil
Marco Suplicy opened Suplicy Cafés Especiais in July 2003 in the upscale Jardins neighbourhood of São Paulo, the first d
Roast Van Dyke
West End, Tortola · British Virgin Islands
Roast Van Dyke is the British Virgin Islands' first dedicated specialty coffee roastery, located in Soper's Hole at Tort
Kapra Coffee
Bandar Seri Begawan · Brunei
Kapra Coffee is Brunei's first third-wave specialty coffee bar, opening on Jalan Muara in Bandar Seri Begawan and servin
Dabov Specialty Coffee
Sofia · Bulgaria
Dabov Specialty Coffee was founded in 2008 by husband-and-wife team Jordan Dabov and Vesela Vladimirova, who returned to
Kicking Horse Coffee
Invermere · CA
Kicking Horse was founded in 1996 by Elana Rosenfeld and Leo Johnson in a garage in Invermere, B.C., after the couple so
BROWN Coffee and Bakery
Phnom Penh · Cambodia
BROWN was started in 2009 (incorporated 2010) by four Cambodian cousins who came home from study abroad — Chang Bunleang
Brûlerie Moderne
Douala (and Yaoundé) · Cameroon
Brûlerie Moderne is Cameroon's leading specialty coffee roaster, anchored in Douala with a second retail location at the
49th Parallel Coffee Roasters
Vancouver · Canada
49th Parallel was founded in Vancouver in 2004 by brothers Vince Piccolo (CEO) and Michael Piccolo (Head Roaster), openi
Bridgehead Coffee
Ottawa · Canada
Bridgehead was originally founded in Toronto in 1981 as Bridgehead Trading by two United Church ministers and two social
De Mello Coffee
Toronto · Canada
De Mello — originally De Mello Palheta, named for the Portuguese explorer Francisco de Melo Palheta who carried coffee s
Detour Coffee Roasters
Hamilton · Canada
Kaelin McCowan founded Detour in 2009 in a back alley in Dundas, Ontario, after driving across the country to buy a roas
Monogram Coffee
Calgary · Canada
Monogram was founded in 2014 in Calgary by Jeremy Ho, Justin Eyford, and Ben Put — three Phil & Sebastian alumni who lau
Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters
Calgary · Canada
Phil & Sebastian was founded in March 2007 by Phil Robertson and Sebastian Sztabzyb, two University of Calgary engineeri
Pilot Coffee Roasters
Toronto · Canada
Pilot was founded in May 2009 in Leslieville, Toronto by Andy Wilkin — a freshly-minted Q Grader from the Te Aro neighbo
Paradise Coffee
George Town · Cayman Islands
Paradise Coffee was founded in 2006 by Fritz Sajovitz, who opened his own roastery on Grand Cayman in 2012 after six yea
Adrianos Coffee
Bern · CH
Adrianos opened in 1998 next to Bern's Zytglogge clock tower and was Switzerland's first 'Shop-in-Roastery' — a single v
Café Triciclo
Santiago · Chile
Café Triciclo started around 2013 as a literal coffee tricycle — founder Sebastián 'Seba' Álvarez rolled it through Sant
Singular Coffee Roasters
Santiago · Chile
Singular Coffee Roasters was founded by Camilo Vásquez, who began as a barista in Santiago before an Ethiopian single-or
Greybox Coffee
Beijing · China
Greybox opened its first store in late December 2016 on the ground floor of the Beijing Kerry Centre in Chaoyang's Centr
M Stand Coffee
Shanghai · China
M Stand was founded in 2017 in Shanghai by Ge Dong, who positioned the brand from day one as 'China's Starbucks for the
Manner Coffee
Shanghai · China
Manner Coffee was founded in 2015 in Shanghai by former veterinarian Han Yulong and his wife Lu Jianxia, opening with a
Seesaw Coffee
Shanghai · China
Seesaw was founded by former Dell test engineer Tom Zong in October 2012 with a first store on Yuyuan Road in Shanghai's
Amor Perfecto
Bogotá · Colombia
Luis Fernando Vélez was a dried-flower exporter when a 1992 trip to a London flower fair taught him to make coffee in a
Café Granja La Esperanza
Caicedonia · Colombia
Café Granja La Esperanza traces back to 1945, when Blanca Ligia Correa and Juan Antonio Herrera bought their first farm
Pergamino Café
Medellín · Colombia
Pergamino is the milling, exporting and roasting arm of the Echavarría family's Santa Bárbara Estate in Antioquia, found
Cook Islands Coffee Company
Matavera · Cook Islands
Cook Islands Coffee Company has roasted coffee on Rarotonga since 1999, founded by Kiwi expat Neil Dearlove from his hom
Café Britt
Heredia · Costa Rica
Café Britt was founded in 1985 by Steve Aronson, a Bronx-born coffee broker who moved to Costa Rica in the 1970s and dis
Cafeoteca
San José · Costa Rica
Cafeoteca is a specialty coffee café, roastery, and gallery in San José's Barrio Escalante, set inside a converted 1950s
Café Continent
Abidjan · Côte d'Ivoire
Café Continent is Côte d'Ivoire's first specialty coffee company, founded in Abidjan by Hadi Beydoun to introduce locall
Cogito Coffee
Zagreb · Croatia
Cogito grew out of Cafe u Dvorištu, a quiet downtown Zagreb courtyard café Matija Belković and Hannah Powlison Belković
Café El Escorial
Havana · Cuba
Café El Escorial sits on the corner of Plaza Vieja in Havana's restored colonial heart, in a finely-restored colonial ma
Café Barista
Willemstad · Curaçao
Café Barista is Curaçao's first and oldest coffee roastery, founded in 2004 and operating now as a multi-location roaste
Tin Coffee Roaster
Limassol · Cyprus
Tin Coffee Roaster was founded in 2016 in Limassol on the premise that Cypriots shouldn't have to fly somewhere else to
Doubleshot
Prague · Czech Republic
Doubleshot was founded in 2010 in Prague by a team that had split its preparation work in two: half spent a year on coff
EMA Espresso Bar
Prague · Czech Republic
EMA Espresso Bar opened in June 2013, founded by Kamil Skrbek and built into the ground floor of a Czech Academy of Scie
April Coffee Roasters
Copenhagen · Denmark
April was founded in Copenhagen in 2017 by Patrik Rolf, the Swedish-born former head of roastery at Berlin's Five Elepha
La Cabra
Copenhagen · Denmark
La Cabra was founded by Esben Piper in Aarhus, Denmark in 2012 as a single cafe far from the city center, then began sou
The Coffee Collective
Copenhagen · Denmark
The Coffee Collective was founded in Copenhagen in 2007 by Klaus Thomsen (2006 World Barista Champion), Peter N. Dupont,
Café La Ville
Dominica
Café La Ville (translating to 'The City Coffee') is a Dominica specialty 100% Arabica brand sourced from local farmers h
Gente de la Isla
Santo Domingo · Dominican Republic
Gente de la Isla is widely cited as the Dominican Republic's first specialty coffee roastery, founded by Dominican-Frenc
Sweet & Coffee
Guayaquil · EC
Sweet & Coffee is Ecuador's flagship specialty cafe chain, founded in 1997 in Guayaquil by Richard Peet and Soledad Hann
Café Galletti
Quito · Ecuador
Café Galletti was founded in 2010 by Ena Galletti and her husband as a vertically integrated specialty exporter and roas
Specialty Būn
Cairo · Egypt
Specialty Būn is the Cairo café and Cairo Coffee Collective the sister roastery of brothers Omar Nazmi and his older bro
Viva Espresso
San Salvador · El Salvador
Viva Espresso is the San Salvador roastery-cafe founded by Federico and Lily Bolaños that produced 2011 World Barista Ch
Kokomo Coffee Roasters
Tallinn · Estonia
Kokomo Coffee Roasters started as a pop-up on Koguva on Muhu Island in 2013 — the marine branding still references that
Garden of Coffee
Addis Ababa · Ethiopia
Garden of Coffee was launched in 2016 by Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu — the soleRebels founder and World Economic Forum Young
Tomoca Coffee
Addis Ababa · Ethiopia
Tomoca opened in February 1953 in Addis Ababa's Piazza district as Ethiopia's first commercial coffee roastery — the nam
Bula Coffee
Sigatoka · Fiji
Bula Coffee was founded in 2011 by New Zealand-born Luke Fryett (now a dual NZ/Fiji citizen) after he found wild coffee
Kaffa Roastery
Helsinki · Finland
Kaffa was founded in 2007 in Helsinki by business students Svante Hampf and Benjamin Andberg, who originally planned to
Paulig
Helsinki · Finland
Paulig was founded on 25 September 1876 in Helsinki by Lübeck-born trader Gustav Wilhelm Paulig, who imported colonial g
Belleville Brûlerie
Paris · France
Belleville Brûlerie opened in September 2013 in Paris's 19th arrondissement, founded by David Nigel Flynn (formerly of T
Café Lomi
Paris · France
Lomi was founded in 2010 by Aleaume Paturle (nicknamed 'Lomi') and Australian barista Paul Arnephy, who had run the Alto
Café Mokxa
Lyon · France
Mokxa was founded in 2011 in Lyon by Sadry, originally from Lyon, and his wife Rosamund (Rose) James, originally from Ne
Coutume
Paris · France
Coutume opened in 2011 on Rue de Babylone in Paris's 7th arrondissement, founded by French roaster Antoine Netien and Au
L'Arbre à Café
Paris · France
L'Arbre à Café was founded in Paris in 2009 by Hippolyte Courty, a historian, gastronomy critic and trained wine taster
Kaūa'a Coffee
Papeete · French Polynesia
Kaūa'a opened in November 2022 in central Papeete on Avenue du Prince Hīnoi as French Polynesia's first dedicated specia
19grams
Berlin · Germany
19grams was founded in 2002 in Berlin-Friedrichshain as Tres Cabezas by two surfers who had discovered specialty coffee
Bonanza Coffee Heroes
Berlin · Germany
Bonanza was founded in 2006 in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg by South Korean-born designer Kiduk Reus and his Berlin-based pa
Coffee Circle
Berlin · Germany
Coffee Circle was founded in Berlin in 2010 by Munich management consultants Martin Elwert, Robert Rudnick and Moritz Wa
Five Elephant
Berlin · Germany
Five Elephant was founded in summer 2010 in Kreuzberg, Berlin by Kris Schackman, an American ex-film-industry coffee ent
Hoppenworth & Ploch
Frankfurt · Germany
Hoppenworth & Ploch was founded in 2008 by university classmates Matthias Hoppenworth and Julian Ploch as a coffee bar o
Speicherstadt Kaffeerösterei
Hamburg · Germany
Speicherstadt Kaffeerösterei was founded in 2006 by Thimo Drews and Andreas Wessel-Ellermann, two second-generation Hamb
The Barn
Berlin · Germany
Ralf Rüller — formerly a Deutsche Bank apprentice, then a corporate finance professional in Singapore, Tokyo, and Berlin
Jamestown Coffee Company
Accra · Ghana
Jamestown Coffee Company was founded in 2018 by Kwasi Osei-Kusi as a small-batch roastery in Accra that scaled from 200–
Kawa Moka
Accra · Ghana
Kawa Moka is Ghana's first specialty coffee roaster — a 100% women-owned operation founded in 2015 by Emi-Beth Aku Quant
Taf Coffee
Athens · Greece
Taf began as a Greek-coffee importer and ibrik roastery launched by brothers Yiannis and Ellias Taloumis in the early 19
Spice Isle Coffee Company
St. George's · Grenada
Spice Isle Coffee is Grenada's only artisan coffee roaster, run as a husband-wife operation out of Frequente Industrial
12 Onzas
Guatemala City · Guatemala
12 Onzas is the flagship project of the Solano family — fourth-generation coffee growers from Finca Concepción Buena Vis
Café Welchez
Copán Ruinas · Honduras
Café Welchez is a family producer-roaster in western Honduras whose Finca Santa Isabel was bought by Don Raúl Wélchez in
Cupping Room Coffee Roasters
Hong Kong · Hong Kong
Kapo Chiu opened the first Cupping Room in Hong Kong's Stanley Market in 2011, after starting his MBA in San Francisco a
Knockbox Coffee Company
Hong Kong · Hong Kong
Knockbox Coffee Company was opened in 2011 in Sheung Wan's Tai Ping Shan Street by Patrick Tam and Frances Lam — initial
The Coffee Academics
Hong Kong · Hong Kong
Jennifer Wai-Fun Liu founded The Coffee Academïcs in Hong Kong in 2012, after a decade running the HABITŪ neighbourhood
Eli's Caffe
Zagreb · HR
Eli's Caffe (Eliscaffe) opened on Ilica 63 in Zagreb on 7 September 2005 as Croatia's first specialty coffee bar, founde
Casino Mocca
Budapest · Hungary
Casino Mocca was founded in 2013 by three Hungarian competition baristas — Lajos Horváth (2013 World Cup Tasters Champio
Espresso Embassy
Budapest · Hungary
Espresso Embassy opened in 2012 in central Budapest, founded by Tibor Várady, who had previously introduced filter coffe
Reykjavík Roasters
Reykjavík · Iceland
Founded in 2008 as Kaffismiðja Íslands by Sonja Björk Grant and Ingibjörg "Imma" Jóna Sigurðardóttir, the company opened
Te & Kaffi
Reykjavík · Iceland
Te & Kaffi was founded in 1984 in Reykjavík by husband-and-wife Sigmundur Dýrfjörð and Berglind Guðbrandsdóttir, who set
Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters
Gurugram · India
Blue Tokai was founded in 2013 by Matt Chitharanjan and his wife Namrata Asthana after they moved from Chennai to Delhi
Maverick & Farmer Coffee
Bengaluru · India
Maverick & Farmer is a bean-to-cup roaster founded in Bengaluru by three partners: Tej Thammaiah, a third-generation cof
Subko Specialty Coffee Roasters
Mumbai · India
Subko opened its first cafe in Bandra, Mumbai in early 2020 — deliberately placed on a hard-to-find street — founded by
Anomali Coffee
Jakarta · Indonesia
Anomali Coffee was founded in August 2007 by Irvan Helmi (also co-founder of Pipiltin Cocoa) as one of Indonesia's first
Common Grounds Coffee Roastery
Jakarta · Indonesia
Common Grounds emerged in 2014 from the rebranding of Pandava Coffee — a December 2012 venture by three U.S.-educated fr
Filosofi Kopi
Jakarta · Indonesia
Filosofi Kopi is the rare coffee shop that began as a movie set: in 2015, director Angga Dwimas Sasongko built a working
Tanamera Coffee
Jakarta · Indonesia
Tanamera was founded in 2013 in Jakarta's Thamrin City Office Park by Indonesian businesswoman Dini Aryani Criddle, who
Lamiz Coffee
Tehran · Iran
Lamiz Coffee is Iran's first specialty coffee company and coffee shop chain, established in Tehran in 2004 by Zal Enterp
Sam Coffee Roasters
Tehran · Iran
Sam Coffee Roasters was opened in 2009 by Mohammadreza Ghaffari and partners as a one-time hospitality fitout for the Sa
Italian Coffee Company (Iraq)
Iraq
Italian Coffee Company is Iraq's first documented specialty coffee operation, founded in 2011 to serve clients across Ir
3fe
Dublin · Ireland
3fe — short for Third Floor Espresso — was founded by Colin Harmon in December 2009, opening in the lobby of the Twisted
Cloud Picker Coffee
Dublin · Ireland
Cloud Picker is Dublin's first micro-roastery, founded in 2013 by Frank Kavanagh and Peter Sztal, who left careers in gr
Cafelix
Tel Aviv · Israel
Cafelix was founded in 2011 by German expat Philipp Schaefer and his Israeli wife Yael in south Tel Aviv. After a three
Nahat Coffee
Tel Aviv · Israel
Nahat — Hebrew for relaxation or contentment — was founded in January 2015 by Dan Urieli and Assaf Bitton, two coffee pr
Cafezal
Milan · Italy
Cafezal is a Milanese specialty micro-roastery and café founded by Italian-Brazilian Carlos Bitencourt, whose name borro
Caffè Borbone
Caivano · Italy
Caffè Borbone was founded in 1997 in Caivano, just outside Naples, by Massimo Renda — who launched it as L'Aromatika srl
Caffè Vergnano
Santena · Italy
Caffè Vergnano was founded in 1882 in Chieri, a small medieval town in the hills above Turin, by Domenico Vergnano — ori
Ditta Artigianale
Florence · Italy
Ditta Artigianale was founded in 2013 by Francesco Sanapo — a three-time Italian Barista Champion (2010, 2011, 2013) and
Gardelli Specialty Coffees
Forlì · Italy
Rubens Gardelli started roasting in Forlì in 2010 on a 50g roaster, taught himself the craft (no SCA courses) and went o
Hausbrandt Trieste 1892
Nervesa della Battaglia · Italy
Hausbrandt was founded in 1892 in Trieste — then the Austro-Hungarian Empire's third city and a primary Mediterranean co
illycaffè
Trieste · Italy
illycaffè was founded in Trieste in 1933 by Hungarian-born accountant Francesco Illy, who two years later invented the i
La Casa del Caffè Tazza d'Oro
Rome · Italy
Antigua Tazzadoro was founded as a Roman coffee roastery in 1944, with the bar — La Casa del Caffè al Pantheon — opening
Lavazza
Turin · Italy
Lavazza was founded in 1895 when Luigi Lavazza, then a 36-year-old self-taught chemist from Murisengo, bought the Droghe
Le Piantagioni del Caffè
Livorno · Italy
Le Piantagioni del Caffè was founded in Livorno in 1994 around a small group of friends led by Florence-based tropical a
Pellini Caffè
Bussolengo · Italy
Pellini was founded in Verona in 1922 by the Pellini family as an importer and blender of officinal herbs, then pivoted
Sant'Eustachio Il Caffè
Rome · Italy
Sant'Eustachio Il Caffè opened in 1938 in Piazza Sant'Eustachio — between Piazza Navona and the Pantheon — on the site o
Cafe Blue
Kingston · Jamaica
Cafe Blue is a vertically integrated Jamaica Blue Mountain producer-roaster that planted its first coffee in the Blue Mo
% Arabica
Kyoto · Japan
% Arabica was founded in 2013 by Kenneth Shoji in Discovery Bay, Hong Kong, after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake destroyed h
Bear Pond Espresso
Tokyo · Japan
Bear Pond was opened in April 2009 by Katsuyuki 'Katsu' Tanaka in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo, after roughly eighteen years liv
Glitch Coffee & Roasters
Tokyo · Japan
Glitch was opened in April 2015 in Tokyo's Jimbocho district — a neighborhood of secondhand bookstores and historic kiss
Kurasu
Kyoto · Japan
Kurasu was launched in May 2013 by Yozo Otsuki, a former Goldman Sachs Tokyo banker who had moved to Sydney looking for
Maruyama Coffee
Karuizawa · Japan
Maruyama Coffee was founded in April 1991 when 23-year-old Kentaro Maruyama opened a small coffee operation at the Hiira
Mel Coffee Roasters
Osaka · Japan
Mel Coffee Roasters opened on January 21, 2016 in an 8.58m² space in Osaka's Shimmachi district, founded by Masahiko Fum
Onibus Coffee
Tokyo · Japan
Onibus was founded in 2012 by Atsushi Sakao in Okusawa, a residential pocket of Tokyo, after Sakao trained as a barista
Sarutahiko Coffee
Tokyo · Japan
Sarutahiko was founded in September 2011 in Ebisu, Tokyo by Tomoyuki Otsuka, a former actor who left the entertainment i
Streamer Coffee Company
Tokyo · Japan
Streamer Coffee Company was opened in Shibuya in 2010 by Hiroshi Sawada, the first Asian to win the Free Pour Latte Art
Switch Coffee Tokyo
Tokyo · Japan
Masahiro Onishi opened Switch Coffee in October 2013 in a small space in Meguro, Tokyo, after training in Australia and
The Roastery by Nozy Coffee
Tokyo · Japan
The Roastery by Nozy Coffee opened in 2014 on Harajuku's Cat Street as a collaboration between Kentaro Nojiri's Setagaya
Wallenford Coffee
Kingston · JM
Wallenford traces its origin to Matthew Wallen, an Irish admiral in the British Navy who sailed to Jamaica in 1746 and p
Dimitri's Coffee
Amman · Jordan
Dimitri's Coffee was founded in Amman in 2014 by three brothers led by Hisham, who travelled through more than fifteen c
Dimitri's Coffee
Amman · Jordan
Dimitri's Coffee is Jordan's first specialty coffee roaster, founded in Amman in 2014 by three brothers — Waleed, Salah
Sasini Coffee
Kiambu · Kenya
Sasini was incorporated in 1952 as Doondu Estates Ltd with a single coffee farm in Kiambu, then known as the Kenya Colon
Vava Coffee
Nairobi · Kenya
Vava Coffee was founded in 2009 by Vava Angwenyi — a Q-grader, taekwondo black belt, and Western University-trained actu
Saffron Coffee
Luang Prabang · Laos
Saffron Coffee was founded in 2006 in Luang Prabang as a 'profit-for-purpose' alternative cash crop for hill-tribe farme
Rocket Bean Roastery
Riga · Latvia
Rocket Bean was founded in Riga by Mārtiņš Dzenis (owner), Aivars Rodčenko, and Ancis Romanovskis — partners whose corpo
Cafe Younes
Beirut · Lebanon
Cafe Younes was founded in 1935 in Beirut's Bab Idriss district by Amin Younes Sr., who had spent twenty years working f
Crooked Nose & Coffee Stories
Vilnius · Lithuania
Crooked Nose & Coffee Stories was founded in 2011 by Emanuelis Ryklys, who left advertising after returning from abroad
Bacha Coffee
Marrakech · MA
Bacha Coffee was originally established in 1910 inside Marrakech's Dar el Bacha palace — the Moroccan residence of Thami
Madagascar Coffee Company
Antananarivo · Madagascar
Madagascar Coffee Company (MCC) is a Madagascar-based exporter and small-batch roaster founded by Kelley and Hazen to re
VCR
Kuala Lumpur · Malaysia
VCR opened in October 2013 in a 1927 black-painted house on Jalan Galloway near Kuala Lumpur's old Pudu Jail, founded by
Meraki Coffee Roasters
Malé · Maldives
Meraki Coffee Roasters was founded around 2015 in Malé by SCAA-trained Maldivian roaster Mabrouq, who imported the count
Lot Sixty One Coffee Malta
Naxxar · Malta
Lot Sixty One Coffee Malta is the Maltese franchise of the Amsterdam roastery, brought to Malta by Clayton Xuereb, who a
Ti'Kafé
La Trinité · Martinique
Ti'Kafé is Martinique's only artisanal coffee roastery, founded 2012 by Maxime Constantin in the former Hardy rum distil
Café de Chamarel
Chamarel · Mauritius
Café de Chamarel is the only locally-grown, locally-roasted coffee in Mauritius, planted in 1967 in the Chamarel highlan
Almanegra Café
Mexico City · Mexico
Almanegra Café — 'black soul' — opened in 2014 in Narvarte, founded by three CDMX friends including co-owner Octavio Rui
BUNA
Mexico City · Mexico
BUNA was founded in 2012 by three Mexico City childhood friends — Lalo Pérez Varona, Santiago and David — who chose coff
Café Avellaneda
Mexico City · Mexico
Café Avellaneda is a roughly twenty-square-meter coffee bar in Coyoacán's La Concepción neighborhood, opened by Juan Car
Bloom Coffee
Marrakesh · Morocco
Bloom Coffee was founded in Marrakesh in 2016 by two friends, Adi Jansen and Tyler Van Riper, who realized the city had
Café Sol
Maputo · Mozambique
Café Sol is Mozambique's first dedicated specialty coffee roastery, opened May 2007 in Maputo's Sommerschield II neighbo
Genius Shan Highlands Coffee
Yangon · Myanmar
Genius Shan Highlands Coffee was founded in late 2012 by Ngwe Tun under the family company Aung Nay Lin Htun Co., Ltd as
Slowtown Coffee Roasters
Swakopmund · Namibia
Slowtown Coffee Roasters is Namibia's leading specialty roaster, founded 2011 in the seaside town of Swakopmund by Denni
Himalayan Java Coffee
Kathmandu · Nepal
Himalayan Java was opened in 1999 in Kathmandu's Heritage Plaza, Kamaladi by Gagan Pradhan and Anand Gurung as Nepal's f
Bocca Coffee
Amsterdam · Netherlands
Bocca was founded in 2001 by brothers Menno and Tewis Simons — Menno started in his Amsterdam garage on a small Probat a
Dak Coffee Roasters
Amsterdam · Netherlands
Two Montreal-born expats, Louis-Philippe Boucher (finance and venture capital) and Veronique Lagarde (marketing), founde
Friedhats Coffee Roasters
Amsterdam · Netherlands
Friedhats opened in November 2016 in Amsterdam's Bos en Lommer by Lex Wenneker — 2015 and 2016 Dutch Barista Champion, 6
Lot Sixty One Coffee Roasters
Amsterdam · Netherlands
Lot Sixty One was founded in early 2013 by Australian Adam Craig — 'born in Sydney, raised in Brooklyn and roasting in A
Manhattan Coffee Roasters
Rotterdam · Netherlands
Manhattan was founded in March 2017 in Rotterdam by Esther Maasdam — multi-time Dutch Latte Art Champion and 2017 Dutch
Moyee Coffee
Amsterdam · Netherlands
Moyee was launched in the Netherlands in 2012 by Guido van Staveren van Dijk, who built one of the largest specialty roa
Allpress Espresso
Auckland · New Zealand
Allpress Espresso was established in 1986 by Michael Allpress, who left a chef career to run New Zealand's first espress
Coffee Supreme
Wellington · New Zealand
Coffee Supreme began trading on August 16, 1993, when Chris Dillon and Maggie Wells acquired their café's failing bean s
Flight Coffee
Wellington · New Zealand
Three childhood friends — Richard Corney, Matt Graylee, and Nick Clark — founded Flight Coffee in a Hawke's Bay garage i
Café Las Flores
Managua · Nicaragua
Café Las Flores is a three-generation Palazio family operation that grows, processes, roasts, distributes and serves 100
Café Neo
Lagos · Nigeria
Café Neo was founded in 2012 by Nigerian brothers Ngozi and Chijioke Dozie, who first invested in a distressed Rwandan c
Su Roastery
Skopje · North Macedonia
Su Roastery was opened in central Skopje in winter 2024 as the latest concept of family-owned Su Holding, reviving a cof
Fuglen Coffee Roasters
Oslo · Norway
Fuglen — 'the bird' in Norwegian — has occupied the same Universitetsgata corner in Oslo since 1963, when it opened as t
Solberg & Hansen
Oslo · Norway
Founded in 1879 by Carl Solberg and Fritjof Hansen, Solberg & Hansen is Norway's oldest and largest specialty coffee roa
Stockfleths
Oslo · Norway
Stockfleths traces its roots to Den Danske Kaffeforretning ("The Danish Coffee Shop"), opened in Oslo in 1895. Astri St
Supreme Roastworks
Oslo · Norway
Supreme Roastworks was founded in 2007 in a Torshov garage in Oslo by Magnus Lindskog and Joar Christoffersen, both form
Talormade
Oslo · Norway
Talormade is the Oslo roastery, doughnut bakery and cafe chain founded by Australian-born Talor Browne after she lost he
Tim Wendelboe
Oslo · Norway
Tim Wendelboe — 2004 World Barista Champion and World Cup Tasters Champion — opened his Oslo micro-roastery and espresso
Red Berry Roasters
Lahore · Pakistan
Red Berry Roasters is a Lahore family-built operation founded by Abubakr Khan that markets itself as Pakistan's first th
Izhiman Coffee
Jerusalem (Old City) · Palestine
Izhiman Coffee is Jerusalem's heritage Palestinian coffee roastery, founded 1921 in the Old City's Suq Khan a-Zeit marke
Café Unido
Panama City · Panama
Café Unido opened its first Panama City location in 2014, founded by chef Mario Castrellón of Maito (Latin America's 50
Sigri Coffee
Wahgi Valley · Papua New Guinea
Sigri Estate was first planted in the 1950s by Australian crocodile hunter and pioneer settler Tom Cole in PNG's Wahgi V
Tostaduría Bisetti
Lima · Peru
Romulo Bisetti, a Peruvian of Italian descent, opened the original Bisetti coffee house in Lima's Breña district in 1958
Bo's Coffee
Cebu City · Philippines
Bo's Coffee opened June 28, 1996 in Ayala Center Cebu — founder Steve Benitez had dropped out of Ateneo de Manila Law Sc
Magnum Opus Fine Coffees
Parañaque · Philippines
Magnum Opus Fine Coffees is a single-origin specialty roaster and café in BF Homes, Parañaque, owned by a coffee enthusi
Yardstick Coffee
Manila · Philippines
Yardstick opened in 2013 in Legazpi Village, Makati, founded by university friends Andre Chanco, Kevin Tang, and Jessica
Hard Beans Coffee Roasters
Opole · Poland
Hard Beans Coffee Roasters opened in 2017 in Opole as the production arm of Kofeina Art Cafe, which was crowned Best Spe
HAYB Speciality Coffee
Warsaw · Poland
HAYB is a father-and-son business founded in 2016 by Wiktor Borowski and his father Robert at Aleje Jerozolimskie 200 in
Fábrica Coffee Roasters
Lisbon · Portugal
Fábrica Coffee Roasters opened in summer 2015 in central Lisbon, founded by Russian-born brothers — head roaster Stanisl
Olisipo Coffee Roasters
Lisbon · Portugal
Olisipo Coffee Roasters is a Lisbon specialty roaster owned by Antony Watson, named after the Roman name for Lisbon, and
Gustos Coffee
San Juan · Puerto Rico
Gustos was founded in 1999 by Omar Torres and his wife Grisel León, beginning as a vendor of espresso and vending machin
Le Café des Marrons
Réunion
Le Café des Marrons is a 100% Réunion-based artisan roaster sourcing direct from Indian Ocean and African farmers (Réuni
Origo Coffee
Bucharest · Romania
Origo was founded in 2013 by Mihai Panfil, a CQI Q-grader, with a Lipscani 9 café designed by Lama Arhitectura that feat
Skuratov Coffee
Omsk · RU
Skuratov Coffee was founded in 2013 in Omsk, Siberia by Viktor Skuratov, who had spent a year and a half failing in the
Double B Coffee & Tea
Moscow · Russia
Double B was founded in Moscow in 2012 by Anna Tsfasman and Olga Melik-Karakozova, both veterans of the Russian chain Ko
Tasty Coffee
Izhevsk · Russia
Tasty Coffee was started in 2008 in Izhevsk by Mikhail Sharov, who had been distributing Italian beans for two years bef
Bourbon Coffee
Kigali · Rwanda
Bourbon Coffee opened its first store at Kigali's Union Trade Centre on 2 March 2007 — the day President Kagame inaugura
Question Coffee
Kigali · Rwanda
Question Coffee operates as a small-batch roastery and café in Kigali's Gishushu neighborhood, owned by the Sustainable
Noble-Tree Coffee & Cocoa
Saint Lucia
Noble-Tree is a Saint Lucia producer-roaster-chocolatier sourcing cocoa and coffee directly from local farmers and proce
ES Vincentian
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
ES Vincentian is St. Vincent's documented producer-roaster of 100% Vincentian arabica and Trinitario cacao, hand-process
Coffee Roaster Samoa
Apia · Samoa
Coffee Roaster Samoa was founded in Apia by Phillip 'Pippa' Moore, who returned to Samoa after years in Auckland, New Ze
Brew92
Jeddah · Saudi Arabia
Brew92 was soft-launched in July 2016 in Jeddah by Abdul Aziz Al-Musbahi (after years studying in London, where he was m
Camel Step Coffee Roasters
Riyadh · Saudi Arabia
Camel Step (Khatwat Jamal) was founded in 2013 in Riyadh and is widely regarded as the company that pioneered Saudi Arab
Kafeterija
Belgrade · Serbia
Kafeterija was founded in 2014 in Belgrade by Zoran Stanojević and Marko Vukomanović as a vertically integrated specialt
Café Des Iles
Victoria · Seychelles
Café Des Iles describes itself as Seychelles's only premium and specialty coffee roastery, operating from Providence on
Common Man Coffee Roasters
Singapore · Singapore
Common Man Coffee Roasters was founded in 2013 by Australian entrepreneur Harry Grover in partnership with Five Senses C
Nylon Coffee Roasters
Singapore · Singapore
Nylon was founded in May 2012 by Dennis Tang and Lee Jia Min — a couple who met as baristas at Papa Palheta and Loysel's
Papa Palheta
Singapore · Singapore
Leon Foo, an NTU equity-research alum who turned to coffee during the 2008 financial crisis, founded Papa Palheta in Buk
Tiong Hoe Specialty Coffee
Singapore · Singapore
Mr. Tan Tiong Hoe began his coffee apprenticeship at age 16 in 1960 with the Dutch trading firm Mirandolle Voute & Co.
Goriffee Roastery
Bratislava · Slovakia
Goriffee Roasters is a Bratislava-based specialty coffee roastery that has been roasting fresh weekly for more than twel
Stow Specialty Coffee
Ljubljana · Slovenia
Stow was founded in 2015 by Aleš Turšič — owner and head roaster — together with Peter Ševič, an SCA-certified former pr
Bean There Coffee Company
Johannesburg · South Africa
Bean There was founded in 2005 by siblings Jonathan and Sarah Robinson and was South Africa's first Certified Fairtrade
Father Coffee
Johannesburg · South Africa
Father Coffee was founded in 2013 in Braamfontein, Johannesburg by Nick Christowitz, Barry Weedon, Angie Batis, and Chad
Origin Coffee Roasting
Cape Town · South Africa
Origin was founded in 2006 by Joel Singer — a Montreal-born former Microsoft program manager — and David Donde, who late
Truth Coffee
Cape Town · South Africa
Truth was founded in 2009 by David Donde — co-founder of Origin who left to do his own thing — with partner Mike Morritt
Anthracite Coffee Roasters
Seoul · South Korea
Anthracite Coffee opened in 2009 in Hapjeong-dong, Seoul, in a converted abandoned shoe factory — the original founder h
Center Coffee
Seoul · South Korea
Sang-ho Park opened Center Coffee in February 2017 inside a former residential building at the edge of Seoul Forest, his
Coffee Libre
Seoul · South Korea
Coffee Libre was founded in 2009 in a small workshop in Yeonnam-dong, Seoul by Pil Hoon Seo — South Korea's first SCAA Q
Fritz Coffee Company
Seoul · South Korea
Fritz was founded in 2014 by six friends who came to be known as Seoul's 'Avengers of coffee' — green-buyer Kim Byung-ki
Momos Coffee
Busan · South Korea
Momos was founded in 2007 by Lee Hyeon-gi (with co-leaders Jeongsoo Pak and Jooyeon Jeon) as a 140-square-foot takeaway
Cafés El Magnífico
Barcelona · Spain
Cafés El Magnífico is a third-generation family business in Barcelona's Born district founded as the Cafés El Magnífico
Hola Coffee
Madrid · Spain
Pablo Caballero and Nolo Botana started Hola Coffee in 2015 as a specialty-coffee blog written in Spanish — at the time,
Nomad Coffee
Barcelona · Spain
Nomad began in 2011 as a coffee cart Jordi Mestre ran in London street markets after years working in the city's third-w
Right Side Coffee
Castelldefels · Spain
Right Side Coffee was founded in 2012 by Joaquín Parra in his parking lot in Castelldefels, just south of Barcelona, wit
Syra Coffee
Barcelona · Spain
Syra was founded on 20 October 2015 in Barcelona's Gràcia neighbourhood by Moroccan-Spanish architect Yassir Raïs while
Three Marks Coffee
Barcelona · Spain
Three Marks opened in Barcelona's Fort Pienc neighbourhood in 2018, founded by three friends who all share a variant of
Toma Café
Madrid · Spain
Toma was opened in 2011 in Malasaña by Argentine partners Patricia Alda and Santiago Rigoni, who had no hospitality or c
Hansa Ceylon Coffee
Ragala · Sri Lanka
Hansa Ceylon Coffee was started in the mid-1990s by Harm van Oudenhoven (Netherlands) and Lawrence Goldberg (Seattle) —
Da Matteo
Gothenburg · Sweden
Da Matteo was founded in 2003 by ex-chef Matts Johansson when he reopened a café-with-his-family-living-upstairs in Mars
Drop Coffee Roasters
Stockholm · Sweden
Drop Coffee opened as a coffee bar near Mariatorget in Stockholm in 2009 and started roasting on a 1kg machine in the ba
Johan & Nyström
Stockholm · Sweden
Johan & Nyström was founded in 2004 by Johan Wallenborg, Ola Nyström and Johan Damgaard — a group of coffee-loving frien
Koppi
Helsingborg · Sweden
Koppi was founded in fall 2007 in Helsingborg by Anne Lunell and Charles Nystrand — childhood friends turned husband-and
MAME
Zurich · Switzerland
MAME was founded in October 2016 in Zurich by Emi Fukahori (Japan) and Mathieu Theis (France) — partners in life and in
Fika Fika Cafe
Taipei · Taiwan
Fika Fika was founded in 2013 in Taipei's Zhongshan District by James Chen (Chen Chih-Huang), who had spent more than a
Rufous Coffee Roasters
Taipei · Taiwan
Rufous was founded in 2007 by Xiao Yang — a Q-grader and former Italian-cuisine chef — on a tucked-away stretch of Fuxin
Simple Kaffa
Taipei · Taiwan
Berg Wu opened Simple Kaffa in Taipei in 2011, after a decade selling coffee from a tricycle in Jingmei and Gongguan tha
Ridge Coffee
Mbeya · Tanzania
Ridge Coffee is a Tanzanian specialty roaster founded in Mbeya, in the country's Southern Highlands, and was the first s
Utengule Coffee
Mbeya · Tanzania
Utengule Coffee Estate sits at 1,400 meters on the southern slopes of the Mbeya range in Southern Tanzania, on the edge
Akha Ama Coffee
Chiang Mai · Thailand
Lee Ayu Chuepa — born to Akha hill-tribe coffee farmers in Maejantai village, Chiang Rai — founded Akha Ama in 2010 as a
Brave Roasters
Bangkok · Thailand
Brave Roasters was founded in 2013 in Bangkok by Ekameth 'Tay' Wipvasutti as the city's first specialty coffee roaster,
Doi Chaang Coffee
Doi Chang Village · Thailand
Doi Chaang traces back to King Bhumibol's 1969 royal project replacing opium with arabica among Akha hill-tribe farmers
Pacamara Boutique Coffee Roasters
Bangkok · Thailand
Pacamara was started in Chiang Mai in 2009 by Chartree Treelerkul — Thailand's first SCAA-certified Q-grader and the cou
Roots Coffee Roaster
Bangkok · Thailand
Roots was founded in early 2013 by Varatt 'Tae' Vichit-Vadakan (2014 Thailand Barista Champion, who competed at WBC that
Letefoho Specialty Coffee Roaster
Dili · Timor-Leste
Letefoho Specialty Coffee Roaster opened on Dili's Beach Road in June 2014 as part of the Café Brisa Serena (CBS) social
Tupu'anga Coffee
Nuku'alofa · Tonga
Tupu'anga Coffee runs a farm-to-cup operation outside Nuku'alofa: they grow taro on their own farm, source coffee cherri
Caribbean Roasters
Trinidad and Tobago
Caribbean Roasters is the largest coffee roaster in the English-speaking Caribbean, headquartered in Trinidad & Tobago w
Ben Rahim
Sidi Bou Said · Tunisia
Ben Rahim is Tunisia's first specialty coffee company, opened February 2022 in the historic coastal suburb of Sidi Bou S
Kronotrop
Istanbul · Turkey
Kronotrop opened in 2012 in Cihangir, Istanbul, founded by Çağatay Gülabioğlu — Turkey's first Q Grader. Initially roast
Coffee Department
Istanbul · Türkiye
Coffee Department is a specialty roastery and café in Istanbul's Balat neighbourhood, on the western bank of the Golden
TCI Coffee Roasters
Providenciales · Turks and Caicos Islands
TCI Coffee Roasters is Turks and Caicos's first and only specialty coffee roaster, founded by Victoria Turner on Provide
Endiro Coffee
Kampala · Uganda
Endiro Coffee was founded in 2011 in Kampala by Ugandan journalist Gloria Katusiime — who opened the first café in Kisem
Idealist Coffee & Co.
Kyiv · Ukraine
Idealist Coffee was founded in 2018 in Kyiv by Volodymyr Yefremov and has grown into a full-cycle specialty operation wi
RAW Coffee Company
Dubai · United Arab Emirates
RAW was started in June 2007 by New Zealander Kim Thompson, who had moved to Dubai and resorted to bringing specialty be
The Espresso Lab
Dubai · United Arab Emirates
The Espresso Lab was opened in May 2015 by Emirati entrepreneur Ibrahim Hamza Al Mallouhi after a 2011 cappuccino at Fik
200 Degrees Coffee
Nottingham · United Kingdom
200 Degrees started in 2012 in a Nottingham garage when co-founders Rob Darby and Tom Vincent — frustrated with the bad
Algerian Coffee Stores
London · United Kingdom
Algerian Coffee Stores was founded in 1887 at 52 Old Compton Street in Soho by an Algerian merchant remembered as Mr Has
Assembly Coffee
London · United Kingdom
Assembly was launched at the London Coffee Festival in April 2015 as the headline sponsor of the inaugural Coffee Master
Atkinsons Coffee Roasters
Lancaster · United Kingdom
Atkinsons opened in 1837 as the Grasshopper Tea Warehouse — one of five tea merchants in the Georgian port of Lancaster
Caravan Coffee Roasters
London · United Kingdom
Caravan was founded in February 2010 on Exmouth Market by three New Zealanders — Laura Harper-Hinton, Chris Ammermann an
Climpson & Sons
London · United Kingdom
Climpson & Sons started in 2002 as Burgil Coffee, a market stall founded by Ian Burgess after he returned from five year
Clumsy Goat Coffee
Whitworth · United Kingdom
Operating since 2015 in Whitworth, Lancashire, Clumsy Goat began as a specialty roaster with a 100% Fairtrade and organi
Coaltown Coffee Roasters
Ammanford · United Kingdom
Coaltown Coffee Roasters was founded in 2018 in Ammanford, an anthracite-mining town in the Amman Valley whose last coll
Dear Green Coffee Roasters
Glasgow · United Kingdom
Dear Green was founded in Glasgow in 2011 by Lisa Lawson — Toby's Estate Sydney's first-ever employee, who had spent two
Extract Coffee Roasters
Bristol · United Kingdom
Extract was founded in 2007 in a Bristol garden shed by David Faulkner, Lee Bolam, and Marc Richards, who outgrew it to
Foundry Coffee Roasters
Sheffield · United Kingdom
Foundry was founded in 2012 in Sheffield by Lee, who is widely credited as Sheffield's first specialty coffee roaster. T
Glen Lyon Coffee Roasters
Aberfeldy · United Kingdom
Glen Lyon was founded in 2011 by Jamie Grant and Fiona Grant, journalists who had met in South America and returned to S
Heart & Graft Coffee Roasters
Manchester · United Kingdom
James Guard founded a garage-roasting operation called The Coffee Circle in Manchester in 2012 after getting fed up with
Kiss the Hippo Coffee
London · United Kingdom
Kiss the Hippo was founded in 2018 by Can Eren in Richmond-upon-Thames, with a separate roastery built around a Loring S
Monmouth Coffee Company
London · United Kingdom
Monmouth was founded in 1978 by Nicholas Saunders and Anita Le Roy in the basement of 27 Monmouth Street in Covent Garde
Neighbourhood Coffee Roasters
Liverpool · United Kingdom
Chris Holloway and Ed Peck — both ex-Schluter green coffee importers (the African coffee specialists since absorbed into
North Star Coffee Roasters
Leeds · United Kingdom
North Star was Leeds's first coffee roastery, founded in 2013 by Holly and Alex Kragiopoulos at the age of 22 after they
Notes Coffee Roasters
London · United Kingdom
Notes was started in 2008 in Victoria, central London, when Robert Robinson — running a coffee cart at Strutton Ground —
Origin Coffee
Helston · United Kingdom
Origin Coffee was founded in 2004 in Helston, Cornwall by Tom Sobey and produced what the company describes as the first
Ozone Coffee Roasters
London · United Kingdom
Ozone Coffee was founded in 1998 by Karen and the late Jamie Hodson in the surf town of Fitzroy, New Plymouth, Taranaki
Qima Coffee
London · United Kingdom
Qima Coffee was founded in London in 2016 by British-Yemeni Faris Sheibani, a Cambridge-trained chemical engineer who le
Quarter Horse Coffee
Birmingham · United Kingdom
Quarter Horse was founded as a cafe in Oxford in 2012 by husband-and-wife Nathan and Ameeta Retzer, then relocated to Am
Round Hill Roastery
Radstock · United Kingdom
Round Hill was founded in 2012 by Eddie Twitchett, a hospitality worker in Bath who took roasting courses with Morten Mu
Square Mile Coffee Roasters
London · United Kingdom
Square Mile was founded in London in 2008 by James Hoffmann (2007 World Barista Champion) and Anette Moldvaer (2007 Worl
Union Hand-Roasted Coffee
London · United Kingdom
Union Hand-Roasted Coffee was founded in 2001 by Jeremy Torz and Steven Macatonia after they had spent 1995–2000 supplyi
WatchHouse
London · United Kingdom
WatchHouse was founded in 2014 by Roland Horne in a former 19th-century watch house at the southern end of Bermondsey St
Workshop Coffee
London · United Kingdom
Workshop was founded in April 2011 by James Dickson in Clerkenwell, London, originally co-branded as a London outpost of
A&E Coffee Roastery
Amherst · United States
A&E Coffee Roastery is the husband-and-wife project of Adam and Emeran Langmaid, who began roasting half-pound batches i
Allegro Coffee Company
Thornton · United States
Allegro Coffee was founded in 1977 in Boulder by Jeffrey Cohn as one of the first certified organic coffee roasters in t
Archetype Coffee
Omaha · United States
Archetype was founded in May 2014 by Isaiah Sheese, who moved from Milwaukee to Omaha after working at Doubleshot and To
Big Island Coffee Roasters
Hilo · United States
Big Island Coffee Roasters started in 2010 when Kelleigh Stewart (former Q-Grader) and Brandon von Damitz answered a Cra
Birch Coffee
New York · United States
Birch was founded in 2009 by Jeremy Lyman and Paul Schlader, who met in a 12-step program in 2005 and opened the first s
Bird Rock Coffee Roasters
San Diego · United States
Bird Rock Coffee Roasters was founded by Chuck Patton, who started home-roasting in his La Jolla garage in 2001 with a r
Black & White Coffee Roasters
Wake Forest · United States
Black & White was founded in 2017 in Wake Forest, North Carolina by back-to-back US Barista Champions Lem Butler (2016)
Blanchard's Coffee Roasting Co.
Richmond · United States
Blanchard's Coffee Roasting Co. was founded in January 2005 by 25-year-old David Blanchard, a Richmond native and Unive
Blue Bottle Coffee
Oakland · United States
James Freeman, a former professional clarinetist, started Blue Bottle in 2002 in a 186-square-foot potting shed in Oakla
Blueprint Coffee
St. Louis · United States
Blueprint opened on the Delmar Loop in University City in 2013, founded by Mike Marquard (formerly of Half & Half) and a
Boxcar Coffee Roasters
Boulder · United States
Boxcar was founded in 2010 by husband-and-wife team Vajra and Cara Rich, who had moved from Vashon Island near Seattle t
Brandywine Coffee Roasters
Wilmington · United States
Brandywine Coffee Roasters was founded in 2015 by Alisa Morkides as the dedicated roastery arm of Brew HaHa!, the nine-s
Brio Coffeeworks
Burlington · United States
Brio was founded in 2014 by husband-and-wife Nate and Magda Van Dusen — both former Washington, DC international develop
Broadsheet Coffee Roasters
Cambridge · United States
Broadsheet Coffee Roasters is a Cambridge-based specialty roaster known for technical precision and an unusually broad f
Buddy Brew Coffee
Tampa · United States
Buddy Brew was founded by husband-and-wife Dave and Susan Ward, who began roasting on a Diedrich IR-7 in their South Tam
Cafe Grumpy
Brooklyn · United States
Cafe Grumpy was founded in 2005 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn by married couple Caroline Bell and Chris Timbrell, who opened w
Caffè Vita
Seattle · United States
Caffè Vita was founded on January 1, 1995 in Seattle's Lower Queen Anne neighbourhood by Mike McConnell and Michael Prin
Camber Coffee
Bellingham · United States
Camber is a small Bellingham roaster founded in 2015 by three Q-grader colleagues — David Yake, Andrew Bowman, and Todd
Cartel Roasting Co.
Tempe · United States
Cartel was founded in 2008 by Tucson native Jason Silberschlag and his wife Amy in Tempe, Arizona, after a chance encoun
Cat & Cloud Coffee
Santa Cruz · United States
Cat & Cloud was founded in September 2016 by Chris Baca, Jared Truby, and Charles Jack — three Verve Coffee veterans (Tr
Ceremony Coffee Roasters
Annapolis · United States
Ceremony was founded in 2002 by Vincent Iatesta, who taught himself to roast and pull espresso while studying internatio
Coava Coffee Roasters
Portland · United States
Coava was founded in 2008 by Matt Higgins in his North Portland garage, bootstrapped by motorcycle repair until he could
Coffea Roasterie
Sioux Falls · United States
Coffea Roasterie launched in 2009 in Sioux Falls and is South Dakota's leading specialty coffee operation, run today by
Coffee Bros.
New York · United States
Founded in 2019 by brothers Nick and Dan Hunnewell, Coffee Bros. is a two-person specialty roaster operating out of a Ne
Coffee Manufactory
San Francisco · United States
Coffee Manufactory was founded in fall 2016 as the in-house roasting arm of Tartine Bakery — co-founders Chad Robertson
Compass Coffee
Washington · United States
Compass was founded by Marines Michael Haft and Harrison Suarez, who met at Washington University in St. Louis, served
Corvus Coffee Roasters
Denver · United States
Phil Goodlaxson — Northern Illinois University marketing graduate, Dell Computers refugee, Starbucks store manager turne
Counter Culture Coffee
Durham · United States
Founded in 1995 by Brett Smith and Fred Houk — who met at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School and were inspired by the Smi
Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea
Columbus · United States
Crimson Cup was founded in May 1991 by 23-year-old Greg Ubert, a recent Harvard graduate who quit a software-engineering
Cuvée Coffee
Spicewood · United States
Cuvée was founded in 1998 by Mike McKim — a former Navy enlistee turned telecom-fiber salesman — after a 1997 winter ski
Devoción
Brooklyn · United States
Devoción was launched in 2006 by Medellín-born Steven Sutton, who runs his own dry mill in Bogotá and air-freights green
Dogwood Coffee Company
Minneapolis · United States
Dogwood was founded in 2010 in Minneapolis by Dan Anderson and Greg Hoyt — Anderson left commercial real estate, Hoyt br
DOMA Coffee Roasting Company
Post Falls · United States
DOMA was founded in 2000 by husband-and-wife team Terry and Rebecca Patano, who started in a garage in the North Idaho P
Drink Coffee Do Stuff
Truckee · United States
DCDS was founded in 2017 in Truckee by former pro snowboarder Nick Visconti, after the brand's mantra 'extraordinary cof
East Pole Coffee Co.
Atlanta · United States
East Pole was founded in 2015 by high-school friends Jared Karr and Jules Tompkins (with early partner Matt Chesla) afte
Equator Coffees
San Rafael · United States
Equator was founded in 1995 by life and business partners Helen Russell and Brooke McDonnell, who started roasting in a
Espresso Vivace
Seattle · United States
Espresso Vivace was founded in 1988 by former Boeing metrology technician David C. Schomer — also a Cornish College BFA
French Truck Coffee
New Orleans · United States
French Truck was founded in April 2012 by New England Culinary Institute alum Geoffrey Meeker, who started microroasting
George Howell Coffee
Acton · United States
George Howell — sometimes called the godfather of U.S. specialty coffee — opened The Coffee Connection in Harvard Square
Greater Goods Coffee Co.
Austin · United States
Greater Goods was founded in 2015 by husband-and-wife team Trey Cobb and Khanh Trang in the Texas Hill Country, after Co
Halfwit Coffee Roasters
Chicago · United States
Halfwit was launched in 2012 as the in-house roasting arm of Travis Schaffner's Wormhole Coffee — a Wicker Park cafe tha
Heart Coffee Roasters
Portland · United States
Founded in October 2009 by Wille and Rebekah Yli-Luoma — Wille a Finnish former professional snowboarder who learned to
Horizon Line Coffee
Des Moines · United States
Horizon Line was opened in 2017 by Brad Penna and Nam Ho, two Southern California friends and former higher-education co
Huckleberry Roasters
Denver · United States
Huckleberry was founded in Denver in 2011 by Koan Goedman and Mark Mann, who met as customer and barista at a Denver cof
Iconik Coffee Roasters
Santa Fe · United States
Iconik opened in May 2013 as Santa Fe's second in-house roasting cafe, founded by siblings Darren Berry and Natalie Slad
Intelligentsia Coffee
Chicago · United States
Doug Zell and Emily Mange opened Intelligentsia on October 9, 1995 in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood as a single cafe-a
Joe Coffee Company
New York · United States
Joe Coffee was founded in 2003 by Jonathan Rubinstein, a former Manhattan talent agent, with his immediate family — his
Just Love Coffee Roasters
Murfreesboro · United States
Founded in 2009 by Rob Webb after returning from Ethiopia with two adopted children, Just Love Coffee Roasters started a
Kaladi Brothers Coffee
Anchorage · United States
Kaladi Brothers began in spring 1986 as a single espresso cart on Anchorage's 4th Avenue and grew into Alaska's defining
Klatch Coffee
Rancho Cucamonga · United States
Klatch was founded in 1993 by Mike and Cindy Perry as 'Coffee Klatch' at the Thomas Winery Plaza in Rancho Cucamonga; Mi
Kuma Coffee
Seattle · United States
Kuma was started in 2008 by Mark Barany in his Seattle garage — Barany had spent his teenage years in Nairobi where his
La Colombe Coffee Roasters
Philadelphia · United States
La Colombe was founded in Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square in 1994 by Todd Carmichael and JP Iberti, who met working at
Madcap Coffee Company
Grand Rapids · United States
Madcap was founded in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 2008 by Trevor Corlett and Ryan Knapp, after Corlett's earlier coffee ve
Methodical Coffee
Greenville · United States
Methodical opened on February 11, 2015 in downtown Greenville with pennies in the bank and a line out the door, founded
Metropolis Coffee Company
Chicago · United States
Metropolis was founded in December 2003 by father-and-son Jeff and Tony Dreyfuss in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood, af
Modcup Coffee Co.
Jersey City · United States
Modcup was started in 2013 by Travas Clifton — a former art dealer to yacht owners and cruise lines who first encountere
Mostra Coffee
San Diego · United States
Mostra was founded in 2013 in San Diego by four Filipino-American friends — Beverly Magtanong (opera background), Sam Ma
Mr. Espresso
Oakland · United States
Carlo Di Ruocco — Salerno-born, apprenticed to a wood-fire-roasting master in his native Italy as a teenager, then train
New Harvest Coffee Roasters
Providence · United States
New Harvest Coffee Roasters was founded in 2000 by Rik Kleinfeldt and Paula Anderson, with Kleinfeldt initially roasting
Olympia Coffee Roasting Company
Olympia · United States
Olympia Coffee was founded by Oliver Stormshak and Sam Schroeder as a wholesale roaster on a 12-kilo Diedrich, and now o
Onyx Coffee Lab
Rogers · United States
Founded in May 2012 by husband-and-wife Jon and Andrea Allen — two former Arsaga's baristas from Northwest Arkansas — On
Panther Coffee
Miami · United States
Panther was founded in 2010 by coffee veterans Joel and Leticia Pollock, who arrived in Miami from a cross-country road
Parlor Coffee
Brooklyn · United States
Parlor was founded in 2012 by Dillon Edwards — then a 22-year-old Stumptown and Blue Bottle alumnus from Portland — oper
Partners Coffee
Brooklyn · United States
Founded in Williamsburg in 2012 by childhood friends Amber Jacobsen and Adam Boyd as Toby's Estate New York — the U.S. l
Passion House Coffee Roasters
Chicago · United States
Joshua Millman founded Passion House in 2011 — the same day his daughter Bayla was born — after starting in coffee at a
Peet's Coffee
Emeryville · United States
Peet's was founded April 1, 1966 by Dutch immigrant Alfred Peet at the corner of Vine and Walnut in Berkeley — widely cr
PERC Coffee
Savannah · United States
PERC was founded in 2010 in a 350-square-foot rented former cooler at the Starland Dairy in Savannah by musician-turned-
Port of Mokha
San Francisco · United States
Port of Mokha is a San Francisco coffee company founded in 2013 by Mokhtar Alkhanshali, an American of Yemeni descent wh
Press Coffee Roasters
Phoenix · United States
Press was founded in November 2008 by Steve Kraus (a TV broadcasting professional, hence the name 'Press' — coffee press
PT's Coffee Roasting Co.
Topeka · United States
PT's was founded in 1993 in Topeka by photojournalist Jeff Taylor (T) and fast-food restaurant manager Fred Polzin (P) a
Quills Coffee
Louisville · United States
Quills was founded in 2007 in Louisville's Germantown neighborhood by social-worker-turned-roaster Nathan Quillo and his
Red Bay Coffee
Oakland · United States
Red Bay was founded in early 2014 by photojournalist and visual artist Keba Konte, who taught himself to roast on a Whir
Ritual Coffee Roasters
San Francisco · United States
Eileen Hassi Rinaldi founded Ritual on Valencia Street in San Francisco's Mission District in 2005, opening the city's f
Roseline Coffee
Portland · United States
Roseline Coffee was founded in 2012 in Portland by Marty Lopes after he had spent years roasting at Extracto and curatin
Royal Cup Coffee
Birmingham · United States
Royal Cup traces back to 1896, when Henry T. Batterton — Alabama's first commercial coffee roaster — sold coffee from a
Ruby Coffee Roasters
Nelsonville · United States
Ruby was founded in fall 2013 by Jared and Deanna Linzmeier, with the first batches roasted in early 2014 from the garag
Saint Frank Coffee
San Francisco · United States
Kevin Bohlin — a former middle school teacher from northern Texas with a background in theology and cultural anthropolog
Salt Lake Roasting Co.
Salt Lake City · United States
Salt Lake Roasting Co. was founded in 1981 by chef John Bolton, who started roasting at night in a Sandy warehouse on a
Seven Coffee Roasters
Seattle · United States
Founded in 2006 by Sean Lee in Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood, Seven Coffee Roasters takes its name from the Japanese
Sey Coffee
Brooklyn · United States
Lance Schnorenberg and Tobin Polk — friends since dishwashing together at Espresso Vivace in Seattle, who share the same
Sightglass Coffee
San Francisco · United States
Sightglass was founded in 2009 by Oregon-born brothers Jerad and Justin Morrison with a service cart in a SoMa warehouse
Singing Rooster
Madison · United States
Singing Rooster was founded in 2009 in Madison, Wisconsin by husband-and-wife volunteers Molly and Christophe Nicaise, w
Slate Coffee Roasters
Seattle · United States
Slate is a Seattle family business launched in 2013 by sister-and-brother Chelsey Walker-Watson and Keenan Walker with t
Slipstream
Washington · United States
Slipstream opened its original Logan Circle cafe at 1333 14th Street NW in 2014 — a family-owned, multi-roaster coffee b
Snake River Roasting Co.
Jackson · United States
Snake River Roasting Co. was founded in 2007 by Ruth Ann Petroff and her husband Mark Barron, who pivoted out of runnin
Sparrows Coffee
Grand Rapids · United States
Sparrows opened on Grand Rapids's Wealthy Street in 2007 as The Stray Dog Cafe under Lori Slager (now Slager Wenzel) but
Spella Caffè
Portland · United States
Andrea Spella — raised above his grandmother's European bakery in Chicago, with family roots in Southern Italy — opened
Spyhouse Coffee Roasters
Minneapolis · United States
Spyhouse opened its first cafe on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis's Whittier neighborhood in 2000, founded by Christian J
Storyville Coffee
Bainbridge Island · United States
Storyville was founded in 2006 on Bainbridge Island, Washington by Jon Phelps — earlier co-founder of Full Sail Universi
Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Portland · United States
Stumptown is one of the foundational third-wave specialty coffee brands in America, founded in Portland in 1999 by Duane
Sump Coffee
St. Louis · United States
Sump opened December 1, 2011 on South Jefferson Avenue in St. Louis, founded by former NYC patent attorney Scott Carey a
Sweet Bloom Coffee Roasters
Lakewood · United States
Andy Sprenger and his wife Laurel founded Sweet Bloom in December 2013 in Lakewood, the Denver suburb where Andy grew up
Tandem Coffee Roasters
Portland · United States
Will and Kathleen Pratt — both Blue Bottle alumni who first met as baristas at Boston's Espresso Royale (now Pavement Co
The Roasterie
Kansas City · United States
The Roasterie was founded in November 1993 in the basement of Danny O'Neill's Brookside home in Kansas City, after the I
Tinker Coffee Co.
Indianapolis · United States
Tinker was founded in early 2014 by brothers-in-law Stephen Hall and Jeff Johnson — Hall a wine industry veteran, Johnso
Topeca Coffee Roasters
Tulsa · United States
Topeca is the U.S.-based roasting arm of a six-generation Salvadoran coffee family that traces back to Santiago Díaz-Các
Treeline Coffee Roasters
Bozeman · United States
Treeline was founded in August 2013 by Natalie Van Dusen as Little Red Wagon Coffee Roasters, after a cross-country moto
Variety Coffee Roasters
Brooklyn · United States
Variety was founded in 2008 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn by Gavin Compton, who took the name and signage from the previous
Verve Coffee Roasters
Santa Cruz · United States
Founded November 19, 2007 by Chico State friends and former musicians Ryan O'Donovan and Colby Barr — the latter from a
Vesta Coffee Roasters
Las Vegas · United States
Vesta was founded in 2015 by Jerad Howard (also credited as Jerad Jay) as a home-roasting operation in his downtown Las
Willoughby's Coffee & Tea
New Haven · United States
Willoughby's Coffee & Tea was founded in 1985 by Bob Williams and Barry Levine on Chapel Street in New Haven and is reco
Wonderstate Coffee
Viroqua · United States
Wonderstate was founded in 2005 in Viroqua, Wisconsin's Driftless Region as Kickapoo Coffee — Caleb Nicholes started a s
Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters
San Francisco · United States
Wrecking Ball was founded by married coffee lifers Trish Rothgeb — credited with coining the term 'third wave' in a 2002
MVD Roaster
Montevideo · Uruguay
MVD Roaster was founded in Montevideo in 2014 by Alvaro Planzo, who had become one of the first SCAE-certified Uruguayan
Tanna Coffee
Port Vila · Vanuatu
Tanna Coffee Development Company was founded in 1982 to revive Vanuatu's coffee industry shortly after the country's ind
Espresso Carbone
Caracas · Venezuela
Espresso Carbone is the Caracas specialty bar founded by Italian-Venezuelan Pietro Carbone, who in 2009 opened one of th
43 Factory Coffee Roaster
Da Nang · Vietnam
43 Factory Coffee Roaster opened in Da Nang in 2018 as one of central Vietnam's first dedicated specialty operations, fo
La Viet Coffee
Da Lat · Vietnam
La Viet was founded in 2013 in Da Lat — the heart of Vietnam's Central Highlands arabica region — by Tran Nhat Quang, wh
The Workshop Coffee
Ho Chi Minh City · Vietnam
The Workshop occupies the top floor of a 1912 French colonial building in Saigon's District 1, accessed through a discre
Trung Nguyên Legend
Buôn Ma Thuột · Vietnam
Trung Nguyên was founded on June 16, 1996 in Buôn Ma Thuột — Vietnam's coffee capital — by Đặng Lê Nguyên Vũ and his the
Marika's Coffee
Lusaka · Zambia
Marika's Coffee is Zambia's flagship specialty roaster, founded 2007 in Lusaka by Finnish-born Q-grader Teija Kuusela Lu