London
London anchored the third-wave wave in Europe — Monmouth, Square Mile, Workshop, Prufrock and a dozen others were already in stride by 2010. The action has migrated east over the years; Shoreditch, Hackney, and Bermondsey are where the roasting culture concentrates today.
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Curated picks
Editorially verified specialty spots. These are the cafes we'd send a friend to without caveats.
Colonna & Small's
Curated★ 4.9 · 227 reviews
ZeroToOne Coffee
Curated★ 4.9 · 326 reviews
Amoret Coffee Portobello
Curated★ 4.4 · 363 reviews
THE BARN Café Charlotte Street
Curated★ 4.5 · 104 reviews
Nostos Coffee
Curated★ 4.7 · 613 reviews
Origin Coffee (Charlotte Road)
Curated★ 4.7 · 914 reviews
Special Guests Coffee
Curated★ 4.7 · 463 reviews
Kiss the Hippo Coffee Shoreditch
Curated★ 4.7 · 426 reviews
Dark Arts Coffee
Curated★ 4.7 · 455 reviews
Prufrock Coffee
Curated★ 4.6 · 2684 reviews
Carbon Kopi
Curated★ 4.7 · 534 reviews
Old Spike Peckham
Curated★ 4.7 · 341 reviews
Rosslyn Coffee Queen Victoria Street
Curated★ 4.8 · 1271 reviews
Nagare Coffee
Curated★ 4.7 · 688 reviews
Elsewhere Coffee Roastery and Brew Bar
Curated★ 4.6 · 125 reviews
Saint Nine Coffee
Curated★ 4.9 · 332 reviews
Ozone Coffee - London Fields
Curated★ 4.5 · 990 reviews
Allpress Coffee Roasters Shoreditch
Curated★ 4.4 · 694 reviews
WatchHouse Covent Garden
Curated★ 4.5 · 904 reviews
Lodestar Coffee
Curated★ 4.9 · 397 reviews
Kiss the Hippo Coffee
Curated★ 4.5 · 1304 reviews
Scenery
Curated★ 4.8 · 150 reviews
Omotesando Koffee
Curated★ 4.4 · 1759 reviews
Monmouth Coffee Company
Curated★ 4.5 · 3729 reviews
Calico Coffee
Curated★ 4.7 · 464 reviews
Flying Horse Coffee
Curated★ 4.7 · 271 reviews
LIFT COFFEE
Curated★ 4.7 · 695 reviews
La Tostadora Roastery + Coffee
Curated★ 4.9 · 144 reviews
Kaffeine
Curated★ 4.6 · 2235 reviews
Nola Coffee
Curated★ 4.7 · 752 reviews
Brickwood Coffee & Bread
Curated★ 4.4 · 859 reviews
Attendant Coffee Roasters
Curated★ 4.3 · 265 reviews
Black Cowboy Coffee
Curated★ 4.3 · 422 reviews
The Common Espresso Bar London
Curated★ 4.9 · 434 reviews
Dark & Light Coffee
Curated★ 4.8 · 256 reviews
Crol and Co South Bermondsey
Curated★ 4.6 · 622 reviews
Mouse Tail Coffee Whitechapel
Curated★ 4.6 · 456 reviews
Esters
Curated★ 4.5 · 405 reviews
The Fields Beneath
Curated★ 4.6 · 649 reviews
Brunswick East, Dalston
Curated★ 4.6 · 782 reviews
Good as Gold
Curated★ 4.7 · 430 reviews
Algorithm-ranked
Other shops in London our scoring engine rates well. Higher-confidence picks land in the curated list above.
Nude Coffee Roasters
★ 4.1 · 685 reviews
Hermanos Colombian Coffee Roasters – Angel Lane
★ 4.7 · 139 reviews
Allpress Coffee Roasters Dalston
★ 4.3 · 596 reviews
Origin Coffee (Scoresby Street)
★ 4.6 · 909 reviews
15grams Coffee House
★ 4.6 · 482 reviews
Ozone Coffee - Shoreditch
★ 4.5 · 3226 reviews
LIFT COFFEE Shoreditch
★ 4.6 · 113 reviews
Qima Café and Pâtisserie - Fitzrovia
★ 4.5 · 1414 reviews
WatchHouse Roastery
★ 4.7 · 448 reviews
Nostos Coffee
★ 4.7 · 586 reviews
Assembly Coffee London
★ 4.4 · 86 reviews
Curators Coffee Studio
★ 4.7 · 582 reviews
Roasting Plant Coffee
★ 4.5 · 1469 reviews
Hideaway Coffee House
★ 4.8 · 1246 reviews
Specialty Cafetiere
★ 4.8 · 338 reviews
Caravan Coffee Roasters and Brewbar
★ 4.4 · 238 reviews
Formative Coffee
★ 4.7 · 939 reviews
Ukkei - Coffee Brew Bar
★ 5.0 · 87 reviews
Climpson & Sons Café
★ 4.5 · 548 reviews
Nkora Coffee - Cambridge Heath
★ 4.5 · 195 reviews
Paradox Design + Coffee
★ 4.6 · 217 reviews
Batch Baby
★ 4.7 · 417 reviews
Hagen Espresso Bar (Hagen South Kensington)
★ 4.5 · 404 reviews
Long Shot Coffee
★ 4.7 · 228 reviews
Allpress Espresso - TEA Building
★ 4.6 · 18 reviews
Urban Botanica
★ 4.8 · 353 reviews
Volcano Coffee Works
★ 4.3 · 75 reviews
WatchHouse
★ 4.8 · 360 reviews
Glass Coffee
★ 4.9 · 684 reviews
Door - Coffee Bar
★ 4.7 · 52 reviews