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Richaro's Ramblings

4 May

The case for Everyday

Proper Coffee surfaces three tiers. We lean on the top one because that's the obvious thing a discovery site should do, and that's mostly where this site sends…

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England

370 worth a detour →

London

134 worth a detour

+105 Everyday picks

The cafes that made UK specialty coffee are still here. The roasteries that came after them now run from Hackney to Ealing, Bermondsey to Richmond.

Yorkshire

3 cities · 42 worth a detour →

Leeds

18 worth a detour

+29 Everyday picks

A Q Grader at Leeds Dock, thirteen years of in-house roasting across town, and a scene that spreads north through Headingley. Leeds produces what it serves.

Sheffield

17 →

York

7 →

North West England

3 cities · 40 worth a detour →

Manchester

25 worth a detour

+53 Everyday picks

Two roasters share postcodes with the cafes they supply in Ancoats. The scene runs from there through the Northern Quarter, and south through Chorlton and Didsbury.

Liverpool

11 →

Lancaster

4 →

South West England

5 cities · 34 worth a detour →

Bristol

19 worth a detour

+53 Everyday picks

One roaster publishes what it pays producers; another caps freshness at two days. The standards here are specific, and the scene is spread across Stokes Croft, Clifton, and Easton.

Bath

10 →

Frome

3 →

Also: Glastonbury · Wells · Yeovil

Oxford & the Cotswolds

5 cities · 23 worth a detour →

Oxford

11 worth a detour

+11 Everyday picks

Roasters in Jericho and the Covered Market have built something genuinely serious over the years. The students notice; the tour buses don't.

Cheltenham

7 →

Cotswold Villages

2 →

Also: Stroud · Cirencester

The Midlands

2 cities · 20 worth a detour →

Birmingham

12 worth a detour

+33 Everyday picks

On-site roasters in the Jewellery Quarter, a deep indie scene through Moseley and Stirchley. England's second city finally has the coffee to match its size.

Nottingham

8 →

Also: Leicester

East Anglia

2 cities · 18 worth a detour →

Norwich

9 worth a detour

+14 Everyday picks

A working roaster in the Lanes since 2009, two more since, and a specialist pulling from Europe's best. Norwich is serious about coffee and has been for a long time.

Cambridge

9 →

South East England

3 cities · 16 worth a detour →

Brighton

13 worth a detour

+26 Everyday picks

Six working roasteries, one on vintage Diedrich machines it has run daily for 25 years. North Laine is where most of the scene pours; St James's adds depth east toward Kemptown.

Canterbury

2 →

Woking

1 →

Also: Tunbridge Wells

Devon & Cornwall

6 cities · 13 worth a detour →

Exeter

5 worth a detour

+14 Everyday picks

Your cup is days from the roast, and the barista who made it was trained by the roaster down the road. Exeter's coffee scene is built on short supply chains.

Falmouth

5 →

St Ives

3 →

Also: Penzance · Padstow · Truro · Totnes · Plymouth

North East England

2 cities · 12 worth a detour →

Newcastle

11 worth a detour

+29 Everyday picks

Newcastle has been roasting since 1750. Today's scene runs through Ouseburn, where roasters, bakeries, and a Brewer's Cup-placed barista share the same valley.

Durham

1 →

Hampshire & Dorset

3 cities · 11 worth a detour →

Bournemouth

5 worth a detour

+4 Everyday picks

Bournemouth has a roastery with national standing and a second in Westbourne selling beans retail. The beach town reputation doesn't cover it.

Winchester

4 →

Salisbury

2 →

Also: Southampton · Dorchester · Weymouth

The Lake District & Cumbria

2 cities · 7 worth a detour →

Kendal

7 worth a detour

+7 Everyday picks

Britain's oldest coffee roaster has been in Kendal since 1819. Five working roasteries in a market town most people pass through on the way to the Lakes.

Lake District

13 solid →

Wales

15 worth a detour →

Cardiff

15 worth a detour

+13 Everyday picks

Roath is Cardiff's specialty hub, with its own roastery and a run of serious independents. Pontcanna and Cardiff Bay both have working roasters of their own.

Scotland

31 worth a detour →

Edinburgh

31 worth a detour

+38 Everyday picks

Pour-over menus with tiered origins, extraction notes shared across the counter, altitude listed alongside the roaster name. Edinburgh's specialty scene runs on filter.

South Africa

24 worth a detour →

Cape Town

24 worth a detour

+31 Everyday picks

The roasting culture here runs fifteen years deep, with national barista champions and a formal barista school in the mix. Cape Town's specialty coffee scene is the real thing.

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