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Monmouth in Bermondsey, Prufrock in Farringdon, Kaffeine in Fitzrovia: the addresses that built the London specialty template are still pouring. WatchHouse roasts in South London and serves across the city; Kiss the Hippo roasts in Richmond and pours at seven branches.

Origin roasts fifty-plus single-origins and runs a barista school from the same building. Rosetta, Truth, and Deluxe Coffeeworks round out a depth that spans Bree Street, Woodstock, and beyond.

Leeds anchors the region: North Star roasts at its Leeds Dock flagship, with Kapow and Maude on their own beans in-city. York's Divine roasts on-site, Harrogate's Bean & Bud pours single-origin by origin and process, and Sheffield backs it with Kelham Island and Division Street.

Bristol runs eight working roasteries, from Sweven's competition lots to Full Court Press publishing producer prices; Bath has Colonna. Frome's Loud Mouth roasts in a unit on the edge of town and pours at Black Swan Arts.

Ancoats and the Northern Quarter give Manchester the region's roastery density; Liverpool adds 92 Degrees and Bold Street Coffee in the Baltic Triangle, and Lancaster's Atkinsons has been roasting since 1837.

Quarter Horse roasts in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter and 200 Degrees in Nottingham, with Outpost as the single-origin counterpoint; Leicester answers with TCC, roasting since the 1980s, and Saints of Mokha's World Barista Championship credentials.

Margate has four working roasteries: Curve on a Loring since 2016, Skinny Dip in an arts studio, and Garage Coffee on the Westbrook seafront.

Oxford runs more working roasteries than most English cities twice its size. Out in the Cotswolds, Rave operates in Cirencester and Golden Sheep roasts at Stroud's Shambles market.

Exeter has four working roasteries and Cornwall runs on Yallah from Helston, with Foundation roasting outside St Ives and Dark Pony doing the same in Falmouth; north Devon now adds 51° North, roasting on-site at Chivenor near Barnstaple.

Newcastle's roaster-cafe culture runs deep, and Durham packs serious independents into a walkable cathedral city. The coast adds its own: Tynemouth and Whitley Bay both have small-batch roasters behind their seafront counters.

Strangers put Norwich on the specialty map in 2009 and the city has kept building. Cambridge has its own roaster cluster and Dom's: six seats, no signboard, seriously focused.

Bad Hand roasts in Bournemouth and runs one of the more serious tasting rooms on the south coast; Winchester backs it with Blue Hour Coffee and a dedicated roasting school. Salisbury adds The Yard, where rotating guest roasters share the menu with pour-over.

Farrer's has been roasting in Kendal since 1819; Podda & Wren, Red Bank and Rinscoffee have followed. The Lakes cafes run on Carvetii, which roasts inside the national park.

Cardiff carries Wales's specialty scene on its own, with Rhostio and Uncommon Ground roasting in-house and setting the standard for the rest.

South Africa means Cape Town. Rosetta has been sourcing African single-origins since 2010, and Truth, Origin, and Cedar have built it into one of the most roaster-dense specialty cities outside Europe.