4 neighbourhoods·39 cafés·last updated April 2026
Redroaster on St James's Street has roasted daily on vintage Diedrich machines for 25 years; Trading Post brings a three-generation Master Roaster lineage. Pelicano have roasted their own in Brighton since 2014; 17GRAMS and Milk Shed both roast and serve from North Laine.
The best of Brighton4 picks
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The Lanes
“A roaster's own Lanes cafe, with single origins and a V60 to prove it.”
A Brighton roaster's cafe tucked into The Lanes with a proper filter menu behind it. Order the V60.
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The Lanes
Brighton's destination roaster, three generations of Master Roaster lineage behind the espresso.
03
Kemptown
The roastery Brighton specialty coffee started with, still on St James's Street.
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The Lanes
The Brighton cafe where the roastery is the product, not the backdrop.
4 neighbourhoods
Trading Post runs two venues here, both backed by UK-competition baristas. Pelicano and Coffee At 33 bring the on-site roastery count to three.
Brighton's destination roaster, with baristas who compete at UK level.
The roastery Brighton's specialty scene grew up around.
Own-roasted, owner-run, and precise enough to earn a detour from the seafront.
The barista matches you to your coffee, not the other way round.
Trading Post's three-generation roasting lineage sits two minutes from 17GRAMS' dedicated filter menu; three purist addresses in one compact quarter.
A roaster's own Lanes cafe, with single origins and a V60 to prove it.
The Brighton cafe where the roastery is the product, not the backdrop.
Named lots, hand brews, and regulars who can tell you what changed this month.
Owner-curated roasts and a pour-over menu backed by staff who'll tell you what's in the cup.
Five independents line St James's Street. Coffeetzar's Cuban espresso is Kemptown's most specific order.
Solid espresso in a room where the gelato has top billing.
Pharmacie beans poured properly in a Kemptown cafe that earns its .coffee domain.
The mellow roast is a deliberate choice, which puts it a rung above most Kemptown coffee.
Cuban espresso as a house identity, not a talking point.
Redroaster on St James's Street has roasted daily on vintage Diedrich machines for 25 years; Trading Post brings a three-generation Master Roaster lineage. Pelicano have roasted their own in Brighton since 2014; 17GRAMS and Milk Shed both roast and serve from North Laine.
Last updated April 2026
3 locations
Three generations of Master Roasters, a competition barista team, and a roaster running in the shop: Trading Post is a roastery operation that happens to have cafes, not the other way around.
Kemptown
Brighton's original specialty roastery, 25 years in and still roasting daily on vintage Diedrich machines. The cup and the roaster are in the same room.