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The Milk Shed Coffee RoastersThe Lanes, Brighton

★★★PuristDestination coffee

Prince's St0.3 mi from The Lanes centrelast reviewed April 2026

The roaster is in the room, live, while you order. Get the Yirgacheffe as a filter and take a bag of the same lot on the way out.

The only Brighton cafe where the roastery is the product, not the backdrop.

4.9★★★★½(68)
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Roasts on-siteSingle originsPour-overBeans to go

What we love

  • •Own roastery on-site; roasting is live and visible from the counter.
  • •Yirgacheffe single origin available as filter and as retail beans.
  • •Hand-brew methods alongside a full espresso menu.
  • •Home-barista courses cover sourcing, ethics, and extraction, run by the team that roasts the beans.

Location

9 Prince's St, Kemptown, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN2 1RD, UK

0.3 mi from The Lanes centre

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