Trumpington St0.5 mi from Cambridge centrelast reviewed April 2026
Hot Numbers roasts its own beans at a dedicated site in Shepreth and pours them here as pour-over, not just espresso. Fifteen years into the operation, this Trumpington Street counter is the retail face of a serious specialty roaster.
Cambridge's roastery-first coffee shop, fifteen years into pouring its own beans.
Trumpington St0.5 mi from Cambridge centrelast reviewed April 2026
Hot Numbers roasts its own beans at a dedicated site in Shepreth and pours them here as pour-over, not just espresso. Fifteen years into the operation, this Trumpington Street counter is the retail face of a serious specialty roaster.
Cambridge's roastery-first coffee shop, fifteen years into pouring its own beans.
4 Trumpington St, Cambridge CB2 1QA, UK
0.5 mi from Cambridge centre
Bean Theory is a working roastery in Newnham that happens to have a cafe out front. Single origins traced to the farm, retail beans from the same stock they're brewing.
Marsi sources the beans, pulls every shot, and hand-throws the ceramics she serves them in. One of those neighbourhood spots that rewards the detour.
Dom has stripped everything back to the cup: six seats on Mill Road, no signboard, no phones. Filter or espresso, rotating single origins from around the world, and a solo operator running one of the most focused coffee rooms in England.