8 neighbourhoods·47 cafés·last updated April 2026
North Star's roastery flagship at Leeds Dock runs a Q Grader and Cup of Excellence juror; Kapow has roasted their own beans here for thirteen years. Maude roasts on-site with named single-origins; Laynes has been pulling serious espresso since before it was fashionable.
The best of Leeds4 picks
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Horsforth
“The Horsforth roastery roasting to order, not to stock.”
A Yorkshire roastery that roasts to your order, so the beans in the bag are days off the drum rather than weeks. Multiple origins, serious about sourcing, and happy to talk you through what you're drinking.
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Kirkgate
A Sovereign Street kiosk pouring own roasts from a roaster co-founded by a Cup of Excellence juror.
03
City Centre
A Leeds roastery with a café attached, not the other way around.
04
Kirkgate
Leeds's destination roastery, where the tasting cards mean something.
8 neighbourhoods
North Star runs their cafe arm and their Leeds Dock roastery flagship in the same neighbourhood; Laynes has been doing specialty seriously here since before it was fashionable.
Leeds's destination roastery, where the tasting cards mean something.
Leeds' own roastery, with Kirkgate as the place to drink the batches.
The roast is theirs, and someone walked 25km to prove it.
Three brew methods run from a horsebox, with the extraction explained before you order.
Kapow have been roasting their own beans in Leeds for thirteen years; Raw, 92 Degrees, and 200 Degrees all pour house-roasted alongside them.
A Liverpool roastery feeding four Leeds sites, and the standards travel.
Roasts its own beans, and the baristas can tell you exactly why.
The Nottingham roastery settles the question of whether this is a chain or a roaster.
Coffee and cocktails on equal terms, neither there to dress the other up.
Kulture Coffee roasts their own beans here, a rare thing for a neighbourhood this student-heavy. Bowery's AllPress bar and free upstairs workspace add a second reason to make the trip.
Better barista work than Headingley has any right to expect.
AllPress on the machine, but Headingley keeps coming back for the almond croissants.
Run by a competition mixologist who decided espresso deserved the same precision.
Solid coffee in a Scandinavian room where the bagels usually take top billing.
Rabbit Hole Coffee stocks Hardlines, Campbell & Syme and Cuppers Choice; PARIA adds a cycling and running community hub to the neighbourhood mix.
The coffee holds its own against the programme, which isn't always true of arts centres.
The coffee holds up in a room that's already full without it.
Someone back there cares about extraction, and the flat white is the proof.
Batch brew and proper flat whites, in the neighbourhood that needed them.
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North Star's roastery flagship at Leeds Dock runs a Q Grader and Cup of Excellence juror; Kapow has roasted their own beans here for thirteen years. Maude roasts on-site with named single-origins; Laynes has been pulling serious espresso since before it was fashionable.
Last updated April 2026
Horsforth
A Yorkshire roastery that roasts to your order, so the beans in the bag are days off the drum rather than weeks. Multiple origins, serious about sourcing, and happy to talk you through what you're drinking.
Kirkgate
North Star's Sovereign Street kiosk, pouring the brand's own roasts. Co-founder Holly Kragiopoulos is a Q Grader; the kiosk format undersells what is behind it.
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Ulterior Motives · 20 Jun
For one stretch of July, you can't move in York for early music or in Harrogate for livestock.
Richaro's Ramblings · 4 May
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…