9 cafés·last updated April 2026
Kapow, a Leeds independent since 2013, roast their own beans in-house; Raw, 92 Degrees, and 200 Degrees all pour house-roasted alongside them.
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 · 14 Aug
I am writing this from Ponta Delgada, where the coffee in front of me was roasted about four streets away. Normally that is the whole story.
Kapow, a Leeds independent since 2013, roast their own beans in-house; Raw, 92 Degrees, and 200 Degrees all pour house-roasted alongside them.
Last updated April 2026
200 Degrees roasts in Nottingham and pours the results on Bond Street. The barista school upstairs means the staff making your coffee were trained to do it properly.
Kapow roasts all its own coffee and rotates single-origin releases with tasting notes as standard, including experimentally processed naturals, so there's usually something new on the shelf worth trying.
Own roastery on Mill Hill, with baristas who know every lot by flavour and will steer you to the right one. Tell them what you're after.
20 Wharf Approach
A Liverpool roastery's Leeds city centre outpost, and it doesn't coast on the brand name. The flat whites are properly made; the latte art earns its place on the cup.
Canal-side at Granary Wharf, with Darkwoods Coffee from Holmfirth in the cup. The surrounding chains don't get close.
The Italian-identity espresso bar that holds its dark-roast line in a city drifting toward pale. The food crowd comes for lunch; the coffee crowd comes back.
Filter and espresso given equal standing, which is rarer than the Brewbar name implies. Central Leeds, coffee-first, no detours.
A bar where coffee and cocktails share equal billing, neither there to prop up the other. The tiramisu Irish coffee is the obvious reason to stay for both.
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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 · 14 Aug
I am writing this from Ponta Delgada, where the coffee in front of me was roasted about four streets away. Normally that is the whole story.