5 neighbourhoods·40 cafés·last updated April 2026
Ouseburn Coffee Company has been roasting in Newcastle since 2012; Pumphreys since 1750, with a single-origin programme still running. Pink Lane Coffee roasts its own on Pink Lane; The Goat's Sam has two national Brewer's Cup placements and runs the place solo.
The best of Newcastle4 picks
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Jesmond
“The North East's original specialty roastery, with a flagship cafe attached.”
The flagship cafe of Ouseburn Coffee Co., the North East's original specialty roaster. Single-origin espresso and filter on the menu, with tasting notes.
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Jesmond
Newcastle's founding specialty roaster, still the city's reference point.
03
Quayside
Newcastle's own roaster, where SCA grading is the baseline, not the boast.
04
Grainger Town
Three centuries of roasting, now with tasting notes.
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Pumphreys has roasted here since 1750; Flat Six roasts on the premises today. Lagom's tasting-card pour-overs make the neighbourhood worth the detour.
Rotating single origins with tasting cards, in a city that's starting to pay attention.
One of Newcastle's few in-house roasters, and the cappuccino is how you know.
One of Newcastle's original specialty cafes, still the flat white benchmark.
CLO out of Leeds is the sourcing story, set inside a working Newcastle church.
Ouseburn Coffee Co has been roasting in Newcastle since 2012, and Harvest Canteen is where you drink the results.
Newcastle's founding specialty roaster, still the city's reference point.
Jesmond's flat white that coffee snobs endorse and everyone else photographs.
Coffee done properly in a room that mostly came for the brunch.
The coffee on Clayton Road earns Jesmond loyalty it doesn't shout about.
Two on-site roasters on the same riverside stretch: Pink Lane and Ouseburn Coffee Co. Everything else fills in around them.
The Ouseburn micro-roaster's city counter, where the flat white is the point.
Good lattes in a room that comes for the sandwiches.
Genuine espresso care in a neighbourhood that doesn't ask for it.
A Quayside brunch room where people order the coffee twice.
Ulterior Motives · 24 Jun
July around here belongs to brass. Durham hands its medieval centre to the colliery banners of the Durham Miners' Gala on the eleventh, and the bands don't…
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.
Ouseburn Coffee Company has been roasting in Newcastle since 2012; Pumphreys since 1750, with a single-origin programme still running. Pink Lane Coffee roasts its own on Pink Lane; The Goat's Sam has two national Brewer's Cup placements and runs the place solo.
Last updated April 2026
Jesmond
The flagship cafe of Ouseburn Coffee Co., the North East's original specialty roaster. Single-origin espresso and filter on the menu, with tasting notes.
2 locations
Newcastle's original specialty roaster, going since 2012, roasting their own beans and selling them online. The decaf is a genuine product; the flat white is the reason most people find them in the first place.
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Ulterior Motives · 24 Jun
July around here belongs to brass. Durham hands its medieval centre to the colliery banners of the Durham Miners' Gala on the eleventh, and the bands don't…
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.