Ulterior Motives
11 MayJune 2026 in Cornwall (… and the ulterior coffee motive)
Penzance closes its town centre to traffic for ten days at midsummer, parades giant sculptures through it on the 27th, and calls the whole thing Golowan.
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Exeter packs four working roasteries into a mid-sized city; Yallah and Foundation keep the Cornish peninsula supplied all the way to St Ives and Falmouth.
St Ives
A working roastery outside St Ives with named single origins and three house blends worth tracking: Halcyon, Pard, and Poderosa. The team advises on grind and brew, which matters when you're buying beans to take home.
Exeter
Exeter's own roastery, roasting twice a week at Marsh Barton. Your cup is days from the drum, not weeks.
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Ulterior Motives
11 MayPenzance closes its town centre to traffic for ten days at midsummer, parades giant sculptures through it on the 27th, and calls the whole thing Golowan.
The One Coffee
16 AprExeter has more independent roasteries per capita than most English cities twice its size.