Proper Coffee

The North East

4 cities · 19 specialty cafés · 73 reviewed

Newcastle's roaster-cafe culture runs deep, and Durham packs serious independents into a walkable cathedral city. The coast adds its own: Tynemouth and Whitley Bay both have small-batch roasters behind their seafront counters.

Best in The North East

Pink Lane Coffee

★★★ Purist

Newcastle

Newcastle's own roaster, where SCA grading is the baseline, not the boast.

Ouseburn Coffee

★★★ Purist

Newcastle · 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.

By area

Newcastle

England

11 worth a detour

+29 Everyday picks

Whitley Bay

England

4 worth a detour

+5 Everyday picks

Tynemouth

England

3 worth a detour

+13 Everyday picks

Durham

England

1 worth a detour

+7 Everyday picks

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Ulterior Motives · 24 Jun

July 2026 in Tyne & Wear (… and the ulterior coffee motive)

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…

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