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Coffee roasters in Bristol

Bristol has 8 independent coffee roasters, making it one of the most concentrated specialty coffee cities in the UK relative to its size. The roasters here lean structural rather than flashy. A roastery using stakeholder governance to give growers a formal voice, an open access roastery anyone can use, and a roastery whose entire operating principle is selling coffee no more than two days after roasting all sit within the same eight names. Bristol's independent, creative culture shows in the way these operations have built themselves.

Clifton Coffee Roasters was founded in Bristol in 2001 by James Fisher, starting as an espresso machine service business before growing into wholesale coffee supply (paired unusually with barista training for customers) and finally into in house roasting in 2013. Now operating from Avonmouth, it is one of Bristol's longest established specialty operations. Extract Coffee Roasters runs an explicit social mission with an annual Impact Report and a stakeholder governance model that gives growers and community partners a formal voice in how the business is run; that is a structural commitment, not a marketing line. TwoDay Coffee Roasters, on St Michael's Hill, treats coffee as perishable: no coffee sold through the shop is older than two days from roasting, and customers are encouraged to buy only a week's supply at a time.

Bristol's roastery scene leans wholesale and online rather than retail. Notable exceptions: Blind Owl in St Philips Marsh has a public retail space, TwoDay's St Michael's Hill shop is open Monday to Friday, and Triple Co Roast runs an open access model where anyone can visit the roastery. The eight roasters span the city centre and outer estates, with St Philips and Avonmouth the two main industrial clusters.

10 roasters Edited by Si Walker Checked on 8 September 2026

Coffee roasting in Bristol, answered

From our own records, updated as the directory changes.

How many coffee roasters are there in Bristol?

We list 10 active coffee roasters in Bristol. Of those, 3 have a cafe you can visit, 10 sell direct from their own site and 10 run a subscription.

Which coffee roasters in Bristol have a cafe you can visit?

Bristol Twenty Tea and Coffee Co, Odd kin Coffee and TwoDay Coffee Roasters have a cafe or shop you can visit in Bristol. Bristol Twenty Tea and Coffee Co lists Unit 2 The Polygon, Fourth Way, Avonmouth, Bristol, BS11 8DP.

Which coffee roasters in Bristol do decaf?

Of the 10 roasters we list in Bristol, 9 offer a decaf: Blind Owl Coffee, Boona Boona Coffee Roasters, Bristol Twenty Tea and Coffee Co, Clifton Coffee Roasters, Extract Coffee Roasters, Lost Horizon Coffee, Odd kin Coffee and Radical Roasters Coffee, plus 1 other. Where we hold the method, Boona Boona Coffee Roasters, Bristol Twenty Tea and Coffee Co and Clifton Coffee Roasters use sugarcane EA, along with 3 others.

Which is the oldest coffee roaster in Bristol?

Clifton Coffee Roasters, roasting since 2001. Extract Coffee Roasters follows, since 2007. We hold a founding date for 4 of the 10 roasters here.

Which coffee roasters in Bristol offer a subscription?

Blind Owl Coffee, Boona Boona Coffee Roasters, Bristol Twenty Tea and Coffee Co, Clifton Coffee Roasters, Extract Coffee Roasters, Lost Horizon Coffee, Odd kin Coffee and Radical Roasters Coffee, plus 2 others run a coffee subscription. All 10 roasters in Bristol sell direct from their own site.