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Coffee roasters in Kent

Kent has 15 independent coffee roasters, the highest concentration in the south east outside London. The geography is distinctive: a strong cluster on the north Kent coast around Whitstable and Broadstairs, another around Canterbury and the Stour valley, and outliers in Sevenoaks, Sittingbourne and Rochester. Kent's roasting scene has a depth that newer county scenes lack, with roasters here founded as early as the 1920s still operating today.

Herbert and Ward, in Rochester, was established in 1929 by two men who met in India in 1920 and spent the following decade buying coffee, tea and spices across Africa, India and South East Asia; the business is now in its fourth generation of family ownership. Imperial Jade Coffee takes the opposite approach: founded after a 2018 trip exposed its founder to Yunnan coffee, the roastery sources exclusively from Yunnan province in China, a region almost entirely absent from the UK market. Eighty Seven Plus, in Whitstable, makes the SCA scoring threshold its identity. Every coffee they roast scores 87 or above.

Visitor access varies. Whitstable, Broadstairs (Curve Coffee) and Margate are densest on the coast. Canterbury and Sevenoaks are the inland hubs. Many Kent roasters have cafes open to the public alongside online and wholesale operations.

17 roasters Edited by Si Walker Checked on 8 September 2026

Coffee roasting in Kent, answered

From our own records, updated as the directory changes.

How many coffee roasters are there in Kent?

We list 17 active coffee roasters in Kent. Of those, 7 have a cafe you can visit, 16 sell direct from their own site and 11 run a subscription.

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

Curve Coffee Roasters, Herbert and Ward, Kent Tea and Coffee, Kin Coffee, Microroastery, Penelope Coffee and Real Deal Roasters have a cafe or shop you can visit in Kent. Kin Coffee lists Staplehurst, Kent.

Which coffee roasters in Kent do decaf?

Of the 17 roasters we list in Kent, 13 offer a decaf: Cafe Du Monde, Coffee Bean Shop, Corban Coffee, Do Good Coffee, Frogs Hole Coffee Roasters, Herbert and Ward, Hormozi Coffee and Kent Tea and Coffee, plus 5 others. Where we hold the method, Cafe Du Monde, Do Good Coffee and Herbert and Ward use the Swiss Water process, along with 2 others. Corban Coffee, Frogs Hole Coffee Roasters, Penelope Coffee and Tunbridge Wells Coffee Roastery use sugarcane EA.

Which is the oldest coffee roaster in Kent?

Herbert and Ward, roasting since 1929. Kent Tea and Coffee follows, since 1982. We hold a founding date for 13 of the 17 roasters here.

Which coffee roasters in Kent offer a subscription?

Coffee Bean Shop, Corban Coffee, Do Good Coffee, Herbert and Ward, Hormozi Coffee, Imperial Jade Coffee, Kent Tea and Coffee and Kin Coffee, plus 3 others run a coffee subscription. In total, 16 of the 17 roasters in Kent sell direct from their own site.