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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.

14 roasters Updated May 2026

Notable in Kent

Three roasters that illustrate the breadth of the local scene. Selected on editorial criteria, not commercial relationship. See our editorial standards for how we choose.

Herbert and Ward

Herbert and Ward is a long-established coffee and tea business based in Rochester, Kent, founded in 1929 by Messrs Herbe...

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Founded 1929 in Rochester, fourth generation family ownership.

Imperial Jade Coffee

Imperial Jade Coffee is a Kent-based roaster sourcing exclusively from Yunnan province in China, a coffee-growing region...

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Sources exclusively from Yunnan, China, almost unique in the UK.

Cafe Du Monde is a family-run Kent coffee and tea business founded in 1989 by David Latchem, with son Michael joining in...

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Coffee Bean Shop

Coffee Bean Shop was founded in 2008 by Lizzie Powell and is based in Ashford, Kent. The business began as a personal re...

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Corban Coffee is an award winning specialty coffee roastery based at Chart Farm in Sevenoaks, Kent, founded in 2017. Nes...

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Curve Coffee Roasters

Curve Coffee Roasters was founded in 2016 by Tereza and Jon, who relocated from London to the Margate coast with a secon...

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Do Good Coffee is a Kent micro-roastery founded in 2018 by master roaster Philip, who started by roasting for his campsi...

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Herbert and Ward

Herbert and Ward is a long-established coffee and tea business based in Rochester, Kent, founded in 1929 by Messrs Herbe...

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Hormozi Coffee is a family-run roastery based at Unit 9, Precision 2 Business Park in Sittingbourne, Kent. The business ...

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Imperial Jade Coffee

Imperial Jade Coffee is a Kent-based roaster sourcing exclusively from Yunnan province in China, a coffee-growing region...

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Kent Tea and Coffee

The Kent and Sussex Tea and Coffee Company is a family-run tea and coffee importer, packer and wholesaler based at Pivin...

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Kin Coffee is a small Kent roastery based in Staplehurst, founded by Greg and Kate after relocating from London during t...

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Lost Sheep Coffee

Lost Sheep Coffee was founded in 2012 by Stuart and Sarah, who picked up a love of specialty coffee in Melbourne and bro...

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Microroastery was started by Nick and Erika, who began roasting in their garden shed in 2011 with a 2kg machine before o...

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Real Deal Roasters

Real Deal Roasters has been hand-roasting coffee on the outskirts of Deal in Kent since 2013. The roastery uses two beau...

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Viking Coffee has been roasting from Unit 1E Frith Business Centre in Aldington, Ashford, Kent since 2013, trading under...