Leicestershire has 4 independent coffee roasters, with Leicester city at the centre (Leicester Coffee House on a Probat Probatino, Northern Cobbler from Clarendon Park) and rural operations at Great Glen (St Martins Coffee Roasters, family owned, full service supplier) and Market Harborough (Well Roasted Coffee, on the Welland Valley border with Northamptonshire). Northern Cobbler was founded in 2010 by Feroza and Steffan, two friends who began their careers in the footwear industry before turning to specialty coffee during international travel.
Leicester city is the easiest visitor stop. The rural roasters reward longer drives: Pennbury Farm (St Martins) sits east of the city, and the Northamptonshire border (Well Roasted Coffee at Eckland Lodge) extends into the Welland Valley.
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.
Leicester Coffee House Company is a small roastery and coffee shop at 110 Granby Street, Leicester, named after the orig...
Named for the 1877 coffee house on the same street.
Northern Cobbler was founded in 2010 by Feroza and Steffan, two friends and former footwear-industry colleagues whose in...
Founded by two former footwear industry colleagues.
Carrara Coffee Roasters roasts speciality single origins and blends in the rural town of Market Harborough, with roastin...
Leicester Coffee House Company is a small roastery and coffee shop at 110 Granby Street, Leicester, named after the orig...
Northern Cobbler was founded in 2010 by Feroza and Steffan, two friends and former footwear-industry colleagues whose in...
Saints of Mokha is a family-run roastery in Leicester, established in 2016 and named after Ali Ben Omar, the Sufi Saint ...
St Martins Coffee Roasters is a family owned and operated specialty coffee roastery based at Pennbury Farm in Great Glen...
The Coffee Counter is a Leicester roastery selling single origins and blends through its online shop, with a cafe also o...
Well Roasted Coffee is an independent micro roastery based at Eckland Lodge Business Park near Market Harborough, on the...
From our own records, updated as the directory changes.
We list 7 active coffee roasters in Leicestershire. Of those, 3 have a cafe you can visit, 7 sell direct from their own site and 6 run a subscription.
Leicester Coffee House, Northern Cobbler and The Coffee Counter have a cafe or shop you can visit in Leicestershire. Leicester Coffee House lists 110 Granby Street, Leicester, LE1 1DL.
Of the 7 roasters we list in Leicestershire, 6 offer a decaf: Carrara Coffee Roasters, Leicester Coffee House, Northern Cobbler, Saints of Mokha, St Martins Coffee Roasters and Well Roasted Coffee. Where we hold the method, Carrara Coffee Roasters, Leicester Coffee House and Northern Cobbler use sugarcane EA. St Martins Coffee Roasters uses the Swiss Water process.
Carrara Coffee Roasters, roasting since 2008. Northern Cobbler follows, since 2010. We hold a founding date for 3 of the 7 roasters here.
Carrara Coffee Roasters, Leicester Coffee House, Northern Cobbler, St Martins Coffee Roasters, The Coffee Counter and Well Roasted Coffee run a coffee subscription. All 7 roasters in Leicestershire sell direct from their own site.