Bay State Coffee Club Bay State Coffee Club
  1. Home
  2. Massachusetts coffee
  3. Cambridge

Cambridge's coffee roasters

The Coffee Connection started here in 1975. These are the roasters working Cambridge now.

Who roasts coffee in and near Cambridge?

5 coffee roasters work in and near Cambridge, Massachusetts: 1 in Cambridge itself and 4 in nearby Arlington, Charlestown and Malden, by our count on 2026-09-27. Among them: Broadsheet Coffee Roasters, Alta Coffee Roasters, barismo, Charlestown Coffee and Cafe Reynard. Bay State Coffee Club is a Massachusetts coffee subscription: a full bag from a different independent Massachusetts roaster in every box, roasted to order. First bag free. Then $20.99 a bag. Skip or cancel anytime.

Coffee in Cambridge

Cambridge coffee roasters have a head start: George Howell opened The Coffee Connection here in 1975, and Broadsheet was founded in the city in 2017 with a cafe near Harvard Yard. The Census puts Cambridge at 122,588 people in its July 2025 estimate, and Roast Local lists two roasters inside the city line with dozens more close by. Bay State Coffee Club sends a bag from a different one of the state's roasters in every box.

Cambridge's coffee story

The Coffee Connection opened in Cambridge in 1975, started by George Howell. Starbucks paid $23 million for it in 1994. Howell went on to roast under his own name, and that roaster is one we list today.

Broadsheet Coffee Roasters was founded in Cambridge in 2017. Its cafe is at 100 Kirkland Street, and the roasting happens in Somerville.

Barismo moved into a space on Broadway in Mid-Cambridge in 2012. That room made best-of lists from Eater, Time Out and the Boston Globe Magazine.

Buying from the roasters working here now keeps the roasting jobs and cafe wages in Cambridge and Somerville. More on why that matters.

Roasters in and near Cambridge

We list these as local favorites. A listing does not mean the roaster is part of the club.

  • Broadsheet Coffee Roasters, Cambridge. Every coffee is roasted on a Loring S-35 Kestrel, then destoned and color sorted. Bags carry color coded flavor families, and the range runs from very light Nordic style to medium-dark.
  • Jaho Coffee Roaster, roasting in Salem, with a Cambridge cafe at Market Central in Central Square.
  • George Howell Coffee, Acton. After the Coffee Connection sale, George Howell's work with the United Nations and the International Coffee Organization led to the Cup of Excellence program in 1999, the first international competition and internet auction for estate coffees.
  • Fazenda Coffee Roasters, Dedham. Cambridge shoppers find its bags at Pemberton Farms.

We also keep shorter profiles of barismo, which roasts in Arlington and runs a coffeebar at 364 Broadway, and Pavement Coffeehouse, with two Cambridge cafes on Massachusetts Avenue. Roast Local lists Barismo Coffee in Cambridge and Yego Coffee next door in Somerville.

Every roaster we list in and near Cambridge, by town

Each link opens our profile: the roaster's story, what it roasts, its address and where to drink it.

Cambridge

Arlington

  • Alta Coffee RoastersArlington, MA. Their own pages, read 2026-09-28

    Founded 2024 by Jason and Meghan.

  • barismoArlington, MA. Their own pages, read 2026-09-28

    Founded 2008 by Jaime VanSchyndel.

Charlestown

  • Charlestown CoffeeCharlestown, MA. Their own pages, read 2026-09-28

    Named for its Boston neighborhood, the roaster ties its identity to the people of Charlestown.

Malden

  • Cafe ReynardMalden, MA. Their own pages, read 2026-09-28

    It shares a building with Idle Hands Brewery on Commercial Street in Malden rather than running a storefront of its own.

Other city pages: Boston coffee roasters and Framingham coffee roasters. Region: Greater Boston. All Massachusetts roasters we list.

How we chose these roasters

Every roaster here roasts in Massachusetts and was operating when we read its own site, on the date its card shows (the list itself was last checked 2026-09-27). Facts come from each roaster's own pages, written in our words; we take nothing from reviews and show no ratings. No roaster pays to be listed, and a listing does not mean the roaster is part of the club. Run a roaster here and something is off? Email coffee@baystatecoffeeclub.com and we correct or remove the page.

Sources: each roaster's own pages, and dailycoffeenews.com and whatnow.com, read on the dates shown. Facts are written in our words; we link none of them from here.

Cambridge coffee questions

Where was The Coffee Connection founded?

In Cambridge, in 1975. George Howell started it there, and Starbucks bought it in 1994 for $23 million.

Which roasters have a cafe in Cambridge?

Broadsheet has its cafe at 100 Kirkland Street and Jaho has one at Market Central in Central Square. Barismo moved into its Broadway space in Mid-Cambridge in 2012, and Pavement has two cafes on Massachusetts Avenue.

Where does Broadsheet roast its coffee?

Broadsheet roasts at its own roasting and training facility in Somerville, on a Loring S-35 Kestrel. The Cambridge address on Kirkland Street is the cafe.

How does Broadsheet make its decaf?

Broadsheet's two decafs, a Colombia and a natural process Ethiopia Hambela, are decaffeinated with sugarcane ethyl acetate, the method its own listings name as of September 27, 2026. It notes the Colombia decaf pulls well as espresso.

Where can I buy Fazenda coffee in Cambridge?

Fazenda names Pemberton Farms in Cambridge among the shops that sell its bags.

Getting Massachusetts coffee delivered in Cambridge

The club's roasters sit all over the state, from Salem to Sandwich to Lee, and most have no counter in Cambridge. Each box brings one of them to your door in Cambridge, roasted to order and packed in the roaster's own bag, with our slip naming the roaster and their shop.

It is $20.99 a bag, any roast, every 2 or 4 weeks, and the first bag is free. Skip, pause or cancel online.

  • Roasted and shipped within 3 days.
  • Free replacement if a bag disappoints.
  • A reminder email 3 days before each box.
  • Your ratings steer the next bag.

Build your box.

Nearby

  • Boston, from Polcari's in the North End to Downtown Crossing.
  • Greater Boston, including Somerville and Newton.
  • Lowell, on the Merrimack.

Sources

Updated September 2026.

By Joe McRose, Bay State Coffee Club. Updated .