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Greater Boston's coffee roasters

The towns ringing the city, and the roasters working in them.

Who roasts coffee in Greater Boston?

12 roasters roast coffee in Greater Boston, Massachusetts, across 8 towns, by our count on 2026-09-27: 4 in Boston, 2 in Arlington, 1 in Cambridge, 1 in Charlestown and 1 in Dedham, and the rest in 3 other towns. Among them: Broadsheet Coffee Roasters, Fazenda Coffee Roasters, Gracenote Coffee, Alta Coffee Roasters, An(other) Coffee Company and barismo, plus 6 more. 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 around Boston

Greater Boston's roasters are spread thin across a lot of towns: one in Newton, one in Somerville, two in Arlington, two in Brookline, two in Medford, one each in Waltham, Malden, Everett and Needham. Newton gave George Howell his first cafe under his own name and the Boston area its first barista jam. Boston and Cambridge have pages of their own; this page covers everything around them. Bay State Coffee Club mails a bag from a different Massachusetts roaster each box.

Roasters in Greater Boston, town by town

Roasters with a link have a profile on our list; the rest come from the Roast Local directory. A listing does not mean the roaster is part of the club.

Newton

Kahve Koffee is listed in Newton. George Howell Coffee roasts in Acton but runs a cafe at 311 Walnut Street in Newtonville, which serves pastry from Seven Stars Bakery.

Dedham

Fazenda Coffee Roasters roasts at a wholesale facility on Commerce Way on a Loring roaster, which it chose to cut its carbon footprint. Its Morning Bru Blend was made for listeners of a Boston Bruins podcast, and Steel and Rye in Milton is among the places that sell its bags.

Somerville, Medford and Malden

Yego Coffee in Somerville, Len's Coffee and Snugglebug Coffee in Medford, and Cafe Reynard in Malden.

Brookline, Needham and Waltham

4A Coffee and Newbery St in Brookline (it roasts in Shirley), Berraquera Coffee in Needham, and Del's Coffee Roasters in Waltham.

Everett, Charlestown and West Roxbury

Common Ground Coffee Roasters in Everett, Charlestown Coffee in Charlestown, and El Recreo Estate, listed as Recreo Coffee, in West Roxbury.

Arlington

Alta Coffee Roasters opened its roastery and shop on Massachusetts Ave in September 2024, and barismo roasts at the Arlington address where it started in 2008.

Quincy and Revere have no roaster on the Roast Local list.

Greater Boston's coffee story

Newton comes up again and again. Kahve Koffee was introduced in 1983 by Espresso Express and calls itself one of the Boston area's first gourmet coffee companies. George Howell Coffee's first location was in Newtonville; the cafe there opened in February 2012. In 2009, Barismo organized the first barista jam in the Boston area, a throwdown at a cafe in Newton.

A year later, in 2010, Barismo brought the specialty coffee Northeast Regional barista competition to Somerville.

Quincy holds a different kind of coffee history. Bill Rosenberg opened the Open Kettle doughnut and coffee shop there in 1948 and renamed it Dunkin' Donuts in 1950. That is a chain story, not an independent roaster's, and it belongs on this page because it happened a few miles from Boston.

The roasters listed above are the other side of that story. Every bag bought from one of them keeps a roasting job in the town where the coffee was roasted. More on why that is worth doing.

Getting Massachusetts coffee delivered around Boston

Commuter towns are where a subscription earns its keep: the coffee shows up on the step and you never make a special trip. The club sends one Massachusetts roaster's coffee per box, roasted to order and shipped in that roaster's own bag, with our slip telling you about 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.

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Every roaster we list in Greater Boston, by town

A town with its own page is linked; the rest are listed here. Each roaster link opens our profile.

Boston

4 roasters, on the Boston coffee roasters page: Gracenote Coffee, An(other) Coffee Company, J.P. Licks Coffee Roasters and Pavement Coffeehouse.

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.

Cambridge

1 roaster, on the Cambridge coffee roasters page: Broadsheet Coffee Roasters.

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.

Dedham

  • Fazenda Coffee RoastersDedham, MA. Their own pages, read 2026-09-27

    Roasts in Dedham, where its team handles roasting, production, fulfillment, equipment service, sales and marketing.

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.

Waltham

  • Del's Coffee RoastersWaltham, MA. Their own pages, read 2026-09-28

    Del sells bags at the Acton-Boxborough and Somerville Union Square farmers markets through the summer and fall.

West Roxbury

  • Recreo CoffeeWest Roxbury, MA. Their own pages, read 2026-09-28

    Founded 2015.

Massachusetts coffee, town by town. 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 bostonglobe.com, dailycoffeenews.com, jplicks.com and whatnow.com, read on the dates shown. Facts are written in our words; we link none of them from here.

Greater Boston coffee questions

Where did George Howell open his first cafe under his own name?

In Newtonville, in Newton, in February 2012. The cafe is at 311 Walnut Street.

Where was the first barista jam in the Boston area?

Barismo organized the Boston area's first barista jam, or throwdown, at a cafe in Newton in 2009.

Did Dunkin' start in Quincy?

Yes. Bill Rosenberg opened the Open Kettle in Quincy in 1948 and renamed it Dunkin' Donuts in 1950. It is a chain, not an independent roaster.

Can I buy coffee at Fazenda's Dedham roastery?

Fazenda's Dedham roastery is a wholesale facility, not a shop, but customers collect online orders there. Its bags are also sold at most Star Market stores and many Whole Foods Markets in Massachusetts.

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Sources

Updated September 2026.

By Joe McRose, Bay State Coffee Club. Updated .