Best Independent Coffee Roasters in St. Louis, Missouri (2026)
St. Louis's roasters range from a company roasting since 1905 to micro-roasteries opened in the late 2010s, spread across South Jefferson Avenue, The Hill, Tower Grove South, the Central West End, and the industrial blocks along Manchester Avenue and Gratiot Street. Two of the listed roasters air roast, one is a shared co-roasting facility, and several sell only online and wholesale.
We've mapped the active independent coffee roasters listed under St. Louis as of September 2026. Every fact below comes from the roaster's own website, with at most one press source per roaster cited inline. Where a site does not state something (a founding year, a roasting machine, a street address), this guide does not state it either. Two listed businesses are left out: one that a public broadcaster reported closed in 2018 and whose domain no longer resolves, and one with no website or social presence to source from. The orbit section covers roasters within about 30 kilometers that Roast Local lists under a neighboring city.
South Jefferson Avenue
Coffeestamp
Coffeestamp was created by Patrick and Spencer Clapp in 2018 as a micro-roastery, per its About page, and runs a full-service coffee bar at 2511 South Jefferson Avenue in the Fox Park neighborhood. It sells at the bar, online with subscriptions, and wholesale.
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Sump Coffee
Sump Coffee is at 3700 South Jefferson Avenue. It opened on December 1, 2011 as a multi-roaster cafe and bought its own roaster in July 2012 (per Sprudge). The site lists four cafes: South Jefferson in St. Louis, One City and Petrichor in Nashville, and Williamsburg in Brooklyn. Sump sells whole bean online, single-origin subscriptions, and wholesale; current origins named on the site include Colombia and Kenya.
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The Hill and Tower Grove South
Shaw's Coffee
Shaw's Coffee is a coffee roasting company at 5147 Shaw Avenue on The Hill, in a building the site says was once a bank and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The site describes its coffees as generally darker roasted in a traditional European style, roasted throughout the week from origins across the Americas, Africa, and the Pacific Rim. Shaw's runs a cafe, sells beans in store and by shipping, and also sells green coffee beans.
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Park Avenue Coffee
Park Avenue Coffee air roasts all of its coffee in small batches, per its site, at a roasting facility at 5105 Columbia Avenue on The Hill that doubles as one of its cafes. The other St. Louis cafes are at 1919 Park Avenue in Lafayette Square, 4240 Duncan Avenue in Cortex, and 521 Olive Street downtown, with a fifth in Washington, Missouri. Roast levels are medium, dark, and Italian; a named blend is Amp'd. Park Avenue also bakes gooey butter cake in flavors including Triple Chocolate and Red Velvet, and sells online, wholesale, and through catering and office coffee.
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Hartford Coffee Company
Hartford Coffee Company has been on its corner at 3974 Hartford Street in Tower Grove South since 2004, per its site, and air roasts on site five pounds at a time, with the roast date printed on every bag. Origins in the shop include Brazil Cerrado, Colombia Huila, Ethiopia, Kenya AA, Tanzania Peaberry, Bali, and Sumatra. Hartford runs a cafe with a private event room, sells online with subscriptions, and roasts mail orders fresh before shipping.
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Central West End and Delmar
Blueprint Coffee
Blueprint Coffee opened its first coffee bar and roastery in 2013, per its site. It now roasts Monday through Friday at its headquarters at 1600 South 39th Street and runs three coffee bars: 6225 Delmar Boulevard, 4206 Watson Road, and the High Low bar at 3301 Washington Boulevard. The site names its single origins by producer, sells an instant coffee line, offers subscriptions, and supplies wholesale accounts across the country.
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Northwest Coffee Roasting
Northwest Coffee Roasting describes itself as an artisan roaster serving the St. Louis community with hand-roasted full city coffee. Its cafes are at 4251 Laclede Avenue in the Central West End and 8650 Big Bend in Webster Groves. Origins on the site include Colombia, Guatemala, Ethiopia, Sumatra, and Tanzania, and beans are sold in store and online.
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Manchester Avenue, Gratiot Street, and the roasteries without a cafe
Thomas Coffee Co
Thomas Coffee has roasted since 1905, per its site, and is at 3983 Gratiot Street. Named products are Premium Blend, Dark Roast, and Decaf. Thomas sells online with a subscription discount and wholesale coffee services, and also sells tea. There is no cafe.
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Kuva Coffee
Kuva Coffee was established in St. Louis in 2003, per its site, and is at 5231 Manchester Avenue. It hand roasts single-origin coffees in micro-batches and began by selling at local farmers markets. Kuva sells online; the site lists no cafe.
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Mississippi Mud Coffee Roasters
Mississippi Mud has roasted small batches since 2004, per its site, which places its beginnings on the banks of the Mississippi River and gives no street address. Collections include signature blends, single origins, and a farmer-direct line; a named product is the French Chicory Blend. It sells online with subscriptions and free shipping above a threshold, plus compostable pods, and runs a wholesale program.
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Switch Coffee Co
Switch Coffee began in 2017 in North City St. Louis, per its site, turning a retired racquetball court into a roasting facility, a project the site says was facilitated with Mission: St. Louis. Green coffee is sourced through importers. Switch sells online, through a coffee of the month club, in bulk and fraction grinds for wholesale, and to restaurants. No cafe or street address is listed.
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First Crack Co-Roasting
First Crack at 4808 Fairview Avenue is a shared roasting facility rather than a coffee brand: since 2013, per its site, it has rented roasting time, toll roasted, and white labeled for other roasters, with an education program. The site lists further facilities in Denver and Cleveland. There is no cafe and no bean shop.
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Listed under St. Louis, addressed in Richmond Heights and Maplewood
Coma Coffee Roasters
Coma Coffee Roasters began in 2016, per its site, which gives its cafe address as 1034 South Brentwood Boulevard in Richmond Heights, at University Tower. A named signature house blend is Storyteller; other coffees on the site include an Ethiopia Worka Sakaro and a Rwanda Nyamasheke. Coma sells at the cafe, online, and wholesale.
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La Cosecha Coffee Roasters
La Cosecha describes itself as a specialty coffee roaster in St. Louis; the only street address on its site is its coffee bar at 7360 Manchester Road in Maplewood. It sells online with subscriptions and free shipping above a threshold, wholesale with a bagless delivery option, and from a coffee truck. Named coffees include Papua New Guinea, Dulzura, and City Limits.
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The St. Louis orbit: Maplewood, Brentwood, Kirkwood, St. Charles
These roasters are listed on Roast Local under a neighboring city and sit within about 30 kilometers of downtown.
Living Room Coffee (Maplewood)
Living Room Coffee at 2810 Sutton Boulevard roasts all of its own beans and sells them in the cafe and online.
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Stringbean Coffee (Brentwood)
Stringbean Coffee at 858 Hanley Industrial Court began as a home roasting hobby in March 2011, per its site, and roasts small batches in what it calls non-computerized, old school ways.
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Chauvin Coffee Company (Kirkwood)
Chauvin Coffee at 310 South Fillmore traces its roasting roots to 1930 under the Rose Coffee name and dates the founding of the Chauvin company to 1984, per its site. It roasts on STA-Impianti perforated-drum machines imported from Italy and sells wholesale single origins and blends.
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Course Coffee Roasters (St. Charles)
Course Coffee Roasters at 1218 North 2nd Street describes its approach as small batch profile roasting and runs a wholesale program under the name Serve Course.
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What makes St. Louis's roasting scene distinctive
The stated founding years span more than a century. Thomas Coffee dates its roasting to 1905, Kuva to 2003, Hartford and Mississippi Mud to 2004, Sump to 2011, Blueprint and First Crack to 2013, Coma to 2016, Switch to 2017, and Coffeestamp to 2018. In 1920 St. Louis was the largest inland coffee hub in the United States (per St. Louis Public Radio).
Two roasters air roast, and one roasts for other roasters. Hartford and Park Avenue both state that they air roast rather than drum roast. First Crack rents roasting time and toll roasts for other brands, and lists sister facilities in Denver and Cleveland.
Several roasters have no cafe. Thomas, Kuva, Mississippi Mud, Switch, and First Crack list no cafe on their sites; two of them list no street address at all. Sump, Blueprint, Park Avenue, Hartford, Shaw's, Coffeestamp, Northwest, and Coma each run at least one.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many independent coffee roasters are in St. Louis?
Roast Local lists 16 active independent coffee roasters under St. Louis. This guide names the fourteen whose own sites state what they do: Blueprint, Coffeestamp, Coma, First Crack, Hartford, Kuva, La Cosecha, Mississippi Mud, Northwest, Park Avenue, Shaw's, Sump, Switch, and Thomas. Living Room, Stringbean, Chauvin, and Course are covered in the orbit section.
What is St. Louis's oldest coffee roaster?
By stated founding year, Thomas Coffee Co at 3983 Gratiot Street, whose site says it has roasted since 1905. In the orbit, Chauvin Coffee in Kirkwood traces its roasting roots to 1930.
Which St. Louis coffee roasters ship?
Mississippi Mud, Thomas, Kuva, Switch, and La Cosecha sell online without a cafe or with a single bar and state free shipping thresholds or subscriptions. Blueprint, Sump, Hartford, Coffeestamp, Park Avenue, and Shaw's also run online shops alongside their cafes; Blueprint states that its wholesale reaches retailers across the country.
Which St. Louis roasters air roast?
Hartford Coffee Company in Tower Grove South and Park Avenue Coffee on The Hill both state on their sites that they air roast, in which the beans float on hot air rather than sitting against a hot drum.
Last updated: September 2026