Best Independent Coffee Roasters in St. Petersburg, Florida (2026)
St. Petersburg's roasters concentrate along Central Avenue and 1st Avenue South in the Grand Central District, where five of them give addresses within a few blocks, with a downtown roastery cafe on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street North and a roaster on 25th Street North whose coffee grows on its own farms in Panama. Stated founding years run from 2006 to 2021. Tampa, across the bay, has its own guide.
We've mapped the active independent coffee roasters listed under St. Petersburg 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 with no reachable website, and one online roaster whose site states no city. The orbit section covers roasters within about 25 kilometers that Roast Local lists under Clearwater, Largo, or Belleair Bluffs; Tampa's roasters are in the Tampa guide.
Grand Central District: Central Avenue and 1st Avenue South
Bandit Coffee
Bandit Coffee has been on Central Avenue since 2016, per its site, at 2662 Central Avenue, as a cafe and coffee roaster with a kitchen open all day. It roasts in St. Petersburg every Tuesday and ships orders on Wednesdays. Bandit began roasting its own coffee in 2017 and opened a dedicated roasting facility off 7th Avenue South in 2020 with a Probat P12 (per St. Pete Rising). It sells at the cafe, online nationwide, by subscription, and wholesale, and its site announces a sister wine bar coming to 2520 Central Avenue.
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Hogg Batch Coffee
Hogg Batch Coffee roasts at 2327 Central Avenue and specializes in barrel-aged coffee using whiskey, bourbon, rum, and other combinations, per its site; named products include Old St Pete Batch #1 (coffee and whiskey) and Pirate's Booty (coffee and rum). It roasts on a custom gold 10 kilo Ambex and opened its first full-service cafe, the HB Gold Bar, on the second floor of 2340 Central Avenue (per Daily Coffee News). Hogg Batch sells online, through the monthly Gold Reserve Coffee Club, wholesale, and at St. Pete stockists its site names, including Cafe Copa, Craft Kafé, and The Scott.
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Black Crow Coffee Co.
Black Crow Coffee roasts single-origin Arabica in house at its Grand Central District cafe at 2161 1st Avenue South, per its roasting page, and runs a second cafe at 722 2nd Street North in the Historic Old Northeast. Roasting in St. Pete began in 2016; the business traces to a first coffee shop opened in Indian Shores in 2007. Black Crow sells at its cafes and by wholesale and bulk order on request; the site lists no online shop.
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Look Alive Coffee
Look Alive Coffee is a roaster based in St. Petersburg whose site says wholesale is the core of what it does, with roasting to order at its roastery on Mondays and Thursdays. The roastery is at 1920 ½ 1st Avenue South in the Grand Central District, and its wholesale clients include Pete's Bagels and The Crumb Factory (per St. Pete Rising). Look Alive sells online with a rotating single-origin subscription and 5 pound bags, offers pickup at the roastery on Tuesdays and Fridays and delivery within 30 miles, and supports wholesale accounts with equipment purchasing, maintenance for La Marzocco and Eversys machines, and barista training.
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Sun Bear Specialty Coffee Roasters
Sun Bear describes itself as St. Pete's third wave light roast coffee roaster and sells online and wholesale, per its site, which gives no address. It began selling beans at markets and cafes in 2021 and was reported in May 2026 as opening its first brick-and-mortar at 1942 1st Avenue South in the Grand Central District (per the St. Pete Catalyst).
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Downtown and north
Gypsy Souls Coffeehouse
Gypsy Souls Coffeehouse is at 515 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street North, where it roasts in house in small batches. Its Our Story page names Ryan Dean as founder and dates the St. Petersburg shop and the Gypsy Beans Coffee Roasters brand to September 13, 2018. The site describes a European-style coffee shop and roastery carrying three USDA organic coffees and a Mountain Water process decaf, sourcing organic, Fair Trade, Rainforest Alliance, estate, co-op, and small-lot lots. Gypsy Souls launched its online store in April 2025 and ships nationwide, sells wholesale, and packs its coffee in Souls Pods.
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Kahwa Coffee
Kahwa Coffee was founded in 2006 by Sarah and Raphael Perrier in St. Petersburg, per its About page, and opened its first retail cafe downtown in 2008. Every batch is roasted at Kahwa's own facility in St. Petersburg, and the site names Sirocco as its signature blend and house coffee and Mistral as its house espresso. Kahwa runs 21 cafes, 20 across Florida's Gulf Coast including St. Petersburg, Tampa, Dunedin, and Sarasota and one in Fort Worth, Texas, and states 800 or more wholesale accounts. It ships to all 50 states with subscriptions every 30, 45, or 60 days, is stocked at Whole Foods, Fresh Market, Rollin' Oats, and Earth Fare in Florida, and is served at Tampa International Airport and the Tampa Bay Rays stadium. The site gives no roastery street address.
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Savage Coffees
Savage Coffees roasts at 2756 25th Street North on Tuesdays and Fridays, per its site, and runs a pop-up cafe at 122 4th Avenue NE downtown. Every bean comes from the company's own farms in Panama: Finca Deborah, started in 2008, Iris Estate at 2,300 meters, and Don Eduardo Estate. Its About page names Jamison Savage as founder and states the farm was the first to commercially implement carbonic maceration in coffee processing. The catalog is mostly geisha, with named coffees Afterglow, Anthem, Iridescence, Parabolic, and Spectrum, and a washed Caturra called The Foundation. Savage sells online within the US, through a whole bean membership, wholesale, and by roastery pickup and tours; St. Pete Rising dates the company to 2016.
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St. Pete Coffee
St. Pete Coffee has roasted in St. Petersburg since 2013, per its site, in weekly small batches with each order roasted as it comes in. Single origins include a Guatemala Huehuetenango espresso, a Colombia Cauca drip, a cold brew Colombian blend, and a sugarcane decaf from Huila, sold in 12 ounce and 5 pound bags online. The site states it partners with local businesses from boutique cafes to larger venues and runs its own cafe, 7C Coffee; it gives no street address.
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The Pinellas orbit: Clearwater, Largo, Belleair Bluffs
These roasters are listed on Roast Local under a neighboring city within about 25 kilometers. Tampa's roasters are covered in the Tampa guide.
Southie Coffee (Clearwater)
Southie Coffee roasts at 1500 South Missouri Avenue in Clearwater, per its site, and runs two Pinellas County locations, in Clearwater and Seminole. It ships nationwide.
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Decker Island Coffee (Clearwater)
Decker Island Coffee roasts to order every Saturday, per its About page, ships on Mondays or hand-delivers in the Tampa Bay area, and specializes in lighter roasts. The site gives no street address.
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D.O.D. Coffee Roastery (Largo)
D.O.D. Coffee Roastery is a Largo roastery at 12543 Ulmerton Road with a cafe and coffee bean delivery, per its site.
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Belleair Coffee Company and Roastery (Belleair Bluffs)
Belleair Coffee Company roasts only specialty-grade beans, mostly to a light city or full city roast, per its site, at its flagship at 100 Indian Rocks Road North in Belleair Bluffs, with a second cafe, Rosery, at 1158 7th Street NW in Largo that also serves craft beer and wine. It sells wholesale.
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What makes St. Petersburg's roasting scene distinctive
The Grand Central District holds five of the addresses. Bandit at 2662 Central Avenue, Hogg Batch at 2327 Central Avenue, Black Crow at 2161 1st Avenue South, Look Alive at 1920 ½ 1st Avenue South, and Sun Bear's reported cafe at 1942 1st Avenue South all sit within about eight blocks.
Roasting days are on the sites. Bandit roasts on Tuesdays, Look Alive on Mondays and Thursdays, Savage on Tuesdays and Fridays, and Decker Island in Clearwater on Saturdays.
One roaster grows its own coffee, one ages it in barrels, one runs 21 cafes. Savage roasts geishas from its own Panama farms, Hogg Batch ages coffee in whiskey, bourbon, and rum barrels, and Kahwa states 21 cafes and 800 or more wholesale accounts from its St. Petersburg roastery.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many independent coffee roasters are in St. Petersburg?
Roast Local lists 11 active independent coffee roasters under St. Petersburg. This guide names the nine whose own sites state where they roast or sell: Bandit, Hogg Batch, Black Crow, Look Alive, Sun Bear, Gypsy Souls, Kahwa, Savage, and St. Pete Coffee. Tampa is counted separately and has its own guide.
What is St. Petersburg's oldest coffee roaster?
By stated founding year, Kahwa Coffee, founded in 2006 in St. Petersburg per its About page, with its first downtown cafe in 2008. St. Pete Coffee states it has roasted in the city since 2013, and Black Crow traces to a 2007 coffee shop in Indian Shores with St. Pete roasting from 2016.
Which St. Petersburg coffee roasters ship?
Kahwa ships to all 50 states with subscriptions. Bandit ships nationwide, Gypsy Souls ships nationwide from its online store, Savage ships within the US, and Look Alive, Hogg Batch, and St. Pete Coffee all run online shops. In the orbit, Southie in Clearwater ships nationwide.
Is Tampa covered in this guide?
No. Tampa's roasters are covered in the Tampa guide. This guide covers St. Petersburg and the Pinellas County orbit in Clearwater, Largo, and Belleair Bluffs.
Last updated: September 2026