Georgia's specialty coffee scene runs from Atlanta, one of the strongest indie roasting markets in the Southeast, out to Athens, Savannah, the North Georgia mountains, and a long tail of small-city roasters. The state has 145 active independent operators, anchored by Atlanta proper and a metro that extends the count significantly via Decatur, Alpharetta, Marietta, and Smyrna.
Roast Local maps 145 independent coffee roasters across Georgia, concentrated in Atlanta, Athens, and Marietta. Read the Georgia coffee scene guide for the full write-up.
145 independent roasters listed · Updated October 2026
Atlanta's coffee scene has matured into something the city is now genuinely known for. Atlanta Coffee Roasters, Bellwood, Belux, and Beanealogy anchor an in-town independent scene that spans Old Fourth Ward, Inman Park, the Westside, and the city's eastern reaches. Decatur (technically its own city, practically part of the Atlanta metro) adds Docent Coffee, Dope Coffee, Lost World, and Radio Roasters. The city's roasters increasingly run their own cafes alongside wholesale programs that supply restaurants and offices across the region, and Atlanta's customer base has grown into specialty coffee at the same pace as the food and brewing scenes. The 18 active independent roasters in the city proper are extended by another twenty-plus operators across the broader metro.
The Atlanta metro extends the city's coffee culture well past the perimeter. Alpharetta has Artifex, Boarding Pass, Fuel Coffee Roasters, and Valor. Marietta has Aroma Ridge, Café Clément, Cool Beans Coffee Roasters, Elite Roasters of Atlanta, Joe's Coffee House, and Two Jays Coffee Roasters. Smyrna has Rev Coffee Roasters. Suwanee adds Awake Coffee Co, Cips, Suwanee Creek, and Volcanica. Kennesaw has Blue Collar Joe. Chamblee has Curva. Many of these were built deliberately as suburban roasteries, not city overflows, and they reflect a regional customer base that's grown into specialty coffee on its own terms. Johns Creek's Cloudland and Duluth's Break Coffee Roasters, Forgotten Coast, and Phoenix Roasters round out the northern arc. The OTP cities together make the Atlanta metro one of the deepest indie coffee markets in the South.
Outside the metro, Georgia's roasters cover a lot of ground. Athens, anchored by UGA and a long-running music and food scene, has 1000 Faces, Hendershot's, Jittery Joe's, Mr. Bill's Beans, and Publica Coffee. Savannah brings Cup to Cup Coffee Roasters, Midnight Coal Company, Origin Coffee Bar, Perc Coffee, Savannah Coffee Roasters, and The Coffee Fox to the coast. Augusta has Buona Caffe and Ubora. Macon has Cathedral. Statesboro has Three Tree. Valdosta brings Grassroots and The Beanery. The North Georgia mountains (Blue Ridge, Cleveland, Ball Ground) support a cluster of roasters serving lake-and-mountain communities: Adieu Roasters, Blue Ridge Bootleg, Blue Ridge Coffee Crafters, Mountain Mama's, Yonah Roasters, and Barrel House Coffee Co. Cafe Campesino in Americus is a fair-trade roaster that quietly supplies cafes across the South.
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