Vermont Coffee Roasters
Vermont's specialty coffee scene reflects the state itself: small-scale, locally-rooted, and unusually serious about craft for a state with 36 active independent roasters. Burlington anchors the scene with roasters tied to UVM and the Lake Champlain corridor; Middlebury, Northfield, Waterbury, and the smaller towns add operators serving year-round residents and the state's significant tourism economy.
Roast Local maps 36 independent coffee roasters across Vermont, concentrated in Burlington, Brattleboro, and Middlebury. Read the Vermont coffee scene guide for the full write-up.
36 independent roasters listed · Updated October 2026
Burlington anchors Vermont's specialty coffee scene. Brio Coffeeworks, Kestrel Coffee Roasters, Okus Coffee Roasters, and Speeder & Earl's Coffee serve a city whose coffee culture has been part of the local food-and-arts identity for decades. Burlington's in-town roasters are extended by South Burlington's Earthback Coffee Roasters and Essex's Uncommon Coffee. The Chittenden County specialty market is shaped by the University of Vermont, the Lake Champlain economy, and a customer base that's been engaged with sustainable food and direct-trade sourcing since long before either became mainstream. The Burlington coffee scene tends toward operators who run their own cafes alongside wholesale programs.
Middlebury, anchored by Middlebury College, has Awake Organic Coffee Roasters and Little Seed Coffee Roasters, in a small Vermont town with strong literary-and-arts roots. Northfield's Carrier Roasting Co. serves the central Vermont corridor. South Royalton's First Branch Coffee anchors the Upper Valley. Mendon's Depalo Coffee covers central Vermont. State-level operators Ungrounded Coffee Roasters and Vivid Coffee Roasters supply cafes across Vermont without anchoring to a specific city.
Vermont's coffee culture is unusual for how thoroughly the state's broader food-and-environmental ethic shows up in the cafes. Several Vermont roasters operate organic-and-fair-trade-only programs by default. The customer base spans year-round Vermonters, second-home owners, foliage-season visitors, and an outdoor-recreation tourism economy that runs nearly year-round. The 36 active independent Vermont roasters represent a state where the scale stays small but the work stays serious, and where the line between farmer, roaster, and cafe operator blurs in ways that don't really happen in larger markets.
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