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Birmingham

Alabama

Specialty-only coffee shops in Birmingham, hand-picked for the coffee first and the room second.

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Baba Java Coffee

Green Springs café of Baba Java, a Birmingham-area roaster with several shops.

Green Springs · Homewood, AL

Baba Java Coffee

Baba Java Coffee – Hoover

Baba Java's original café, where its roasting began and a Probat still roasts a couple of days a week.

Hoover, AL

Barking Bee Coffee

Pinson coffee shop roasting in small batches.

Pinson · Pinson, AL

Cala Coffee

Cala's Cahaba Heights café in Vestavia Hills.

Cahaba Heights · Vestavia Hills, AL

Cala Coffee

Cala's Theatre District café from a Birmingham roaster that also sells wholesale.

Theatre District · Birmingham, AL

Domestique Coffee

Dawn Patrol by Domestique

Domestique's Homewood café, a hub for the local cycling community, from a roaster working in Lakeview since 2017.

Homewood · Homewood, AL

Daysol Coffee Lab

Coffee lab that roasts its own beans on site, also supplying other cafés in the area.

Lakeview / Southside · Birmingham, AL

Domestique Coffee

Domestique Coffee Roasters

Weekday coffee bar at Domestique's Lakeview home on Sixth Avenue South.

Lakeview · Birmingham, AL

June Coffee

Downtown café opened in 2022 by a roaster that started out supplying local restaurants.

Downtown · Birmingham, AL

O'Henry's Coffee

Highland Park café of O'Henry's, which has run its own roasting plant since 1993.

Highland Park · Birmingham, AL

Proud Mary; Thankfully Coffee; Junto Coffee

Punch Love Coffee

Multi-roaster café pouring Proud Mary from Portland alongside Thankfully and Junto.

Birmingham, AL

Seeds Coffee Co.

Homewood café-roastery that roasts in house and runs a strong food program.

Homewood · Homewood, AL

The Red Cat Coffeehouse

The Red Cat Coffeehouse – Pepper Place

Pepper Place coffeehouse whose coffee is roasted daily by its own team at sister restaurant Birmingham Breadworks.

Birmingham, AL

The Red Cat Coffeehouse

The Red Cat Coffeehouse – Railroad Park

Railroad Park coffeehouse of The Red Cat, pouring its own in-house roasted coffee.

Birmingham, AL