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

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Barismo

Barismo 171

Barismo's East Arlington café, where the company roasts.

East Arlington · Arlington, MA

Barismo

Barismo 364

Barismo's flagship Cambridge café on Broadway, from a long-running Boston-area specialty roaster.

Mid-Cambridge · Cambridge, MA

Bikeeny Caffe

Family-owned Malden café serving small-batch, weekly roasted coffee with scratch-made pastries.

Malden, MA

Broadsheet Coffee Roasters

Cambridge roaster-café a few minutes' walk from Harvard Yard, roasting twice a week.

Mid-Cambridge · Cambridge, MA

Flat Black Coffee

Dorchester roaster-café of Flat Black, which describes itself as Boston's largest independently owned specialty roaster.

Dorchester Lower Mills · Dorchester, MA

George Howell Coffee

George Howell Coffee – Newtonville

Newtonville café of George Howell, a specialty roaster that roasts in Acton.

Newtonville · Newton, MA

Gracenote Coffee

Gracenote's Leather District espresso bar, from a Boston-area specialty roaster.

Leather District · Boston, MA

Jaho Coffee Roaster

Jaho Coffee Roaster & Bakery – Canal Street

Canal Street roasters-and-bakery café of Salem roaster Jaho.

Salem, MA

Jaho Coffee Roaster

Jaho Coffee Roaster & Wine Bar – Back Bay

Jaho's Back Bay café, which adds wine and cocktails later in the day.

Back Bay · Boston, MA

Jaho Coffee Roaster

Jaho Coffee Roaster & Wine Bar – Derby Street

Pickering Wharf café and wine bar of Salem roaster Jaho, which roasts its coffee in Salem.

Salem, MA

Jaho Coffee Roaster

Jaho Coffee Roaster & Wine Bar – Downtown

Downtown café and wine bar of Jaho, a Salem coffee roaster.

Chinatown / Downtown · Boston, MA

Jaho Coffee Roaster

Jaho Coffee Roaster & Wine Bar – South End

Jaho's South End café and wine bar.

South End · Boston, MA

Little Wolf Coffee

Boston café of Ipswich roaster Little Wolf, which roasts to order three days a week.

Seaport / Fort Point · Boston, MA

Recreo Coffee & Roasterie

West Roxbury café that roasts its beans in house, selling its traditional roast and exclusive microlots.

West Roxbury · Boston, MA