The blue shopfront of Coffee on the Crescent, with a gold sign listing speciality teas, craft beers, fine wine, gifts and art, and pendant lamps glowing in the window below

Leeds

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Leeds pours its best coffee from Victorian arcades to the dockside, with roasters like North Star and Kapow serving their own beans.

The blue shopfront of Coffee on the Crescent, with a gold sign listing speciality teas, craft beers, fine wine, gifts and art, and pendant lamps glowing in the window below

Coffee on the Crescent

Hyde Park · Leeds

former cricketer's coffee houseBeans to go

Fika North

Far Headingley · Leeds

Swedish style coffee breaksDog friendly

The black Kapow Coffee shopfront in Thornton's Arcade, with bistro chairs outside and a chalkboard sign under hanging bunting

Kapow Coffee

City Centre · Leeds

Victorian arcade coffee shopBeans to go

The Kulture Coffee shopfront on Kirkstall Road, with a cream sign above a black fascia reading Coffee, Volcano Cookies and Sandwiches, and green framed windows either side of the door

Kulture Coffee

Burley · Leeds

roastery and cookie shopBeans to go

The Laynes dining room, with a bold ochre and brown tiled wall above a mustard banquette, wooden tables and matching chairs under a black framed window

Laynes

City Centre · Leeds

barista owned since 2011Beans to go

The North Star Coffee shopfront on Great George Street, with a blue fascia, pink framed windows, a green and pink door numbered 59, a white cargo bike and a pink bench outside

North Star Coffee Shop, Great George Street

City Centre · Leeds

roaster's retail flagshipBeans to go

The glass fronted North Star Coffee Shop at Leeds Dock, with a blue framed window on the left, a hanging sign reading North Star Coffee Shop and General Store, double glass doors and two dark planters of green shrubs on the paving

North Star Coffee Shop, Leeds Dock

Leeds Dock · Leeds

roaster's own waterside cafeBeans to go

The counter at RAW Coffee Roasters in low light, with black dome pendant lamps, a clear menu board, a concrete bar holding a payment tablet, signs and bags of beans, and an espresso machine at the far end

RAW Coffee Roasters

City Centre · Leeds

micro roastery on Mill HillBeans to go

A lounge corner at Stage with a grey sofa under a framed coffee flavour wheel on a leafy green wall, a low wooden table, and a bookcase of books and board games

Stage Espresso & Brewbar

City Centre · Leeds

rotating single origin coffeesBeans to go