It Started in My Kitchen…...

I hope you’re sitting comfortably with a very good cup of coffee. If you’re not, you’re certainly in the right place.

I started Coffee Bean Shop in 2008 because I loved coffee, took my food and wine pretty seriously, and couldn’t understand why it was so difficult to find coffee that made me think WOW. So much of what I tried was dark, bitter and over-roasted. I was convinced coffee could be better.

Then I tasted properly freshly roasted coffee.

That was it. I was hooked.

I started researching beans, origins and roasting, drank an enormous amount of coffee in the process, bought a little 1kg roaster and began roasting in my kitchen. I wanted sweetness, flavour and all those wonderful differences between coffees to come through — not disappear under a dark roast.

The kitchen walls gradually turned brown, so the roaster was relocated to the garage and I launched a little website.

And then, rather wonderfully, people started buying my coffee.

As the orders grew, we moved into our roastery in Ashford and Coffee Bean Shop continued to grow with them.

Nearly two decades later, we’re still here, still family-run and still rather obsessed with coffee.

We now source an extraordinary selection of coffees from around the world, including coffees bought directly from farms and producers we have built relationships with over the years. Our range changes constantly because coffee is a crop, and when something particularly good arrives, we want you to try it.

Some of our customers have ordered from us hundreds of times, which is perhaps the greatest compliment we could ever receive.

And despite growing considerably since those days in my kitchen, the principle behind Coffee Bean Shop hasn’t changed:

Find brilliant coffee. Roast it properly. Roast it fresh. And get it to you quickly.

No burnt bitterness. No coffee sitting around for months. Just freshly roasted coffee with all the flavour it was supposed to have.

So, welcome to Coffee Bean Shop. Have a good look around, be adventurous and try something you’ve never had before.

After all, one cup of coffee changed my life. You never know what a cup of our coffee will do to you!

Lizzie & the Coffee Beaners
Family-run since 2008