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Durham Artisan Coffee Roasters

Open until 4:00 PM

Durham River Wear waterside view, 2 minutes from Carl's Coffee Bailey Street shop

Riverside · Bailey Street · Durham

Carl's Coffee · small-batch roasting on the River Wear since 2018.

A hand-built roastery and coffee house tucked into a medieval lane. We cup every Thursday, roast every Wednesday, and pull every espresso with a 28-second target.

View The Chalkboard Menu Contact Us

5kg Probat roaster on-site 92C precision kettles

Est. 2018 · Durham Riverside

The Chalkboard

A physical menu translated for digital visitors. Hand-roasted & baked at dawn.

Espresso Bar

Espresso £2.20

Double shot of our seasonal natural process Arabica house bean.

Americano £2.80

Diluted house espresso. Rich depth of cocoa, stone fruit clean finish.

Flat White £3.40

Double ristretto, velvety micro-foamed milk. Highly balanced & punchy.

Cappuccino £3.20

Espresso, heavily aerated foam, shaved organic dark chocolate dusting.

Pour-over of the Week £3.95

Slow drip filter extract. Rotating rare single-origins. Extremely clean.

House Signatures

Carl's House Roast £4.20

Hand-poured filter of our signature Colombian honey-process bean. Notes of red grape & brown sugar.

Brown Sugar Latte £4.50

House double espresso, sweet slow-cooked molasses, organic oat milk, dusted with toasted spice.

Iced Caramel Cold Brew £4.40

18-hour slow steeped cold brew poured over cracked ice, layered cleanly with homemade salted caramel foam.

Bakery & Kitchen

Sourdough Croissants £3.50

Flaky laminated butter pastry baked at sunrise using regional stone ground wheat.

Breakfast Toastie £5.50

Crusty local sourdough, rich mature local dairy cheddar, wild garlic butter melt.

Cake of the Day £4.00

Baked directly in-house. Rotating seasonal fruit sponges and vegan loaf cake slices.

📢 Allergen queries? Speak to one of our friendly baristas before ordering. Group booking bakes are available upon call ahead.

Raw green and roasted arabica coffee beans on the Probat tray at Carl's Coffee roastery

The Roastery

From green sacks on the floor
to the espresso you drink today.

We are a tiny-volume roaster · two 5kg batches a day, three days a week. Nothing is ever bought-in roasted. Everything in the cup started as green coffee in a hessian sack on the floor of our back room, and was cupped, logged, and bagged on-site by two people.

How we buy

Small-farm green buying

Origin trip

Carl travels to origin most winters, usually in the lull after Christmas before the spring green coffees arrive.

Farmer ties

Buys from the same farmers he has been working with for the last seven years · not spot market, not importer shortlists.

Cupping

Nothing lands in the Probat without a Thursday cupping table pass · every new lot cupped against the previous month's stock.

Yirgacheffe

Kochere · ETH

Huila

Colombia

Gitesi

Rwanda

Mandheling

Sumatra

How we roast

5kg Probat · Bailey Street back room

Our 5kg drum roaster is tucked up the narrow stairs behind the bar · you can smell it working from the riverside path on a Wednesday morning. Roast profiles are hand-logged in a leather notebook.

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Roast days

Wednesdays & Fridays · two batches per day, max 10kg

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Sample cuppings

Thursday evenings · 7pm · 3 coffees, 3 spoons, a spittoon

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Bag drops

250g retail bags hit the shelf on Thursday mornings

Development Esp 20–22% · Filter 24%

on the bar every day

Our house coffee

Bailey Street Espresso Blend

Roast curve 21 min · medium-dark

60% Colombian Supremo, 25% Guatemalan Antigua, 15% Sumatran Mandheling. Medium-dark, 21-minute roast curve. Pulled as a double on our La Marzocco Linea at 9 bars, 28 seconds, 18g in → 36g out. Notes of cocoa nib, roasted hazelnut, a clean malty finish.

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Blend recipe

60% Colombian Supremo

25% Guatemalan Antigua

15% Sumatran Mandheling

Pull recipe

Machine La Marzocco Linea

Double 18g → 36g

9 bar · 28s Target 93°C

Tasting

Cocoa nib Roasted hazelnut Malty finish

"Drink within 3 weeks for the best cocoa and hazelnut sweetness."

Decaf & retail

Swiss Water · 250g tins

Peru

Chemical-free Swiss Water decaf of a high-grown Peruvian bean · retains 99.9% of the origin sweetness and acidity. No methylene chloride anywhere near the mill.

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Decaf process · Swiss Water, 99.9% caffeine-free, zero solvent
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Shelf life · drink within 14 days of the roast date
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Reusable jar · 50p off, ground fresh to your brew method
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Date stamp · every bag hand-written, not ink-jet printed

The Atmosphere

“A local coffee house in the heart of the community, where time slows down and the beans are roasted just yards from the riverbank we overlook.”

We started in a medieval lane with a second-hand roaster and three wooden chairs. We added a La Marzocco, then a 5kg Probat drum tucked up the narrow back stairs, then the bench by the window that the regulars have now occupied for six years.

House rules: conversation flows, screen brightness gets turned down, and coffee should taste of its origin story · never sugar syrups. Sparkling water on arrival, complimentary oat or whole milk top-ups, and dog biscuits in a jar by the door.

Bailey Street

DH1 3EE

Our Bailey Street shopfront

Carl's Coffee · Est. 2018 · Spring 2026

Things you'll only notice if you sit for a while

★ First espresso of the day for the baristas is at 7.45am · you're welcome to wait with us.
★ A jar of dog biscuits lives by the door. Regulars bring their own pooches in for a flat white saucer.
★ Sparkling water on arrival, a little glass for filter coffee, and free top-ups of oat or whole milk.
★ Bring any retail bag home · or bring it back · and we'll grind fresh on our Mahlkönig, free.
★ The window nook has no phone signal on purpose. Bring a book, bring a friend, or bring neither.

Opening hours

✦Mon to Fri · 8am to 4pm
✦Saturday · 9am to 4pm
✦Sunday · 9.30am to 3.30pm
✦40 yards to Framwellgate riverside

Seating & soundtrack

·22 covers · 8 window stools · 4 perches
·Low jazz weekdays · bluegrass Saturdays
·Wi-Fi password printed on your receipt

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I come in every Tuesday with my laptop. The 92C pour-over station is the best-working coffee I have found anywhere in the city. Consistent, quiet, friendly.

Hannah Remote Worker · Tuesday Routine

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Stop in at 8am sharp before the 9am riverside parkrun. Flat white, double ristretto, never burnt. Staff know my order before I reach the counter.

Joe Pre-Parkrun Cappuccino · Saturday

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Joined their monthly Saturday cupping session. Really welcoming, Carl walked us through three micro-lots side-by-side. Have bought two retail bags since.

Sarah Saturday Cupping Club

Walk-ins always welcome

Call ahead orders: 0191 386 2000

Find us: 12 Bailey Street, Durham

Visiting Durham & Location Info

From The Shop Door

Baileys Steps 30 sec

Market Square 2 min

Durham Castle 3 min

Durham Cathedral 8 min

Railway Station 14 min

Bailey Street Area

DH1 · Peninsula

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Walk route

Typical Weekly Flow

Tuesday – Thursday

8 AM 40% (Quiet)

10 AM 95% (Peak Busy)

12 PM 80% (Steady)

2 PM 60% (Relaxed)

4 PM 25% (Quiet)

Saturday

9 AM 55% (Gentle)

11 AM 95% (Peak Busy)

1 PM 90% (Peak Busy)

3 PM 70% (Steady)

5 PM 30% (Quiet)

For quiet, cosy reading sessions, Tuesday & Wednesday 2 pm – 4 pm are reliably calm — window nook is almost always free.

Getting Here

Bus · X15 & X21 Cathedral services stop at Market Place, 2 min walk.

Parking · Prince Bishop pay-and-display car park, 6 min walk up Bailey Street.

Train · Durham station (East Coast mainline), 14 min downhill walk.

Bike · Racks line Bailey Street directly outside the shopfront.

Two people enjoying coffee and brunch pastries at a sunlit table in Carl's Coffee

Cupping & Private Hire

Bookings & Private Hire

We run regular cupping tastings, small-group roastery tours, and private hire for small celebrations, book clubs, or work away-days.

Public Cupping Sessions · every 2nd Thursday evening, 7 pm to 8.30 pm, £12/person, max 10 seats.
Private Group Hire · bookings over 8 guests for meetings, birthdays, or away-days.
Please enquire at least 48 hours in advance for group bookings so we can have the bar staffed & stocked.