Girls Who Grind Coffee

Recorded answer text · Google AI Overviews · 4 October 2026

Girls Who Grind Coffee is one of the top female-founded specialty coffee roasters in the UK.

### Featured Female-Founded Roaster

- Girls Who Grind Coffee - Location: Warminster, Somerset, England - Founder: Casey LaLonde (founded in 2017) - Mission & Focus: An independent, all-female specialty roastery created to challenge gender inequality in the coffee supply chain. The company sources 100% of its green coffee beans directly from female producers and women-centered organizations globally (such as in Brazil and Colombia), ensuring visibility and financial benefit for women in leadership roles. Every bag highlights the specific story of the female producer behind the harvest.

If you would like, I can help you find:

- Specific flavor profiles or bag prices from Girls Who Grind - Other independent UK roasters focused on ethical sourcing

Recorded answer text · ChatGPT · 27 September 2026

If by “direct trade” you mean UK roasters that have genuinely transparent, long-term relationships with producers-not merely buying through a specialty importer-there are some excellent options. Direct trade also isn't a formal certification, so I'd look for published producer relationships, prices/premiums, farm/co-op details and traceability. Roasterlist

### My shortlist

- Origin Coffee - Cornwall/London. One of the UK's established names in direct sourcing, with a strong focus on producer relationships and traceability. Particularly good if you want both excellent espresso and interesting single origins. The Roast Index - Assembly Coffee - London. Excellent choice for lighter, modern roasts and high-quality single origins; currently listed as direct trade with a strong sourcing focus. The Roast Index - Square Mile Coffee Roasters - London. A benchmark UK specialty roaster, with a broad range of seasonal single origins and blends. Its sourcing is highly traceable, although “direct trade” can mean different things across individual coffees. The Roast Index Specialty Coffees UK - Climpson & Sons - London. Particularly good if you prefer espresso and milk drinks, with a more traditional flavour profile than some of the ultra-light modern roasters. The Roast Index - Girls Who Grind Coffee - Devon. Particularly interesting if producer relationships are your priority: they state that they buy 100% of their green coffee from women producers. Crumble - Curve Coffee Roasters - Sheffield. Worth investigating for its emphasis on fully traceable supply chains and long-term relationships with smallholders. Crumble - Due Coffee - UK-facing specialist roaster. They explicitly state that they buy directly from growers/co-operatives, roast to order, and publish origin, farm, altitude, process and roast date. Due Coffee

### If I were buying a bag from each

I'd particularly look at:

For exceptional light/filter coffee: Assembly, Square Mile, Curve For espresso: Origin, Climpson & Sons For producer-focused sourcing: Girls Who Grind, Due For a good all-rounder: Origin or Square Mile

There are actually 166 UK roasters currently identified as direct-trade in the Roasterlist directory, so this is a much bigger field than the usual handful of London names. Roasterlist

If you tell me your brew method (espresso / V60 / AeroPress / cafetière), flavour preference, and budget per 250g, I can narrow this down to 5 specific coffees currently available in the UK.

Recorded answer text · Perplexity · 4 October 2026

Bristol has an unusually strong specialty-coffee scene, with several excellent independent roasters. The best choices depend on whether you want modern specialty coffee, traditional blends, or cafés where you can try the beans first.

- Extract Coffee Roasters - Best all-rounder. Bristol-founded, established in 2007, and known for carefully sourced single-origin coffees alongside balanced blends. - Clifton Coffee Roasters - Best for breadth and consistency. A major local specialty roaster offering a wide range of origins, blends, equipment, and training. - Triple Co Roast - Best for coffee enthusiasts who enjoy light, modern roasting and distinctive single-origin coffees; it roasts on-site. - Wogan Coffee - Best for traditional Bristol character and dependable everyday coffee. It has operated in Bristol for around 50 years and also has an on-site brew bar. - Lost Horizon Coffee - Best for small-batch, contemporary specialty coffee; it is one of Bristol's on-site roasteries. - Two Day Coffee - Best for approachable modern coffee and café drinking, with coffee roasted on-site. - Radical Roasters - A good choice for experimental, carefully selected coffees and a more contemporary specialty approach. - Girls Who Grind Coffee - Worth seeking out for high-quality coffees from a women-focused sourcing and roasting business.

Shortlist: Start with Extract for the safest overall recommendation, Triple Co or Lost Horizon for lighter specialty coffees, and Wogan for classic blends. Bristol has roughly eight independent coffee roasters, so these are only the main local options.