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Who roasts coffee in Seattle, Bellevue and the Eastside?
48 roasters roast coffee in Seattle, Bellevue and the Eastside, Washington, across 11 towns, by our count on 2026-09-27: 35 in Seattle, 3 in Redmond, 2 in Auburn, 1 in Bellevue and 1 in Des Moines, and the rest in 6 other towns. Among them: Boon Boona Coffee, Broadcast Coffee, Caffe Vita, Elm Coffee Roasters, Espresso Vivace and Fulcrum Coffee Roasters, plus 42 more. Palouse Coffee Club is a Washington coffee subscription: a full bag from a different independent Washington roaster in every box, roasted to order. First bag free. Then $20.99 a bag. Skip or cancel anytime.
Coffee on the Eastside and in south King County
Bellevue coffee roasters are few inside the city itself, one on the Roast Local directory, but King County around it is full of them. This page covers every King County town without its own page here: Bellevue, Kirkland, Renton, Sammamish and Bothell on the Eastside, and Kent, Auburn, Federal Way and Burien to the south. Seattle and Redmond have their own pages.
Roasters in Bellevue and the Eastside
Renton
- Boon Boona Coffee: opened its shop in downtown Renton in 2019, and it roasts and runs a cafe there. We list it as a local favorite; a listing does not mean the roaster is part of the club.
Bellevue
- Third Culture Coffee: a cafe at 80 102nd Ave NE in Bellevue since 2017. Its coffee is roasted in collaboration with True North, so we do not list it as a roaster.
- Mercurys Coffee Co.: started in Woodinville in 1998 and opened a combined roastery and bakery in Bellevue in 2018.
Kirkland
- Thruline Coffee, founded in Kirkland in 2008 as Rococo Coffee Roasting.
- Tilted Shed Roasting: listed under Kirkland on Roast Local.
- Zoka Coffee roasts in Bellingham but opened its Kirkland cafe in 2009.
Federal Way
- Caffe D'arte: an Italian style roaster founded by Naples trained Mauro Cipolla, with its address at 33926 9th Avenue S.
Kent, Auburn and Shoreline
- Rad Roasting Company, Kent; Poverty Bay Coffee and Roasterworks, Auburn; Black Coffee Northwest and Orca Bay Coffee, Shoreline. Each is listed under its town on Roast Local. We also profile Black Arrows Coffee, which roasts in Auburn.
Roast Local also lists roasters in Woodinville, North Bend, Vashon Island, Issaquah, Enumclaw and Des Moines. Among the ones we now profile are Outlands Coffee Company in North Bend, Colibri Coffee Roasters in downtown Enumclaw, Second Love Coffee Roasters in Des Moines, and three on Vashon: The Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie, Blossom Coffee Roasters and Pollard Coffee.
The Eastside's coffee story
Kent has a place in Seattle-area coffee history. Tully's Coffee opened its first store there in September 1992. Its founder, Tom "Tully" O'Keefe, started it to rival Starbucks.
Boon Boona's 2019 opening made downtown Renton a roasting address. The company began in 2012 by sourcing and distributing Ethiopian green coffee and started selling roasted Ethiopian and Rwandan coffee in 2016. Its cafes offer pop up space to local artists, nonprofits and small businesses.
Kirkland has kept a local roaster since 2008, when Thruline, then called Rococo Coffee Roasting, set up there. Bellevue gained Third Culture in 2017.
Some of the region's coffee money goes back to a local school: Zoka sells a Redhawk Blend that benefits Sammamish High School. Buy a bag from an Eastside roaster and the money pays wages in Renton or Kirkland rather than leaving the county.
Getting Washington coffee delivered on the Eastside
Palouse Coffee Club sends Eastside homes a bag from a different independent Washington roaster every 2 or 4 weeks. The roaster roasts your bag to order and ships it in its own bag, with our packing slip about the roaster and its shop. $20.99 a bag, any roast. First bag free. Whole bean or ground, one bag or two, and you can skip, pause or cancel online.
- Roasted and shipped within 3 days.
- Free replacement if a bag disappoints.
- A reminder email 3 days before each box.
- Your ratings steer the next bag.
Every roaster we list in Seattle, Bellevue and the Eastside, by town
A town with its own page is linked; the rest are listed here. Each roaster link opens our profile.
Seattle
35 roasters, on the Seattle coffee roasters page: Broadcast Coffee, Caffe Vita, Elm Coffee Roasters, Espresso Vivace, Fulcrum Coffee Roasters, Herkimer Coffee, Kuma Coffee, Lighthouse Roasters, Seven Coffee Roasters, Victrola Coffee Roasters, Anchorhead Coffee, Armistice Coffee, Avole Coffee, Biowilly's Beans, Caffe Ladro, Caffè Umbria, Cloud City Coffee, Fonté Coffee Roaster, Fundamental Coffee Company, Giddy Sloth, Gloom Coffee, Hagen Coffee Roasters, Hello Em, Jocelyn Coffee Roasting, Kalani Organica Coffee, Middle Fork Roasters, Onda Origins, Pilgrim Coffeehouse, QED Coffee, Stamp Act Coffee, Tanuki Coffee Roasters, The Good Coffee Company, True North Coffee Roasters, Ugly Mug Cafe & Coffee Roasters and Zanarkand Coffee Roasters.
Redmond
3 roasters, on the Redmond coffee roasters page: Caffè Lusso, River Trail Roasters and Victor's Celtic Coffee.
Auburn
- Black Arrows CoffeeAuburn, WA. Their own pages, read 2026-09-28
The cafe at Fifth Avenue and Battery Street in Seattle is open every day from 7am to 6pm.
- Poverty Bay Coffee CompanyAuburn, WA. Their own pages, read 2026-09-28
Founded 1997 by Dan Olmstead.
Bellevue
- Mercurys Coffee Co.Bellevue, WA. Their own pages, read 2026-09-28
Founded 1998 by Morgan Harris.
Des Moines
- Second Love Coffee RoastersDes Moines, WA. Their own pages, read 2026-09-28
Its cafe mocha is made with Holy Kakow chocolate, and the shirts sold online are screen printed by Gorilla Screen Printing in Seattle.
Enumclaw
- Colibri Coffee RoastersEnumclaw, WA. Their own pages, read 2026-09-28
A hand-painted doodle wall by Edward Parker with Echo Delta Art shows Mount Rainier and a sasquatch holding a coffee.
Kent
1 roaster, on the Kent coffee roasters page: Rad Roasting Company.
Kirkland
- Thruline Coffee Co.Kirkland, WA. Their own pages, read 2026-09-28
Founded 2008 by Adam Olsen and Kent Beidel.
North Bend
- Outlands Coffee CompanyNorth Bend, WA. Their own pages, read 2026-09-28
Time spent fly fishing and a few years of living and traveling in a camper van shaped the outdoor theme that runs through the brand.
Renton
- Boon Boona CoffeeRenton, WA. Their own pages, read 2026-09-27
Founded 2012 by Efrem Fesaha.
Shoreline
- Orca Bay CoffeeShoreline, WA. Their own pages, read 2026-09-28
Single origins are labeled with their harvest year, and the 2026 list spans Kenya, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Mexico and Uganda.
Washington coffee, town by town. All Washington roasters we list.
How we chose these roasters
Every roaster here roasts in Washington and was operating when we read its own site, on the date its card shows (the list itself was last checked 2026-09-27). Facts come from each roaster's own pages, written in our words; we take nothing from reviews and show no ratings. No roaster pays to be listed, and a listing does not mean the roaster is part of the club. Run a roaster here and something is off? Email coffee@palousecoffeeclub.com and we correct or remove the page.
Sources: each roaster's own pages, and dailycoffeenews.com, dailyuw.com, en.wikipedia.org, magazine.washington.edu, seattlerefined.com, upperlimitcoffee.com and youtube.com, read on the dates shown. Facts are written in our words; we link none of them from here.
Eastside coffee questions
Where did Tully's Coffee open its first store?
In Kent, in September 1992.
Is there a coffee roaster in Renton?
Yes. Boon Boona Coffee roasts at its downtown Renton cafe, which opened in 2019.
How long has Third Culture Coffee been in Bellevue?
Since 2017, at 80 102nd Ave NE.
Which roaster runs a cafe in Kirkland?
Zoka Coffee opened its Kirkland cafe in 2009, and Thruline Coffee has been in Kirkland since 2008.
Nearby
Sources
- Tully's first store in Kent, 1992: Wikipedia, Tully's Coffee
- Roasters listed by town: Roast Local, Washington, pulled 2026-09-27
- Third Culture's Bellevue address since 2017, Thruline's Kirkland years, Caffe D'arte's founder and address: each company's own site, read 2026-09-27
- Boon Boona and Zoka facts: their profiles on this site, from public sources checked 2026-09-27
Updated September 2026.
By Joe McRose, Palouse Coffee Club. Updated .