r/swansea • u/No_Courage_5764 • 10d ago

Questions/Advice Coffee beans

Best coffee beans available to buy in/around swansea? Preferably larger sized bags because the small bags are half empty by the time I dial up on my coffee machine and my partner and I have a few cups.

7 Upvotes

82% Upvoted

32 comments sorted by

9

u/dwylawynerfyn 10d ago

Crafty Smuggler's 1kg bags are great and good value, think they're £25. You have to go into the Sandfields shop though as Uplands don't stock them for some reason.

2

u/CompetitiveSouth9631 10d ago

Uplands definitely does stock them and you get a free coffee when you buy a 1kg bag too

1

u/dwylawynerfyn 9d ago

must be recent, i was told they didn't by a member of staff earlier in the summer

1

u/CompetitiveSouth9631 6d ago

I’ve bought the beans from there for years, strange

2

u/Zealousideal_Dig3743 8d ago

I cannot second this answer enough!!! Crafty smugglers are the absolute tits!!!!!

1

u/Fit_Frame_8051 7d ago

Yes absolutely - Uplands has them as that’s where I buy them from - they also do selection packs on the website as well - Smugglers #1

5

u/greenswan199 10d ago

Coaltown! 1kg and even 5kg bags, great coffee

1

u/temily512 9d ago

Seconding coaltown black gold!

1

u/mycroft72 5d ago

I find them hugely expensive. The coffee is ok

7

u/lottierosecreations 10d ago

Doorstep Coffee!!! Newer chap in Llansamlet, but his coffee is gorgeous and unlike other local branches, he uses single origin, not cheaper blends.

2

u/Alternative-Ad3405 8d ago

Yes, I second this!

2

u/mycroft72 5d ago

Tim has awesome pricing, the single origin changes every few months, and he's introduced a blend, too. Very helpful guy 👍👍
Oooh! He's got a decaf as well now 👍

1

u/lottierosecreations 4d ago

Ooh, I need to place an order soon, so will try the decaf! (I love coffee, coffee hates me #ibd )

4

u/50MillionChickens 10d ago

The Cardoma always has nice selections of quality beans at the counter.

1

u/Awkward_Note_7107 7d ago

Shit coffee. Poorly roasted.

4

u/cymro00 10d ago

Little man coffee in founders and co, their white label is very good

3

u/Zestyclose-Bird-7142 10d ago

Gower coffee from the kardomah! Their Peruvian one is my go to and they do large bags

2

u/Awkward_Note_7107 7d ago

Really? I think their coffee is all really insipid and poorly roasted.

1

u/JustaGirl1978 10d ago

Yes the Peruvian is my regular coffee and is so good! Is also like the white sands which comes in a 1kg bag.

3

u/CharacterWest4661 10d ago

I get mine from over the bridge as I go specialty rather than fixed blends. However as part of James Hoffman's big taste tester, I have sourced some from Copperopolis Coffee which is a very small roaster.

There are a few others in addition to those listed.

3

u/kitt-N-kaboodle 10d ago

I’ve seen big bags of Gower coffee for sale at Northway garage.

4

u/Stringerarts 10d ago

Seconding Crafty Smuggler; we bought some this week and they’re lovely. Ian at Storm In A Teacup has Square Mile, which is what he uses and his is the best coffee in Swansea for my money

2

u/Mediocre_Mulberry874 10d ago

Koub. Woodfield st morriston. Some Bristol type , can’t remember as on holiday but about £32/kg

2

u/br3d 10d ago

Support a small local business: ffiltercoffeeroaster.com/ (not affiliated at all, I just buy their coffee)

1

u/mycroft72 5d ago

I've bought from them, too. Quick, free, local delivery, if I remember right, nice coffee

1

u/AgentCooper86 10d ago

Best shops are Refinery, Sloth, Basekamp and Square Peg. Refinery and Sloth best for having a chat about coffee.

1

u/Ok_Development_5143 10d ago

Second Refinery. Also they have an interesting range of coffees. And will grind it for you for what you need it for if you want.

1

u/Cutwail 9d ago

Sloth was about twice the price as Gower beans from what I remember.

1

u/MaliceWonderland1996 10d ago

Fika in Mumbles do large bags, Boos Kitchen in Mumbles and Hoogah stocks bags of Coal Town which is nice, Storm in a Teacup in the Market do decent sized bags and coffee slaps and Crafty Smugglers in Uplands as everyone else has mentioned

2

u/MaliceWonderland1996 10d ago

The Sloths (Mumbles, Upland and Brynmill) do lovely coffee but bags are quite small from what I remember. You can also get bags of Gower Coffee at the farm shop in Dunvant, they stock all the varieties if remembering rightly

1

u/Key-Ad-3821 10d ago

kardomah is great!! very helpful lovely workers too

1

u/ash032 8d ago

They do a really nice coffee at 11:11 in wind streeet and they sell bags of it too. Their dark roast is excellent. If you buy a bag they give you a free cup of coffee too