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Your Guide to Missouri Coffee Roasters

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October 26, 2022

If you’re a coffee lover, wrapping your hands around a steaming hot mug filled with your favorite roast is one of life’s little pleasures. With a variety of fresh, flavorful beans, Missouri coffee roasters are the perfect place to indulge on your next coffee stop.

You can find coffee roasters in every corner of the state. Each one is a little different than the next, offering not only an array of coffee drinks but some neighborhood flavor as well. From small sidewalk shops to sleek modern spaces, dozens of roasters bring some of the world’s finest coffee beans to the Show-Me State.

It’s easy to spot The Roasterie Factory Café in Kansas City – just look for the building with the airplane on top. Owner Danny O’Neill picked his first batch of coffee beans while studying abroad in Costa Rica. Fifteen years later, he founded his direct trade coffee company, air roasting the beans in his basement. He now has a roasting facility and nine cafes throughout the city that offer a variety of coffees, tea, bagels, pastries and other sweet treats.

Located on “The Hill” in St. Louis, Shaw’s Coffee will have you feeling like you’re in Italy, enjoying an espresso and a scone. The shop’s beans are sourced from the world’s three major coffee-growing regions – Central and South America, Africa and the Pacific Rim – and are dark-roasted in a traditional European style to enhance the coffee’s rich aroma and signature flavor. The shop also serves fruit smoothies and an assortment of muffins, cookies, cannoli, quiche and breakfast wraps.

The Mudhouse in Springfield has been micro-roasting organic coffee beans in small batches for more than two decades. The shop also serves homemade baked goods, fruit smoothies, and a variety of soups, salads and sandwiches. The Mudhouse has three locations in Springfield, including a shop in the Springfield-Greene County Library and the MudLounge for a late-night caffeine fix – including spiked coffee drinks. The lounge also serves cocktails, appetizers, sandwiches and desserts.

The Omega Coffee Company has been serving up coffee at the Lake of the Ozarks since 2001. Owner Ken Pearon combined his passion for good coffee with his love of people to create his dream job. Located in the small town of Laurie, the shop has expanded three times to meet the demand for its freshly roasted beans, coffee drinks and fruit smoothies.

Three Story Coffee in Jefferson City develops direct-trade relationships with coffee growers throughout the world and partners with other roasters to support farmers in producing high-quality coffee beans. In addition to its roasting facility, the company operates coffee shops in the capitol city’s historic Old Munichburg and Millbottom areas.

Mokaska Coffee Company is a small batch coffee roaster in downtown St. Joseph, where the original Mokaska Coffee opened its doors in 1884. Unable to survive the Great Depression, the company closed in the 1930s. Decades later, the new Mokaska Coffee Company is carrying on the city’s coffee tradition. Starting off as a wholesale supplier, the company expanded to include a full-service coffee shop and community gathering spot.

Here’s a list of coffee roasters in every region of the state:

Northeast

Alpha & Omega Roasting Company, O’Fallon
Blueprint Coffee, St. Louis
Chauvin Coffee, St. Louis
Coma Coffee Roasters, St. Louis
Comet Coffee, St. Louis
Dubuque Coffee Company, St. Louis
Kaldi’s Coffee, St. Louis
Kuva Coffee Company, St. Louis
La Cosecha Coffee Roasters, Maplewood
Living Room, Maplewood
Maple City Roasters, Macon
Mississippi Mud Coffee Roasters, St. Louis
Northwest Coffee Roasting Company, St. Louis
Park Avenue Coffee, St. Louis
Shaw’s Coffee, St. Louis
Stringbean Coffee Company, Brentwood
Sump Coffee, St. Louis
Switch Coffee Collective, St. Louis
Thomas Coffee, St. Louis