There’s approximately 500 coffee roasters in Dubai offering specialty coffee beans.

I’ve tried maybe 50 of them, mostly in the Al Quoz industrial area, and these are my favourites

1) Cypher : Limited range. Prices are affordable compared to others. I absolutely love their Yemeni coffees from QIMA

2) Three Coffee : No one does marketing and colour-coded branding like them. I would especially order the extra special filter coffees for V60 pour overs. They’re particularly good with South American origins.

3) The Barn Dubai : Coffee beans roasted in Germany and shipped here? That’s ridiculous I thought! Until I tried that perfect Expresso bean, which has notes of sweet caramel and Orange. Located inside a park next to an Ice Cream shop.

4) Falcon : Wide range. Affordable and discounts available on larger purchases. Decent quality and taste.

5) Expresso Lab : When I first fell in love with Yemen-expresso from their Dubai Design District cafe. Pricey, premium and worth trying !