Top 5 places to get fresh coffee beans in Toronto
Published October 24, 2025 at 4:04 pm
Places to get fresh coffee beans in Toronto are typically cafes operated by roasters, and sometimes they even roast their own beans on the premises. This means they’re the best place to get the absolute freshest coffee beans you can find, sometimes even roasted within days, which can often be verified by a date printed on bags. The coffee sold by these roasters is also typically more ethically made.
Not only are they great places for stocking up on bags of coffee beans, they also smell amazing inside, making the cafes where you can pick up beans from local roasters some of the coziest and most atmospheric hangout spaces. Order a freshly brewed cup made with freshly roasted beans and soak up the ambience, then pick up a bag to bring home and brew yourself.
Here are the top places to grab a bag of fresh coffee beans in Toronto.
5 – Mofer Coffee
If 100 per cent Ethiopian coffee is what you’re looking for, head to locations of this coffee shop and roaster. If you’re lucky, you might even catch them uniquely air roasting their beans in full view of some coffee shops.
They offer varieties including Yirgacheffe, Sidama, Harrar and Guji, as well as beans grown in the forests of Kaffa, Zege and Bench Maji, many of which have undertones of chocolate, smoke, nuts and spices. Mofer also sells unroasted green coffee for your own at-home coffee rituals.
4 – Hale Coffee
Coffee beans from this roaster are sourced through direct trade relationships with regional farmers around the world, ensuring farmers are paid fair prices for their product and allowing coffee drinkers to try all different kinds of beans from a wide range of places.
They’ve been in business for over a decade, and provide wholesale coffee beans to many local businesses. Opt for beans from Brazil with chocolate and hazelnut notes, Costa Rican beans with tones of pomegranate and bittersweet chocolate, or their iconic Hale espresso blend of Ethiopian and Brazilian beans with a profile of milk chocolate, almond and mixed berries.
The rich, chocolatey aroma alone as soon as you enter this high-ceilinged industrial space on Sterling Road space is enough to sell you on a bag of freshly roasted beans.
They use ethical practices to source high quality beans from places like Colombia, Guatemala, Peru, Ethiopia, Kenya, China and Indonesia and roast them using top-of-the-line equipment. This coffee provider represents an intersection of roasting technique, design and philosophy, with bold packaging, a thoughtful process and an intentional space that brings everything together.
For over 15 years, coffee from this roaster named for the award-winning barista that started it all has been recognized as some of the best in Toronto as well as internationally, and is served in numerous spots around Toronto. Their coffee is accessible but still complex enough to be rewarding for the specialty drinker, and their main offerings are centred around sweet, chocolatey naturally developed medium roast coffee.
Their Butter Knife is the house espresso they brew in their cafes, and is a great go-to option, with notes of peanut butter and jelly. Although their coffees keep things easy drinking, tasting profiles are fun and creative with descriptive notes such as grilled pineapple, Toblerone, pink lemonade, Jolly Rancher and graham cracker.
In business for over 15 years, this roaster’s multiple cafe locations are go-to’s for high quality fresh coffee beans. They source their coffee beans through direct trade based on the pillars of quality, transparency, environmental concerns and social values.
In addition to signature blends that they offer year-round, Pilot also offers limited edition, seasonal and single origin coffees, and they even make decaf and instant coffee. With a wide selection of beans sourced from different regions, there’s something for everyone, with flavour notes ranging from cantaloupe and honey to cherry cola and orchid to chocolatey and creamy.
