8 best coffee shops in Tampa, from local roasters

Buddy Brew roasts its own coffee and calls itself “Tampa’s most beloved coffee brand”. It started on a small Diedrich roaster, named after the owners’ Labrador, Buddy, and now runs eight cafés across Tampa Bay and Sarasota, according to its own history.

The coffee list changes with the season. In October 2026 it included Old Florida, a Colombia and Brazil blend, and a honey-processed Burundi from Bumba Hill, sourced through Long Miles Coffee. Buddy Brew also runs coffee classes, from home brewing to latte art.

• Also at: Hyde Park, Bay to Bay, Armature Works, downtown Tampa and more
• Coffee: Buddy Brew’s own roasts
• Hours: Kennedy: Monday to Friday 6:30 to 18:00, weekends 8:00 to 18:00 (as of October 2026, per Buddy Brew)

Felicitous has been open since 2008, and its original café is a 1940s Florida bungalow on North 51st Street, near the University of South Florida, according to 83 Degrees. It roasts its own coffee under the name FÜMI Coffee Roasters. A second café sits inside the Lark on 42nd apartments on North 42nd Street.

It’s a neighborhood hangout more than a quick stop. On the second Friday of each month, Felicitous holds a night market with street food, local art and music, according to Felicitous.

• Also at: 14204 N 42nd St
• Coffee: FÜMI Coffee Roasters, Felicitous’s own
• Hours: not published on its website; check @felicitouscoffee before you go

The Lab started in a rented spare room and now has its own roastery at its West Tampa café, which supplies its other location in Seminole Heights, according to The Lab. It’s owned by three Tampa natives. The espresso changes regularly, and the West Tampa café serves breakfast and Tampa water-style bagels, with seating inside and out.

An earlier version of this guide said The Lab served Zeal Coffee. It now roasts its own.

• Also at: Seminole Heights
• Coffee: The Lab’s own roasts
• Hours: not published on its website; check thelabcoffee.com before you go

Caffeine Roasters opened its first café in downtown Tampa in 2016, at 212 East Cass Street. Its second, which it calls the Mothership, is a 2,000-square-foot (186 m²) roastery on Kennedy Boulevard with more than 50 seats, a kitchen and a drive-thru, according to its own story.

The drinks it’s known for are on the sweet, inventive side: an orange-infused cold brew, the Aero Cappuccino (an iced, frothy drink it compares to ice cream), a sparkling coffee made with espresso and ginger ale, and a ginger spiced latte. The kitchen serves breakfast and lunch all day.

• Also at: 212 E Cass St (downtown) and 407 S Dale Mabry Hwy
• Coffee: Caffeine Roasters’ own roasts
• Hours: Kennedy: Monday to Friday 6:00 to 18:00, weekends 7:00 to 18:00 (as of October 2026, per Caffeine Roasters)
• What to order: orange cold brew or the sparkling coffee

Kings Arms is a café inside a church: it sits in the River Pavilion at The River at Tampa Bay Church. Tony Geers and Tim Jooste founded it after Geers tasted a natural-process Ethiopian coffee in San Francisco in 2012, and they started by roasting at Tampa farmers markets, according to the company’s story. They link the business to coffee-growing communities they met as missionaries in Honduras and Brazil.

The hours follow church service times. The café opens Monday to Friday only and can change around special events, so check before you drive out.

• Coffee: Kings Arms’ own roasts
• Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 14:00; closed weekends (as of October 2026, per Kings Arms)

DI Coffee Bar on Davis Islands serves Panther Coffee, a Miami roaster, and it’s the one on this list that stays open into the evening. Alongside the espresso menu it has a self-serve wine machine with 20 wines and more than 80 bottles, at the Davis Islands café only, according to its menu.

The menu includes a Gibraltar, a 4 oz (120 ml) espresso and milk drink close to a cortado, and a café con leche. A second DI Coffee Bar is in Seminole Heights, at 6114 North Central Avenue.

• Also at: 6114 N Central Ave (Seminole Heights)
• Coffee: Panther Coffee, Miami
• Hours: Davis Islands: Monday to Thursday 7:00 to 20:00, Friday 7:00 to 22:00, Saturday 8:00 to 22:00, Sunday 8:00 to 18:00 (as of October 2026, per DI Coffee Bar)
• What to order: a Gibraltar

Greg Spadaccini started Spaddy’s as a mobile coffee bar in 2015 and moved into Seminole Heights in 2016, next to what is now La Segunda bakery, according to ABC Action News. Its chalkboard runs to both hot and iced coffee and tea. Spaddy’s also has a second location in South Tampa.

Hours vary between listings. Its website gives 7:00 to 14:00, so go in the morning.

• Coffee: roaster not listed on its website
• Hours: 7:00 to 14:00, per spaddyscoffee.com; check before you go

Blind Tiger began in Ybor City in 2014, inspired by speakeasy culture, and everything it pours is roasted at its own Tampa roastery, according to Blind Tiger. The Ybor café is on East 7th Avenue, and the Seminole Heights café stays open until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.

It’s still growing: in June 2026 the Tampa Bay Times reported a new Blind Tiger café coming to Rivergate Tower in downtown Tampa.

• Also at: 6905 N Orleans Ave (Seminole Heights)
• Coffee: Blind Tiger’s own roasts
• Hours: Ybor: every day, 7:30 to 17:00. Seminole Heights: Monday to Thursday 7:30 to 22:00, Friday 7:30 to 24:00, Saturday 8:00 to 24:00 (as of October 2026, per Blind Tiger)