We hope you are able to visit our New London, Connecticut Cafe & Roastery but if not, please enjoy a "virtual" visit here on our website.
Our Mission
We started Bean & Leaf with a simple vision: Provide quality fresh-roasted coffee beans, the finest teas, properly prepared, delicious beverages, a focus on being good global citizens through fair, responsible coffee and tea buying practices, and the use of environmentally sound packaging. Our take out cups are biodegradable as are our straws, stir sticks, lids, and sleeves. We recycle nearly everything and compost our coffee grounds.
Organic & Fair Trade
All the coffees and most of the teas we offer are Fair Trade. We work directly with one of the most respected advocates for coffee growers in the industry today to insure the people who grow and harvest our coffees are rewarded fairly for their efforts.
The Low Down on the Shop
Looking for great coffee, tea, a light meal or something sweet? Come on in and see what everybody is talking about! Bean & Leaf offers panini, soups, salads, smoothies all made to order and a variety of baked goods that will satisfy a wide range of appetites. As always, we roast our fairly traded, organic coffees in full view of our customers. Our "ESP Triple Ristretto" espresso shots are the basis for all espresso based drinks and our popular House Blend drip coffee is a local staple. We serve exceptional artisanal teas with over twenty choices to satisfy a vast array of personal taste. We offer Free Hi-Speed WiFi Internet to all of our customers and we are constantly scheduling events that you won't want to miss! Be sure to check our calendar for upcoming events!
Welcome to Bean & Leaf
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Hugh & Chris G were on NPR’s Colin McEnroe Show
Bean & Leaf was named Best Coffee Bar in CT for 2009 by Connecticut Magazine!!
From the moment the fruit of the coffee bush was first harvested and consumed -- probably in Ethiopia -- humankind knew it was dealing with some serious stuff. In some cultures, it was a religious beverage, banned from secular use. In others, it had political qualities, as it became a reason to gather and talk and get jacked up in a more purposeful, coherent way than was provided by the alehouse.
Today, the world drinks a lot of coffee, some of it served in pristine form and some of it mixed with every manner of cream, sugar, syrup and topping. On today's Colin McEnroe show, we'll be looking at coffee from a lot of different angles.
Nell Newman led her family company -- Newman's Own Organic -- into the promised land of organic coffee and then got the drink into McDonald's.
Bean & Leaf in New London is one of several small coffee roasters around the state. And then there's you. What does coffee mean to you these days?
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