Kinship Coffee Roasters, Queens

Why go

Small-batch roasting behind an Astoria counter

The thing worth knowing before you order is that the coffee in the cup was roasted by the same business selling it. Kinship Coffee Roasters is the roasting side of a small Astoria group, and the Roasters name marks the branch where that work sits closest to the counter. Batches are small, the sourcing is handled with an eye to responsibility and quality, and the range is coffee-led rather than built around a rotating cast of guest roasters.

The group belongs to an Astoria couple who have grown it slowly across the neighbourhood. Their third shop opened in April 2019 on Broadway, in the building they lived in when they first moved to New York in 2009, which is about as local as a café group's growth story gets. The roasting travels beyond the shop too, through a subscription that sends the same small-batch coffee to people brewing at home.

A counter, a pastry case and a neighbourhood pace

Service is counter-led and unfussy. You order at the bar, then take a seat if there is one or carry the cup back out. The room is compact and the coffee stays the centre of attention, which makes this an everyday shop rather than a destination, much as the name suggests.

Astoria is crowded with coffee, and the Roasters branch is the one to choose if the production side is what interests you, since the owners control more of the path from green coffee to finished cup than a café buying its beans in. Eater included the shop in its 2025 coffee guide.

Order the house roast, then add a vegan pastry

Keep the order simple. The house roast is the reason the shop exists, and plant milk is there if you want it in a milk drink. Because the roasting happens in small batches, what is on the bar moves rather than sitting still, so asking what came off the roaster most recently is a better question than reading the board twice.

Food is a companion rather than a meal. Vegan pastries are the clearest identity in the case, and they are the natural thing to put beside a filter or a flat white. Treat the visit as coffee first and pastry second: this is a shop that roasts its own beans and expects to be judged on them.

Frequently asked questions

What should I order at Kinship Coffee Roasters?

The house roast, in whatever form suits you, because the shop roasts its own coffee in small batches and that is the reason to stop here. Plant milk is available for milk drinks, and a vegan pastry from the case is the natural companion. What is on the bar changes as batches come off.

Does Kinship roast its own coffee?

Yes, and the Roasters branch is where that work sits closest to the counter. Roasting is done in small batches, with sourcing handled for quality rather than volume, so the owners control most of the path from green coffee to the finished cup. A subscription sends the same coffee to home brewers.