Inverness Coffee Roasting Co

Inverness Coffee Roasting Co roasts its beans daily at a small unit on Lotland Street, then sells them a short walk away through its own shop on Chapel Street — a rare setup where the roastery and the retail counter are both visible, not just the counter. The company, founded and still run by Kev, a former hillwalker who moved into roasting, states its sourcing method plainly: it buys speciality green beans from importers who deal directly with farmers or cooperatives, and weighs each lot by altitude, grade, process, environment and varietal rather than buying on price alone, occasionally visiting farms to meet the producers behind a bag. That approach feeds both the retail shop and a wholesale side supplying cafes, restaurants and hotels across the Highlands, alongside barista training for the staff who'll pull the shots. The best-selling Highland Roast anchors the retail range, sold alongside a Coffee of the Month subscription and, for home espresso machines without a grinder, a Nespresso-compatible capsule called Be Gone Yawn. For a Highlands roaster this size, the combination of a named founder, an on-record sourcing method and daily roasting out of one address is more transparency than most competitors publish.