UK Coffee Week: Echo readers pick their favourite cafes to visit in Sunderland

It’s a week where the coffee industry and its customers come together to celebrate all things about the hot drink.

By Debra Fox

Published 20th Oct 2021, 04:55 BST

Watch more of our videos on Shots!
and live on Freeview channel 276

And for this year’s UK Coffee Week, we asked the Echo readers to shout out their favourite cafes across Sunderland.

The charity initiative, in aid of Project Waterfall, aims to bring clean drinking water to coffee-growing communities and raise money to support them.

Businesses taking part in UK Coffee Week can donate from every cup or bag of coffee sold.

Will you be popping for a cuppa during UK Coffee Week?

Will you be popping for a cuppa during UK Coffee Week?

UK Coffee Week: 25 of Sunderland's best independent coffee shops

This year’s event runs from Monday, October 18 until Sunday, October 24.

If you’re looking to celebrate all things coffee this week, you can visit some of these Sunderland cafes – as chosen by Echo readers as their favourites.

Click here to add your own top picks to our Facebook post.

Readers have been shouting out their favourite cafes for UK Coffee Week, which is running until Sunday, October 24.

Readers have been shouting out their favourite cafes for UK Coffee Week, which is running until Sunday, October 24.

Barista, Union Street: Recommended by Carol Ann Borgesson Wilkinson

Biz-R, High Street West: Recommended Brenda Buckley, Jean Glancey and Louise Collingwood

Bungalow Cafe, Pier View: Recommended by Jacqueline Stanness

City Tea Rooms, St Thomas’ Street: Recommended by Evonne Hodgson and Deb Pulling

Coffeehaus, St Thomas’ Street: Recommended by Linda Haswell and Nora Green

Cole Kitchen, St George’s Terrace: Recommended by Graeme Hall and Sue Hall

Crumb On In Tearooms, Holmeside: Recommended by Joanne Harrison and Daniella Hanson

Fausto Coffee, Marine Walk: Recommended by Paul Colborn

Grinder Coffee, New Durham Road: Recommended by Dianne Mullen, Christoper Eynon, Victoria Bulmer and Sarah Dobinson

The Hideout Coffee House, Whitburn Road: Recommended by Claire Smith

The Kitchen, Blackwood Road: Recommended by Edith Devlin, Julie Mcaneny and Annmarie Devlin

Love Lily, Pier Point: Recommended by Catherine Eve Dunnill

The Mad Hatter, Sea Road: Recommended by Julie Klein and Gemma Black

Spent Grain, John Street: Recommended by Helen Wardell

Sue's Cafe, Marine Walk: Recommended by Phil Paisley, Bridie Sproat, Jo Evans, Sam Neil, Lindsey Taggart, Trevor Maddison and Gary Woodward

Support your Echo and become a subscriber today.

Enjoy unlimited access to all of our news and sport, see fewer ads, experience faster load times, test your brain with daily puzzles and get access to exclusive newsletters and content.

The Sunderland Echo has been on Wearside since 1873, and your support means we can continue telling your stories for generations to come.

Click here to subscribe.