Flat Black

Flat Black opened on Dorchester Avenue in Lower Mills back in 2003 and has grown into the largest independently owned roaster in Boston. Beans are roasted in small batches across a rotating lineup of around twenty single origins. Espresso is dialed for body, the kind of pull that placed third nationally a decade back and still pours that way. Mornings bring the Dorchester crowd: triple deckers walking down for a pound of beans, regulars who order the same drip every weekday, and Lower Mills neighbors holding meetings at the same tables they have used for years. Order a small batch single origin pour over if you came to taste what a Boston roaster does with twenty different farms a year. Order a cappuccino if you want the cup that built the reputation.