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CafeLeopoldstadtPublic cafe
Balthasar Kaffee Bar on Praterstrasse in Vienna's Leopoldstadt pours award-winning specialty espresso from a marble counter, a tight kitchen for sandwiches.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia
BrewsEspresso, Filter
TipThe cortado is the room's signature pour; the kitchen does a serious avocado toast for breakfast.
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CafeInnere StadtPublic cafe
Suessmund on Rauhensteingasse roasts on a handmade Greek drum and pours specialty filter, the 2025 shop a roastery-direct alternative to Konditorei cafes.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Honduras
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
TipThe single-origin filter changes daily; ask for the recommendation rather than the bean list.
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CafeNeubauPublic cafe
Cafe Comet on Kirchengasse in Vienna's Neubau is the home of Fuerth Kaffee, a small Vienna roaster that keeps five to ten single-origin beans on the bar.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Brazil
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
TipThe single-origin filter rotates daily; ask which lot is on the brew bar that morning and have it ground on order for retail.
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CafeAlsergrundPublic cafe
Coffee Pirates on Spitalgasse in Alsergrund was Vienna's first organic-certified third-wave roastery in 2012, the counter still the AKH-quarter standby.
BeansEthiopia, Brazil, Burundi
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, Subscription
TipThe Spitalgasse 15 sister shop next door pours filter only and closes weekends; the flagship runs every day.
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CafeJosefstadtPublic cafe
POC on Schloesselgasse in Josefstadt operates in a former funeral parlour of the Dreifaltigkeitskirche, the small specialty shop pouring single-origin filter.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Kenya
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
TipLook for the deconsecrated chapel windows when you arrive; the Saturday queue starts by 10:00.
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CafeNeubauPublic cafe
Kaffemik on Zollergasse in Vienna's Neubau is the city's longest-running third-wave roastery and cafe, the tiny room off Mariahilfer Strasse a fixture.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Burundi, Kenya
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
TipThe bean lineup rotates weekly; ask for whichever Ethiopian washed lot is on the espresso grinder that day.