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A cafe is a typology, not a cuisine. It is the room that opens before most other restaurants, serves espresso or filter coffee well, holds breakfast and lunch as core service, often runs into the evening, and is often the most-used food space in any city. The cafe takes very different forms by tradition. The Parisian cafe is a marble-topped, sidewalk-terraced room serving croissants and croque-monsieurs alongside coffee and wine. The Viennese cafe is a wood-paneled house of newspapers, melange coffee, Sachertorte, and conversation, formalized in the 19th century and now UNESCO-recognized. The Italian bar is a stand-up espresso counter where the cornetto-and-cappuccino transaction takes under two minutes. The Aussie and Kiwi cafe, exported globally, is brunch-and-flat-white-led: sourdough toast, smashed avocado, eggs, a serious espresso program. The Scandinavian fika cafe is cinnamon buns, cardamom buns, and filter coffee at 3pm. The Japanese kissaten is a slow-pour, dim-lit room with siphon coffee and pudding.
What unites them across traditions is that the room is built around all-day usage and a serious coffee program. A cafe whose coffee is bad is a restaurant pretending. The third-wave coffee movement, originating in the US (Stumptown, Intelligentsia, Blue Bottle) and Australia (Mark Dundon, Toby Smith, Sasa Sestic) in the 2000s, professionalized the espresso bar internationally and made single-origin and light-roast filter coffee a standard offering in serious cafes from Seoul to Mexico City. The Aussie diaspora reshaped cafe culture in London, New York, and Tokyo, where Australian-trained baristas built rooms around the flat white and the slow-cooked egg dish.
A serious modern cafe will hold three things in tension: an espresso bar that takes the pour as seriously as a wine list, a breakfast and lunch program that does a few things well (eggs, toast, salad, an open sandwich, a daily soup or grain bowl), and an evening pivot to natural wine or cocktails in the rooms that bother. Bakery integration is increasingly common: the bakery-cafe (Tartine in San Francisco, Du Pain et des Idees in Paris, Lune in Melbourne) is the strongest single-format growth in the category since 2015.
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Top picks
The best-scored cafe place in each of 12 cities.
Cafe Hawelka ★ 4.8
Cafe Hawelka on Dorotheergasse runs every night until midnight on weekdays and 01:00 on weekends, the famous 22:00 warm-Buchteln service the late fixture.
TryBuchteln with vanilla sauce
TipBe in the parlour by 22:00 for the Buchteln service; the room fills with the city's old guard.
Tazza d'Oro ★ 4.8
Tazza d'Oro on North Highland Avenue in Highland Park is a bike-friendly cafe in Pittsburgh. Free wifi, indoor and patio seating and a work-friendly room.
DrinkEspresso
Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates Cafe ★ 4.8
Ginger Elizabeth on J Street in midtown Sacramento is the artisan chocolatier cafe, the city signature drinking chocolate and macaron stop and patio.
DrinkDrinking chocolate
REC Coffee ★ 4.8
Founder Yoshikazu Iwasa was a World Barista Championship competitor. REC's Shirogane flagship roasts in-house and runs a public espresso bar with retail.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
TipFive minutes from Yakuin Station. Whole bean retail bags are the souvenir order.
Single O Surry Hills ★ 4.8
Sydney specialty coffee pioneer on Reservoir Street, Surry Hills. Single O has roasted since 2003; the milk-on-tap system and filter flights set the room.
DrinkFilter coffee flight
Kaffeesaurus ★ 4.8
Kaffeesaurus at Friesenplatz in Cologne roasts its own beans and serves the T-Rex breakfast burrito alongside specialty espresso in a playful Belgian Quarter.
Cafe de l'Ambre ★ 4.8
Cafe de l'Ambre on Ginza's Suzuran-dori in Tokyo is a 1948 aged-coffee specialist with 20-year-aged beans, no food and cash only behind a tiled counter.
Why locals goHidden in plain sight on Ginza's Suzuran-dori, the 1948 aged-coffee specialist most tourists walk past.
TipOrder the 20-year-aged bean on the day's blackboard. No food, no laptops, cash only, no rush.
Bird Rock Coffee Roasters La Jolla ★ 4.8
Bird Rock Coffee Roasters in La Jolla is Chuck Patton's coastal flagship on La Jolla Boulevard since 2006, the Roaster of the Year 2012 cafe.
DrinkFilter pour-over of the day
TipFilter is the room's strength; the Waterfront and Morena cafes also pour the same beans.
Sightglass Coffee ★ 4.8
Sightglass Coffee in San Francisco is the Morris brothers' SoMa roastery, running a Probat UG-22 on the rooftop, with a tasting bar and a long single-origin.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Guatemala, Kenya
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Pour over, Whole bean retail
TipSaturday cuppings at 11:00 are open to the public.
L'Alchimiste ★ 4.8
L'Alchimiste in Bordeaux's Golden Triangle is the city's pioneer specialty roaster, opened 2014, with two cafes, a training programme and a wholesale book.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Guatemala, Burundi
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, Wholesale
TipBeans rotate weekly; the El Salvador and Rwanda lots have been the consistently best-rated of the seasonal arrivals.
La Cabra ★ 4.8
The cafe that seeded Aarhus specialty coffee culture in 2012. Order the filter coffee and cardamom bun. Booking recommended. Reservations advised.
DrinkFilter coffee and cardamom bun
Tinker Coffee Roastery Cafe ★ 4.8
Tinker Coffee Roastery Cafe on West 16th Street in the Riverside neighborhood, Indianapolis. The specialty pour-over cafe of the city's leading roaster.
OrderA pour-over off the daily single-origin and a bag to take home.
DrinkSingle-origin pour over
TipFree roastery tours Saturday at 11:00.
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Cafe Hawelka ★ 4.8
Cafe Hawelka on Dorotheergasse runs every night until midnight on weekdays and 01:00 on weekends, the famous 22:00 warm-Buchteln service the late fixture.
TryBuchteln with vanilla sauce
TipBe in the parlour by 22:00 for the Buchteln service; the room fills with the city's old guard.
Kaffemik ★ 4.8
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.
Tazza d'Oro ★ 4.8
Tazza d'Oro on North Highland Avenue in Highland Park is a bike-friendly cafe in Pittsburgh. Free wifi, indoor and patio seating and a work-friendly room.
DrinkEspresso
Commonplace Coffee (Squirrel Hill) ★ 4.8
Commonplace Coffee on Forbes Avenue in Squirrel Hill is a community cafe in Pittsburgh. Locally roasted beans in a warm room for work and meeting friends.
DrinkPour-over
Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates Cafe ★ 4.8
Ginger Elizabeth on J Street in midtown Sacramento is the artisan chocolatier cafe, the city signature drinking chocolate and macaron stop and patio.
DrinkDrinking chocolate
Temple Coffee Roasters K Street ★ 4.8
Temple Coffee Roasters on K Street is the midtown Sacramento anchor of the eight-location specialty roaster, with Burundi Turihamwe at the bar.
BeansBurundi, Ethiopia, Brazil
BrewsEspresso, Pour over, Filter, Whole bean retail
REC Coffee ★ 4.8
Founder Yoshikazu Iwasa was a World Barista Championship competitor. REC's Shirogane flagship roasts in-house and runs a public espresso bar with retail.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
TipFive minutes from Yakuin Station. Whole bean retail bags are the souvenir order.
Single O Surry Hills ★ 4.8
Sydney specialty coffee pioneer on Reservoir Street, Surry Hills. Single O has roasted since 2003; the milk-on-tap system and filter flights set the room.
DrinkFilter coffee flight
Reuben Hills ★ 4.8
South American-leaning cafe and roastery on Albion Street, Surry Hills, Sydney. Regular booking for Sydney's brunch and specialty-coffee scene.
DrinkSingle-origin filter
Kaffeesaurus ★ 4.8
Kaffeesaurus at Friesenplatz in Cologne roasts its own beans and serves the T-Rex breakfast burrito alongside specialty espresso in a playful Belgian Quarter.
Salon Schmitz ★ 4.8
Salon Schmitz on Aachener Strasse in Cologne's Belgisches Viertel is a 1950s-styled salon serving weekend brunch, Frühstück platters and wine from morning.
Cafe de l'Ambre ★ 4.8
Cafe de l'Ambre on Ginza's Suzuran-dori in Tokyo is a 1948 aged-coffee specialist with 20-year-aged beans, no food and cash only behind a tiled counter.
Why locals goHidden in plain sight on Ginza's Suzuran-dori, the 1948 aged-coffee specialist most tourists walk past.
TipOrder the 20-year-aged bean on the day's blackboard. No food, no laptops, cash only, no rush.
Bird Rock Coffee Roasters La Jolla ★ 4.8
Bird Rock Coffee Roasters in La Jolla is Chuck Patton's coastal flagship on La Jolla Boulevard since 2006, the Roaster of the Year 2012 cafe.
DrinkFilter pour-over of the day
TipFilter is the room's strength; the Waterfront and Morena cafes also pour the same beans.
Sightglass Coffee ★ 4.8
Sightglass Coffee in San Francisco is the Morris brothers' SoMa roastery, running a Probat UG-22 on the rooftop, with a tasting bar and a long single-origin.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Guatemala, Kenya
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Pour over, Whole bean retail
TipSaturday cuppings at 11:00 are open to the public.
L'Alchimiste ★ 4.8
L'Alchimiste in Bordeaux's Golden Triangle is the city's pioneer specialty roaster, opened 2014, with two cafes, a training programme and a wholesale book.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Guatemala, Burundi
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, Wholesale
TipBeans rotate weekly; the El Salvador and Rwanda lots have been the consistently best-rated of the seasonal arrivals.
La Cabra ★ 4.8
The cafe that seeded Aarhus specialty coffee culture in 2012. Order the filter coffee and cardamom bun. Booking recommended. Reservations advised.
DrinkFilter coffee and cardamom bun
Tinker Coffee Roastery Cafe ★ 4.8
Tinker Coffee Roastery Cafe on West 16th Street in the Riverside neighborhood, Indianapolis. The specialty pour-over cafe of the city's leading roaster.
OrderA pour-over off the daily single-origin and a bag to take home.
DrinkSingle-origin pour over
TipFree roastery tours Saturday at 11:00.
Tinker Coffee Co. ★ 4.8
Tinker Coffee in Riverside, Indianapolis roasts single-origin beans on West 16th Street. The city's leading specialty roaster, with a Saturday tour.
OrderPour-over off the daily single-origin, plus a bag of the espresso blend.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Guatemala
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
TipRoastery production hours; cafe service limited. Open Mon-Fri only.
Cognoscenti Coffee ★ 4.8
Yeekai Lim's Cognoscenti Coffee in Culver City, Los Angeles is a multi-roaster bar pouring rotating Heart, Verve and Coava since 2010. A reference LA cafe.
BeansMulti-roaster, rotating
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
Hello, Kristof ★ 4.8
Hello, Kristof on Lisbon's Rua do Poco dos Negros: a Scandinavian-style cafe brewing 100 percent arabica, the third-wave pioneer that read the room first.
DrinkFilter coffee on Scandinavian-roast beans
Fabrica Coffee Roasters Rossio ★ 4.8
Fabrica Coffee Roasters near Lisbon's Rossio: in-house roasting on Rua das Portas de Santo Antao, espresso and filter from Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia.
DrinkEspresso from beans roasted on-site
Mama Baker ★ 4.8
Mama Baker on Rue de Lepante in Nice's Carre d'Or runs a Riviera levain bakery with a small espresso and filter program, organic beans paired against.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia
BrewsEspresso, Filter
Apartment Coffee ★ 4.8
The top-ranked coffee shop in Asia and sixth in the world on the 2026 World's 100 Best Coffee Shops list. Barista-owner Yeo Qing He runs a spare, focused space on Selegie Road where filter coffee from Latin America, Central America and Asia is served with championship-level precision. Closed Thursday.
OrderSingle-origin filter pour-over, Aeropress brew, Seasonal espresso
TipThis is a filter-forward cafe. Come for the coffee, not the food. Arrive early on weekends as queues form. Open Friday to Wednesday 10am to 6pm.
Tiong Bahru Market ★ 4.8
Tiong Bahru Market (Cafe) in Singapore: Hawker stalls open from 6am; most close by 2pm. The wet market opens at 5am. Best on weekday mornings before 10am.
Why locals goTiong Bahru visitors typically go to the specialty coffee and bakery strip; the market one street over is barely mentioned in most visitor guides.
TipHawker stalls open from 6am; most close by 2pm. The wet market opens at 5am. Best on weekday mornings before 10am.
Scandinavian Embassy ★ 4.8
Scandinavian Embassy on Sarphatipark has been pouring Amsterdam's Nordic third-wave coffee since 2013, the cafe that set the city's filter standard.
DrinkFilter coffee from Nordic roasters
Cafen ★ 4.8
Cafen on Dundas Street in Edinburgh New Town, a flagship speciality brew bar a few minutes walk from Waverley Station that rotates a short bean list.
DrinkRotating single-origin filter
TipOpen from 8am every day; the cushioned window seats fill first for morning filter pours, the rotating menu changes when a new lot lands from the roastery.
Toma Cafe ★ 4.8
Toma Cafe on Calle de la Palma in Madrid's Malasana is the city's first specialty third-wave room since 2011, with single-origin beans roasted in-house.
DrinkFilter coffee
TipOpen Mon-Fri 08:00-19:00, weekends 09:00-19:00. The weekend brunch (12 to 16 euros) fills up by 11:00.
Espresso Vivace Roasteria ★ 4.8
Espresso Vivace Roasteria in Seattle's Capitol Hill is David Schomer's espresso lab since 1988: dark-roasted blends, the textbook reference Caffe Nico.
BeansBrazil, Ethiopia, Colombia
BrewsEspresso, Whole bean retail, Subscription
Coffee Collective (Jægersborggade) ★ 4.8
Coffee Collective on Jægersborggade in Nørrebro is Copenhagen's reference specialty roaster, with light-roasted single origins from direct-trade farms.
DrinkFilter coffee
TipOpen 07:00 Monday to Friday, 08:00 weekends. Buy a bag of the Kieni or Karogoto to take home.
Coffee Collective ★ 4.8
Coffee Collective in Frederiksberg is Copenhagen's reference specialty roaster, running direct-trade contracts with Kenyan and Ethiopian washing stations.
BeansEthiopia, Kenya, Colombia, Burundi
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Pour over, Whole bean retail, Subscription
TipThe roastery cafe runs Saturday cupping sessions; the Jægersborggade shop is the original retail counter.
Noworolski ★ 4.8
Noworolski in the Cloth Hall on Rynek Główny has poured coffee in its Secession rooms since 1910, the White Room's polychromes painted by Henryk Uziembło.
DrinkViennese coffee
TipThe art-nouveau rooms are the photograph; the terrace on Rynek Główny is the better summer seat.
Spyhouse Coffee Roasters ★ 4.8
Spyhouse Coffee Roasters at the Northeast Broadway roastery has roasted specialty coffee in Minneapolis since 2008. Open mon-sun 06:30-19:00.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Guatemala
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
La Gacca Cafe by Brisman ★ 4.8
La Gacca on Woźna in Poznań's Old Town is Mateusz Gaca's micro-roastery and cafe, opened July 2024 to succeed the closed Brisman, blending beans on premises.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Kenya
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Cold brew, Whole bean retail
TipCold brew is the house bar trick; the espresso menu rotates as the drum runs, so trust whichever single-origin Mateusz is pouring.
Cafe Đinh ★ 4.8
Why locals goUp an old staircase above a Hoan Kiem-side travel agency, this 1987 cafe opened by Cafe Giang's daughter Mrs Bich still serves the original 1946 egg coffee.
TipSix seats on the narrow balcony overlooking the lake; arrive before 09:00 to claim one.
NOC Roastery ★ 4.8
NOC Roastery on Des Voeux Road West in Sai Ying Pun is NOC Coffee Co.'s flagship roasting cafe, with a long bench seat, an all day brunch menu.
DrinkSingle origin pour over with house roast
TipSit at the long bench during the off peak 14:00 lull; the espresso single origins rotate every two weeks.
Anodyne Coffee Roasting Walker's Point ★ 4.8
Anodyne Coffee Roasting on West Bruce Street in Walker's Point is the Milwaukee roaster's flagship with espresso, pour-over and a live music room next door.
DrinkEspresso, pour-over
Haan Coffee ★ 4.8
Haan Coffee on East Colonial Drive in Mills 50 is the Korean-inspired roastery and cafe with a 2.5-kilo Diedrich, in-house roasts and a dabang-style menu.
DrinkSeoul Iced Coffee, SuJungGwa latte
PERC Coffee (Roastery Cafe) ★ 4.8
PERC's Savannah roastery cafe in the Starland edge, production floor visible through glass. Espresso, espresso tonics, pour-overs, first-Saturday cupping.
DrinkSingle-origin espresso, espresso tonic
Oxford Exchange Coffee Bar ★ 4.8
The Oxford Exchange coffee bar is operated by Buddy Brew, pouring espresso classics alongside the TeBella Tea bar inside the Kennedy Boulevard bookstore.
DrinkBuddy Brew flat white
Buddy Brew Coffee SoHo Roastery ★ 4.8
Buddy Brew's roastery cafe on Kennedy Boulevard runs both the flagship cafe and the in-house roasting operation that supplies all five Tampa locations.
DrinkPour-over single-origin
Rowan Coffee ★ 4.8
Rowan Coffee on Battery Park Avenue in Asheville is the specialty espresso bar with a no-laptop policy. Multi-roaster pour-overs, retail beans from Counter.
DrinkEspresso-tonic
TipNo-laptop rule on weekends. The kava and tea selection is the deeper bench than just coffee.
Rising Star Coffee Roasters Ohio City ★ 4.8
Rising Star Coffee on West 29th in the Hingetown Firehouse, the local specialty roaster's flagship cafe, runs the espresso bar alongside Larder Delicatessen.
DrinkSingle-origin espresso
Neira Cafe Lab ★ 4.8
Neira Cafe Lab at Calle Enrique Palacios 1074 in Miraflores is Harrysson Neira's Lima specialty roastery-cafe; he won the 2013 Peru Barista Championship.
DrinkPour-over single-origin Peruvian filter coffee
TipQuiet weekday mornings before 10:00 are ideal for laptop work; the espresso flight is the order.
Origen Tostadores de Cafe ★ 4.8
Origen Tostadores at Calle Enrique Palacios 1008 in Miraflores is Gino Kanashiro and Jessica Tejada's 2013 single-origin Peruvian roastery-cafe in Lima.
BeansCajamarca, Cusco, Junin, San Martin
BrewsEspresso, V60, Chemex, AeroPress, Whole bean retail
TipThree Lima cafes: Miraflores, Pueblo Libre (the Av Simon Bolivar roastery) and Barranco (Av San Martin 131).
Patricia Coffee Brewers ★ 4.8
Patricia in a Little Bourke Street laneway is the CBD's tightest espresso counter: standing-only, rotating guest roasters and a craft benchmark from 2011.
DrinkRotating single-origin espresso
TipEnter from the alley behind Little Bourke Street. Weekday only; closed all weekends.
Kyani and Co ★ 4.8
Kyani and Co opened in 1904, making it Mumbai's oldest Irani cafe. Bun maska, brun maska, mawa cake and the sweet milky chai have not changed in a century.
OrderBun maska and Irani chai; share a mawa cake.
DrinkIrani chai
TipMornings until 11:00 are the best time; the cafe fills with regulars by lunch.
Bake Sum ★ 4.8
Bake Sum on Grand Avenue near Lake Merritt pours coffee with the city's most-loved Asian American pastry program. Mochi muffins, Spam musubi croissants.
DrinkIced black sesame latte
Tandem Coffee Roasters ★ 4.8
Tandem Coffee Roasters on Anderson Street, since 2012 from Will and Kathleen Pratt, is Portland's flagship third-wave roastery and East Bayside cafe.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Guatemala, Burundi
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, Subscription
TipAnderson Street is the working roastery and cafe; Congress Street is the brunch and pastry sibling.
Three Pines Coffee ★ 4.8
Three Pines Coffee on South Main since 2015, the quiet focused cafe with no trendy gimmicks, has built a fiercely loyal following on disciplined small-batch.
DrinkFilter coffee
Five Elephant ★ 4.8
Five Elephant in Berlin Kreuzberg has roasted its own beans and pulled the city's reference filter coffee since 2010; the New York-style cheesecake.
DrinkFilter coffee (single-origin)
TipThe Reichenberger flagship runs all-day.
Onyx Tonics Specialty Coffee ★ 4.8
Designed to feel more like a tasting room than a classic coffee shop; six-plus single-origin coffees rotating weekly from local and US roasters.
DrinkSingle-origin filter, rotating weekly
Vesta Coffee Roasters (Arts District) ★ 4.8
Vesta Coffee Roasters in the Arts District of Las Vegas is the on-site roastery cafe with house-roasted beans, a single-origin filter programme and a quiet.
DrinkHouse blend cortado
TipThe roastery runs visible from the counter; the Friday morning cupping (free) is the easiest way to taste the current single-origins.
Brother Juniper's ★ 4.8
Brother Juniper's near the University of Memphis on Walker Avenue has run breakfasts in a tiny house behind a white picket fence since the Koplins took it.
DrinkDrip coffee with omelettes
TipTuesday to Sunday breakfast only; closes 13:00 weekdays, 12:30 Saturdays. Get there by 08:30.
La Colombe Fishtown ★ 4.8
La Colombe Fishtown in Philadelphia is the flagship Fishtown cafe and roasting facility at 1335 Frankford, with a tasting room, a working roaster.
DrinkDraft latte
Olneyville New York System ★ 4.8
Olneyville's signature combo: three hot wieners with mustard, meat sauce, onions and celery salt, plus a coffee milk. Under $13 in Olneyville Square.
TryThree hot wieners 'all the way' with coffee milk
MUY Coffee ★ 4.8
MUY Coffee on Calle Albareda in Seville is the small specialty storefront opened in 2022 by three brothers, exclusively serving roasts from Ineffable Coffee.
DrinkEspresso (Ineffable roast)
TipOpen Tue-Sun 08:30-18:00, closed Monday. Stand-up bar only; takeaway is the default, sit-down counter limited to four stools.
Centrál Kávéház ★ 4.8
The Central Kavehaz on Karolyi utca has poured coffee since 1887 and was the regular meeting room for the Nyugat literary set in the early 20th century.
OrderA filter coffee with the Esterhazy slice and a Sacher torte.
DrinkFilter coffee with a slice of Esterházy
TipQuieter than New York Cafe for working; the upstairs reading room is the calmest seat.
Heart Roasters Burnside ★ 4.8
Wille and Rebekah Yli-Luoma's Heart Roasters opened on East Burnside in Portland in 2009. The flagship cafe runs Nordic-light filter brewing all day.
DrinkSingle-origin filter
TipFilter coffee is the point; the Slayer espresso machine pours a cleaner shot than most. Open 08:00-15:00 daily.
Kakawa Chocolate House ★ 4.8
Kakawa pours historically researched drinking chocolates (Mesoamerican, European) plus chile and goat-cheese truffles on Paseo de Peralta in Santa Fe.
DrinkMesoamerican and European historic drinking chocolates
Cajdzinica Dzirlo ★ 4.8
Cajdzinica Dzirlo on cobbled Kovaci above Bascarsija pours Bosnian coffee, salep and 53 teas from a tiny Sarajevo Ottoman-era tea house above town.
DrinkBosnian coffee and 53 teas
TipOrder a Bosnian coffee with rahat lokum and sit on the stone steps outside; cash only.
Exo Roast Co. ★ 4.8
Exo Roast Co. on North 6th in Tucson is the Fourth Avenue cafe-roastery serving the heritage chiltepin cold brew, sourdough muffins and beans.
DrinkChiltepin pepper cold brew
Caffe Al Bicerin ★ 4.8
Caffe Al Bicerin in Turin opened in 1763 facing the Consolata sanctuary. The house secret-recipe bicerin (coffee, chocolate, fior di latte) is the order.
DrinkBicerin (coffee, chocolate, fior di latte)
Mom 'n 'em Coffee and Wine ★ 4.8
Mom 'n 'em on Colerain Avenue in Cincinnati's Camp Washington is the corner cafe-and-wine bar named the best coffee shop in Ohio by Food and Wine magazine.
DrinkHouse espresso and natural wine by the glass
Wild Love Bakehouse ★ 4.8
Wild Love Bakehouse on North Central Street, the North Knoxville cafe and bakery, runs scratch pastries and Joe Coffee on tap and was named Afar's best.
DrinkDrip coffee and croissants
TipMondays and Tuesdays closed; weekend mornings fill fast for the laminated pastries.
Wonderstate Coffee ★ 4.8
Wonderstate Coffee on West Main, the Capitol Square cafe of the Viroqua-roasted specialty company since 2005, serves pour-over and espresso menus daily.
DrinkPour-over of the Viroqua-roasted single origin
Deep Coffee Roasters ★ 4.8
Deep Coffee Roasters in Marseille's 1er roasts on-site at Rue Glandeves, beans from Brazil, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Myanmar and Ethiopia, the city's most.
DrinkSingle-origin filter
TipOpen Mon-Fri 9am-5:30pm, weekends 9am-6pm; the roastery is at no. 17 next door.
Sub Rosa Bakery ★ 4.8
Sub Rosa cafe in Church Hill pours drip coffee with the city's leading naturally-leavened breads. Multi-time James Beard semifinalist bakery.
DrinkDrip coffee with morning bun
Simple Kaffa Flagship ★ 4.8
Simple Kaffa's flagship near Huashan Creative Park is the home cafe of 2016 World Barista Champion Berg Wu, ranked the world's best coffee by Big 7 Travel.
OrderThe signature espresso flight and the matcha Swiss roll dessert.
DrinkBerg Wu's signature espresso
TipOpen 10:00-17:00 daily. Queues form before 10:00 on weekends.
Artifact Coffee ★ 4.8
Artifact Coffee sits in a historic stone building on Union Avenue, a Hampden daytime cafe and bakery pouring careful coffee with breakfast and lunch.
DrinkPour-over coffee
TipIt started as a Woodberry Kitchen offshoot; the stone-mill setting makes it a destination, not just a coffee stop.
Cafe Iruna ★ 4.8
Cafe Iruna on Jardines de Albia in Bilbao opened in 1903, with 300 square metres of Mudejar tiles and pinchos morunos at the corner charcoal grill.
DrinkCafe con leche, vermut
Pollen Bakery ★ 4.8
Sunday Times-listed Ancoats bakery cafe in Manchester by the marina. Sourdough loaves, viennoiserie, custom espresso blend, brunch plates daily Wed-Sun.
DrinkEspresso
MAME Josef ★ 4.8
MAME Josef in Zurich: World-champion barista coffee on a quiet Kreis 5 corner; serious filter coffee mostly known to the city's coffee crowd.
Why locals goWorld-champion barista coffee on a quiet Kreis 5 corner; serious filter coffee mostly known to the city's coffee crowd.
TipOrder a filter flight; ask about the rotating single-origins from the roastery.
Roots Coffee The Commons ★ 4.8
Roots Coffee in Bangkok's The Commons Thonglor is the city's foundational third-wave roaster cafe, opened 2014 by Varatt Vichit-Vadakan with a multi-origin.
DrinkSingle-origin pour-over
TipThe single-origin pour-over flight is the way to read the bean program. Closes at 19:00 daily; weekend mornings queue.
Continental Bakery ★ 4.8
Continental Bakery in English Village Mountain Brook is Carole Griffin's 1984 European bakery with pastries, sandwiches and Chez Lulu next door.
DrinkDrip coffee
Blacksmith ★ 4.8
Blacksmith in Houston is the Montrose third-wave coffee bar on Westheimer from the Greenway Coffee team, with espresso, pour-overs and a Koffeteria pastry.
DrinkEspresso with Greenway Coffee beans
TipGet a cortado with the rotating single-origin. The Memorial City second location is the quieter alternative.
Relaks Kawiarnia ★ 4.8
Relaks on Pulawska in Warsaw is the bike-shop-turned-specialty-coffee room staffed by former Polish barista champions. Order the specialty filter coffee.
DrinkSpecialty filter coffee
Przionica D59B ★ 4.8
Przionica was Belgrade's first specialty micro-roastery in 2012. Built into an industrial Dorcol courtyard, the cafe still sells only coffee and water.
Why locals goOpened in a former Yugoslav-era state bus garage on Dobracina, coffee only and no food keeps the tourist scrum away
TipSunday afternoons bring DJ sets that double as a Drip Podcast live recording. Avoid if you want quiet.
John Mills Himself ★ 4.8
John Mills Himself runs a laneway off Charlotte Street in Brisbane CBD. Specialty espresso bar by day, gin bar by night, heritage 1873 printer building.
DrinkSingle-origin espresso
Songbird Coffee & Tea House ★ 4.8
Songbird Coffee & Tea House on 3rd Street is a downtown Phoenix coffee-and-tea room, pulling shots from Tempe roaster Infusion in a calm, plant-filled space.
DrinkPour-over coffee and loose-leaf tea
TipIt is a sit-and-stay room, strong on tea; the bungalow patio works in cool months.
Tim Wendelboe ★ 4.8
Tim Wendelboe on Gruners gate in Oslo's Grunerlokka is the World Barista Champion's tiny espresso bar, the room that rebuilt Norwegian specialty coffee.
OrderA filter brew from the daily-rotating origins; the cortado is the bar order.
DrinkFilter coffee, single-origin
TipSixteen seats only; no laptops, no Wi-Fi, the room is built for the cup. Weekend hours start at 11:00.
Rocket Bean Cafe Miera ★ 4.8
Rocket Bean's Miera cafe is the original Riga branch of the city's flagship specialty-coffee roastery, serving filter, espresso and brunch in the design.
DrinkFilter coffee
TipThe Miera Street branch is the slowest, most local of the five Rocket Bean cafes; weekend brunch fills up fast.
Au Fond du Jardin ★ 4.8
Au Fond du Jardin behind the cathedral is a British-styled tea salon open since 1999, known for more than eighty kinds of madeleine du voyage.
DrinkTea with madeleines du voyage
POC People on Caffeine ★ 4.7
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.
Roasters Kolektiva ★ 4.7
Roasters Kolektiva is Thessaloniki's leading specialty roastery with five locations across the city. The Sykies flagship doubles as the roasting facility.
Frigideiras do Cantinho ★ 4.7
A full entry also appears in Bakeries; listed here for its cafe seating. Trading continuously since 1796, this is both a pastry shop and a sit-down cafe.
OrderFrigideira (fried custard pasty) and a galão
TipOrder the trio: one frigideira, one tíbia, one sameirinho to understand the full monastic-pastry repertoire at a single sitting.
Stow Coffee Roasters ★ 4.7
Stow brought third-wave coffee to Slovenia in 2014. The City Museum cafe doubles as a roasting and education space with regular Coffee Academies for home.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Kenya, Brazil
BrewsEspresso, Filter, V60, Chemex, Whole bean retail
Biddle's Escape ★ 4.7
Biddle's Escape on Biddle Avenue in Regent Square is a work-friendly cafe in Pittsburgh. Specialty drinks and panini with a big patio and downstairs seating.
DrinkSpecialty lattes
Man Met Bril Koffie (Hofbogen) ★ 4.7
Rotterdam's most celebrated coffee brand, roasting under the railway arches at Hofbogen. Order the filter coffee from own roastery. At Vijverhofstraat 70.
DrinkFilter coffee from own roastery
Temple Coffee Roasters 9th Street ★ 4.7
Temple Coffee Roasters 9th Street is the downtown Sacramento outpost of the specialty roaster, a work-friendly corner cafe near Capitol Mall.
DrinkBurundi Turihamwe pour over
Antica Bottega del Vino (banco) ★ 4.7
Antica Bottega del Vino's marble counter has poured Verona's reference ombra since 1890 on Vicolo Scudo di Francia, 4,500 labels on the back bar.
DrinkOmbra of Amarone Classico
TipStand at the counter for the ombra-and-cicchetti circuit; sit for the full kitchen. The 2018 Amarone Classico by the glass is the move.
Paramount Coffee Project ★ 4.7
PCP on Commonwealth Street, Surry Hills, Sydney serves rotating roasters and a Pasi Petanen-trained breakfast menu inside the old Paramount Studios building.
DrinkSingle-origin espresso
Nomad Coffee ★ 4.7
Nomad Coffee in Barcelona's Born is Jordi Mestre's third-wave anchor: single-origin Ethiopian and Colombian, a flagship roastery cafe and a wholesale.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Burundi
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
TipOpen Mon-Sat. The Passatge Sert flagship is the larger room; sister Mercat del Born and Passeig de Sant Joan also pour.
Hallmackenreuther ★ 4.7
Hallmackenreuther on Brüsseler Platz in Cologne is the signature Belgian Quarter terrace cafe, open from breakfast to midnight; the best people-watching seat.
Glitch Coffee and Roasters ★ 4.7
Glitch Coffee in Tokyo's Jimbocho is Kiyokazu Suzuki's specialty room among the secondhand bookshops. Light single-origin roasts and pour-overs only.
DrinkLight-roast single-origin hand-drip
TipThe light roasts taste closer to tea than espresso. Order a Geisha or Kenyan pour-over for the clearest read on the bean.
Koffee Mameya ★ 4.7
Koffee Mameya in Tokyo's Omotesando is Eiichi Kunitomo's bean-counter behind a wooden door. No menu: the barista matches a roast to your taste profile.
DrinkCustom bean-matched pour-over
TipPlan 15 minutes for the conversation; the small flight option lets you try three pour-overs back-to-back.
Elemental Coffee Roasters ★ 4.7
Elemental Coffee Roasters on N Hudson in Oklahoma City sources and roasts single-origin beans in-house, serving precision pour-overs in Midtown OKC.
Da Matteo Magasinsgatan ★ 4.7
Da Matteo's Magasinsgatan branch houses the company's roastery and serves espresso and filter drinks using beans roasted on site. Located in Centrum.
DrinkEspresso with house-roasted beans
SOL Bageri och Kaffe ★ 4.7
SOL Bageri och Kaffe on Eklandagatan is among Scandinavia's most respected small bakeries, known for sourdough loaves, laminated pastries and specialty.
DrinkFilter coffee with sourdough pastry
Morgon Coffee Roasters ★ 4.7
Morgon Coffee Roasters on Hisingen is only accessible by the Stenpiren ferry, a journey that filters out all but the most dedicated coffee lovers.
OrderSeasonal micro-lot filter, Cold brew on ice, Guest pastry
Why locals goReached only by ferry from central Gothenburg, invisible to most visitors
Communal Coffee ★ 4.7
Communal Coffee in San Diego is the University Avenue cafe and floral shop in North Park, a long bar with bouquets along one wall and Stumptown coffee.
DrinkLavender oat-milk latte
TipThe back room takes laptops; the bar holds the morning queue, line moves fast before 9am.
Dark Horse Coffee Roasters ★ 4.7
Dark Horse Coffee Roasters in San Diego is the North Park direct-trade roastery and cafe on 30th Street, a tight grab-and-go counter with small-batch single.
DrinkSingle-origin espresso
TipThe Juniper Street location is the larger sit-down room; this 30th Street counter is the grab-and-go.
Tartine Bakery ★ 4.7
Tartine Bakery in San Francisco is Chad Robertson and Elisabeth Prueitt's Guerrero Street original, with a queue that has not let up since 2002 and a morning.
DrinkPour-over with morning bun
TipMorning bun and croissant come out at different times; ask the counter when the next bake is due.
Fox in the Snow Cafe German Village ★ 4.7
Fox in the Snow Cafe on Thurman Avenue in Columbus's German Village is the city's reference morning room, with the wood-warmed cinnamon roll and espresso.
DrinkCinnamon roll with espresso
Coffee Five ★ 4.7
Coffee Five pours specialty coffee from a kiosk on Rua da Quitanda in Centro, Rio de Janeiro, using its own roasted beans, and made the 2026 world top 100.
DrinkEspresso and filter coffee
TipOpen weekdays only; co-founder Rafaela Nascimento is a tea sommelier, so ask about the tea list alongside the coffee.
Stillers Coffee ★ 4.7
The roastery and brewbar in a hidden back alley off Klostergade where competition-level technique is applied to daily service; the brew bar showcases.
DrinkCompetition-level espresso and filter
La Cabra (pastry counter) ★ 4.7
A cardamom bun and filter coffee at La Cabra is the best value specialty-coffee experience in Aarhus, from the roastery exporting to thirty countries; $85.
TryCardamom bun and filter coffee
Provider ★ 4.7
Provider on East 16th in Indianapolis is a coffee-and-cocktail lounge from a local barista crew. House-made syrups, a deep espresso menu, evening cocktails.
OrderA house-syrup latte and an evening cocktail off the lounge menu.
BeansRotating local roasters
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Cold brew
TipCoffee bar by day, cocktail lounge in the evenings.
Messenger Coffee ★ 4.7
Messenger Coffee's three-story flagship on Grand Boulevard in Kansas City's Crossroads pairs an in-house roastery with Ibis Bakery downstairs and a rooftop.
DrinkFilter coffee, single origin
TipRooftop opens for sunset; the second floor is the work-friendly seat. Daily 7:00-17:00.
Mezcaloteca tasting room ★ 4.7
The Mezcaloteca tasting room on Reforma pours guided flights by reservation, a seated run through single-batch agave spirits from maestros mezcaleros.
DrinkMezcal flight by appointment
Sakona Coffee Roasters ★ 4.7
Sakona Coffee Roasters runs a specialty coffee programme since 2015, the city's third-wave pioneer with a public cafe in Gros and a roastery in Irun.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Kenya, Brazil
BrewsEspresso, Filter, V60, Whole bean retail
TipOrder the seasonal filter at the bar; the bean retail wall stocks Sakona's roasts to take home.
Copenhagen Coffee Lab ★ 4.7
Copenhagen Coffee Lab in Principe Real, Lisbon, the Danish import that opened the city's Nordic coffee wave. Order the filter coffee, danish-roast beans.
DrinkFilter coffee, Danish-roast beans
Brewery Bhavana ★ 4.7
The bookshop and flower shop give Brewery Bhavana an all-day cafe character. Belgian farmhouse ales pair well with lunch; dim sum available from opening.
DrinkBelgian farmhouse ale
Lot Sixty One ★ 4.7
Lot Sixty One on Kinkerstraat in Oud-West roasts its own beans in the basement, the canal-corner Amsterdam cafe that pioneered the third-wave wave.
DrinkEspresso and filter from in-house roast
White Label Coffee ★ 4.7
White Label on Jan Evertsenstraat roasts in West, a sunny Amsterdam cafe rotating rare beans and a coffee-of-the-month, with a small terrace out front.
DrinkRotating single-origin filter
Artisan Roast Broughton Street ★ 4.7
Artisan Roast on Broughton Street in Edinburgh, opened 2007, the city's third-wave coffee pioneer roasting on-site in Glasgow and pouring filter and espresso.
DrinkFilter coffee
TipOpen from 08:00 weekends and busy by 10:00; the back room takes laptop users for longer sessions and stays open till 18:00.
Twelve Triangles Cafe ★ 4.7
Twelve Triangles bakery-cafe on Brunswick Street in Edinburgh, opened 2015, a third-wave coffee counter making the city's most popular doughnuts.
DrinkFilter coffee and a doughnut
TipOpen from 07:00; the day's doughnuts sell out by 11:00 on Saturdays. The Brunswick Street site is takeaway only.
Mision Cafe ★ 4.7
Mision Cafe in Madrid's Conde Duque is the specialty third-wave room with house-roasted beans, a daily-changing brunch carte and a clean Scandinavian-design.
DrinkSingle-origin filter
TipOpen daily 09:00-20:00. The weekend brunch sets (14 to 19 euros) book up by 11:30; walk-in only.
Hola Coffee ★ 4.7
Hola Coffee on Calle Doctor Fourquet in Madrid's Lavapies is the specialty roaster-and-cafe since 2017, with beans roasted in the back, single-origin filter.
DrinkEspresso
TipOpen Mon-Sat 09:00-19:00, Sunday 10:00-17:00. The bag of single-origin beans (12 to 18 euros) goes home with regulars.
Panaderia Rosetta Colima ★ 4.7
Panaderia Rosetta in Mexico City is Elena Reygadas' Colima bakery cafe across from Rosetta, where the guava-rose roll and concha drive Sunday-morning queues.
DrinkEspresso with concha
Pasticceria Poppella ★ 4.7
Poppella in Naples' Sanita has run the family pastry counter since 1920, with the fiocco di neve (snow-flake brioche with cream filling) the dish that turned.
DrinkEspresso, fiocco di neve
TipOpen daily 07:00-22:00. The fiocco di neve at 1 euro 50 is the only order; queue can be 30 minutes on weekends.
Pasticceria Attanasio ★ 4.7
Attanasio near Naples Central Station has fried sfogliatelle since 1930, with the riccia and frolla baked all day. Located in Centro Storico.
DrinkEspresso, sfogliatella riccia
TipOpen Tue-Sun 06:30-19:30; closed Monday. The sfogliatella is 2 euros at the counter; cash preferred.
Pasticceria Cappello ★ 4.7
Pasticceria Cappello on Via Colonna Rotta is home to the Sicilian Setteveli, Palermo's defining seven-veil chocolate cake refined by Salvatore Cappello AMPI.
DrinkEspresso with Setteveli
TipSetteveli single slice with espresso. Closed Monday. Second branch on Via Nicolo Garzilli 19.
Casa Stagnitta ★ 4.7
Casa Stagnitta on Discesa dei Giudici in Palermo has roasted coffee on premise since 1928, three generations of the same family, the city's most serious.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Brazil, Guatemala
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
TipSingle-origin filter at the back room. The Sant'Antonino bag is the house blend on retail.
Espresso Vivace ★ 4.7
Espresso Vivace in Seattle's Capitol Hill is David Schomer's 1988 espresso bar: the cafe credited with bringing micro-foam latte art to North America.
DrinkCaffe Nico, the David Schomer cortado
Victrola Coffee Roasters ★ 4.7
Victrola Coffee Roasters in Seattle's Capitol Hill is the 2000 third-wave roaster on 15th Ave: single-origin pour overs, the Streamline espresso blend.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Kenya, Costa Rica
BrewsEspresso, Pour over, Filter, Whole bean retail
Broadsheet Coffee Roasters ★ 4.7
Aaron Mason's Broadsheet on Kirkland Street has run a single-origin specialty-coffee bar and roastery in Cambridge since 2017. James Hoffmann recommendation.
DrinkSingle-origin filter coffee
TipPour-over filter coffee is the order; the espresso is excellent too. Closed earlier on Sundays at 16:00.
Momos Coffee Oncheonjang ★ 4.7
Momos Coffee began at this Oncheonjang corner of Busan in 2007 and grew into the roaster whose barista Jooyeon Jeon won the 2019 world title.
DrinkHand drip of the day
TipOrder through the smart-order kiosk, then take the hanok-style garden seats out back.
Momos Roastery and Coffee Bar ★ 4.7
Momos turned a Yeongdo boat marina into its roastery and coffee bar in 2021, where Busan's world-champion team roasts, cups and brews in full view.
DrinkSingle-origin filter flight
TipAsk for the one-to-one barista service; the bar explains each brew as it is poured.
Andersen & Maillard ★ 4.7
Andersen & Maillard on Nørrebrogade in Nørrebro is the city's pioneering bakery-roastery hybrid, opened in 2018 by former noma pastry chef Milton Abel.
DrinkFlat white
TipOrder the cardamom kouign-amann with the house filter coffee. The bench by the window is the prime perch.
Tarihi Tahmis Kahvesi ★ 4.7
Tahmis Kahvesi has poured coffee beside the Gaziantep spice market since 1635, and menengiç, the wild pistachio brew, is what to order here.
DrinkMenengiç kahvesi
TipBackgammon boards and live saz appear most evenings. Sit in the vaulted room, not the street tables.
La Finca Coffee ★ 4.7
La Finca Coffee in Granada is founder Juan Manuel Gonzalezs micro-roastery cafe near the cathedral, with single-origin beans roasted weekly in-house.
DrinkSingle-origin filter coffee from the in-house roaster
TipThe room is tiny; takeaway is the norm at peak hours and the roastery sells whole-bean retail.
Cafe Camelot ★ 4.7
Cafe Camelot off Kraków's Świętego Tomasza is the wood-panelled folk-art cafe that ran the city's coffee tradition through the 1990s. Order the cafe latte.
DrinkCafe latte
TipThe apple pie is the dish; the back-room library has tables for laptops.
Karma ★ 4.7
Karma on Kraków's Krupnicza is a third-wave cafe with a roastery in Nowa Huta. Order the flat white. At ul. Krupnicza 12. Booking recommended.
DrinkFlat white
TipCloses 19:00 weekdays, 17:00 weekends. Cash and card. Brunch served until 14:00.
FIKA Cafe ★ 4.7
FIKA Cafe at the American Swedish Institute pours Scandinavian-style coffee in Minneapolis since 2012. Order the scandinavian filter coffee.
DrinkScandinavian filter coffee
Craft Coffee Roasters (Stragan) ★ 4.7
Craft Coffee Roasters in Poznań spun out of Stragan Kawiarnia on Ratajczaka 31, the city's foundational speciality-coffee room, supplying its own cafe plus.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Kenya
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Chemex, Aeropress, Whole bean retail
TipThe cafe rotates beans weekly; ask for whichever roast was the freshest off the drum, not the most familiar one on the menu.
Reykjavik Roasters ★ 4.7
Reykjavik Roasters on Karastigur is the city's specialty-coffee anchor, a snug 1929 house roasting its own beans and pulling careful espresso.
DrinkSingle-origin filter
TipThe original branch behind Skolavordustigur. There are sibling cafes on Brautarholt and Freyjugata too.
Sweet Bloom Coffee ★ 4.7
Sweet Bloom Coffee in Lakewood is Andy Sprenger's small-batch roastery and cafe, a US Brewers Cup champion and direct-sourcing program since 2013.
DrinkSourcing-driven filter coffee
3fe Grand Canal ★ 4.7
3fe Grand Canal in Dublin 2, the flagship of Colin Harmon's roastery, the city's most polished filter coffee on the south side of Pearse Street's tech.
OrderA V60 filter with the rotating Ethiopian single-origin and a sourdough cardamom bun.
DrinkFilter coffee
TipEight 3fe cafes across Dublin; the Grand Canal flagship has the most seating and serves food until 15:00.
The Fumbally ★ 4.7
The Fumbally (The Liberties): Hidden down a Liberties lane behind The Coombe, no Google Maps queue tells you it's the Liberties' weekend ritual.
Why locals goHidden down a Liberties lane behind The Coombe, no Google Maps queue tells you it's the Liberties' weekend ritual.
TipFriday Dinner is the secret-handshake booking; the daily cafe is walk-in only. Closed Sunday afternoon.
Drukarnia Cafe ★ 4.7
Drukarnia Cafe in Gdańsk works a former printing house on Mariacka, the city's most photogenic street. Order the filter brewed on chemex or v60.
DrinkFilter brewed on Chemex or V60
TipArrive before 11:00 weekends for a seat by the front window; the upstairs runs quieter.
Nieczapla Coffee Roasters ★ 4.7
Nieczapla in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz is the cafe in front of one of Poland's most respected micro-roasteries. Order the filter on whatever roast came out last week.
DrinkFilter on whatever roast came out last week
TipAsk what was roasted last week; the menu rotates faster than the printed list keeps up.
Lan Fong Yuen ★ 4.7
Lan Fong Yuen on Gage Street invented Hong Kong's silk stocking milk tea in 1952, brewing with Ceylon leaves through a fabric sleeve and serving it.
DrinkSilk stocking milk tea
TipOrder takeaway from the side hatch if the dine in line is more than 20 deep; closed Sundays.
Sing Heung Yuen ★ 4.7
Sing Heung Yuen on Mee Lun Street is one of Hong Kong's last surviving dai pai dong, opened in 1957 and known for tomato beef macaroni and crispy condensed.
DrinkIced lemon tea with tomato instant noodles
TipSaturday morning is the calmest window; weekday lunch lines run 40 minutes. Closed Sundays.
Colectivo Coffee on Prospect ★ 4.7
Colectivo on North Prospect Avenue is the East Side flagship of the Milwaukee roaster, with single-origin drip, espresso and breakfast pastries in a former.
DrinkDrip coffee, single origins
Stone Creek Coffee Downer Cafe and Kitchen ★ 4.7
Stone Creek Coffee on North Downer Avenue serves single-origin espresso, drip and a scratch breakfast and lunch kitchen at the Milwaukee roaster's Northpoint.
DrinkEspresso, single origins
Lineage Coffee Roasting ★ 4.7
Lineage Coffee Roasting inside East End Market on Corrine Drive is the Audubon Park flagship of the local specialty roaster, with single-origin pour-overs.
DrinkSingle-origin pour-over
Qreate Coffee + Studio ★ 4.7
Qreate Coffee + Studio on Woodward Street in Mills 50 is the specialty cafe and photo studio with Asian-inspired signature drinks in a minimalist room.
DrinkAsian-inspired specialty lattes
The Sentient Bean ★ 4.7
Fully vegetarian coffeehouse on the south end of Forsyth Park, open since 2001. Fair-trade organic coffee and espresso, vegan breakfast, a live-music programm
DrinkFair-trade espresso drinks
PERC Coffee ★ 4.7
PERC has been Savannah's most-cited specialty roaster since 2010, with a roastery cafe on East Broad serving espresso tonics. First-Saturday public cuppings.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Kenya, Peru
BrewsEspresso, Pour over, Espresso tonic, Whole bean retail, Subscription
Drop Coffee ★ 4.7
Drop Coffee on Wollmar Yxkullsgatan in Stockholm's Södermalm is the third-wave cafe and roastery from 2009; light-roast filter, pour-over and a Mariatorget.
DrinkPour-over light-roast filter
TipOpen until 18:00 weekdays. The standing counter is for espresso; the back room is for filter and laptops.
Buddy Brew Coffee Hyde Park ★ 4.7
Buddy Brew Coffee on Kennedy in Hyde Park opened in 2010 and now anchors Tampa's specialty coffee scene with locally roasted beans and espresso classics.
DrinkCortado
High Five Coffee Broadway ★ 4.7
High Five Coffee on Broadway Street has been Asheville's flagship High Five since 2009, a counter-service room with a patio that takes laptops on warm days.
DrinkMacadamia milk latte
TipCounter service. Outdoor patio takes laptops on warm days; outlets are limited inside.
Phoenix Coffee Coventry ★ 4.7
Phoenix Coffee on Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights, the Coventry outlet of Cleveland's specialty roaster since 1990, anchors the daytime cafe scene.
DrinkHouse espresso
Civilization ★ 4.7
Civilization Coffee Bar on West 11th in Tremont, set in the restored 1881 Flandermyer Drug Building, runs filter and espresso with a small pastry counter.
DrinkPour-over filter coffee
Folk Detroit ★ 4.7
Folk Detroit at Trumbull and Bagley in Corktown serves all-day brunch and locally sourced sandwiches in Detroit since 2018. James Beard-nominated room.
DrinkPour-over coffee
TipOrder at the counter; coffee from a Michigan roaster. Patio in summer.
Kona Coffee Purveyors ★ 4.7
Kona Coffee Purveyors in the International Market Place in Waikiki Honolulu is the Big Island farm-direct coffee bar paired with b. patisserie pastries baked.
Drink100% Kona single-estate espresso
TipDaily 07:00-16:00. Order a flat white with the kouign-amann; queue snakes by 09:30.
Tostaduria Bisetti ★ 4.7
Tostaduria Bisetti at Av Pedro de Osma 116 in Barranco is a 1958 Lima coffee institution set up by Romulo Bisetti, with cafe, espresso bar and roastery.
DrinkSingle-origin Peruvian espresso and pour-overs
TipSaturday afternoon brings the cupping flights; the workshop room hosts barista trainings.
Seven Seeds ★ 4.7
Seven Seeds in Carlton is among Melbourne's founding specialty roasters: a converted warehouse north of the university that set the espresso standard.
DrinkFlat white on house blend
Proud Mary ★ 4.7
Proud Mary on Oxford Street is internationally recognised for direct-trade sourcing, with a food programme that keeps pace with the coffee at every turn.
DrinkDirect-trade single-origin espresso
Subko Specialty Coffee Roasters and Craft Bakehouse ★ 4.7
Subko's Bandra flagship roasts and bakes in-house off Chapel Road. The Bibasaha Bana single-origin espresso program is Subko's calling card; the croissants.
OrderA Bibasaha Bana espresso and a chocolate-cardamom croissant.
DrinkBibasaha Bana espresso
TipThe bean retail counter holds the freshest single-origins; ask the barista for what just landed.
Blue Bottle Coffee Old Oakland ★ 4.7
Blue Bottle's Old Oakland cafe at 480 9th Street pours single-origins from the company that started in a Temescal potting shed in 2002, with espresso service.
DrinkSingle-origin pour over
Highwire Coffee Roasters ★ 4.7
Highwire's flagship cafe on Rockridge's College Avenue pours single-origin coffees sourced from Colombia, Rwanda, Peru, New Guinea and Ethiopia.
DrinkSingle-origin espresso
Tandem Coffee Roasters Anderson Street ★ 4.7
Tandem Coffee Roasters on Anderson Street, since 2012 from Will and Kathleen Pratt, is the working East Bayside roastery and cafe with espresso and filter.
DrinkFilter coffee from house-roasted single origins
TipMonday to Saturday 07:00-13:00. The Congress Street cafe handles weekends and full-day brunch.
Tandem Coffee + Bakery Congress Street ★ 4.7
Tandem Coffee + Bakery on Congress Street in the West End is the brunch sibling to the Anderson Street roastery, with buttermilk biscuits and pour-overs.
DrinkButtermilk biscuit and pour-over coffee
TipOpen daily 08:00-13:00. Online ordering for collection 07:45-10:15.
Eva's Bakery ★ 4.7
Eva's Bakery on South Main, chef Charlie Perry's French bakery and cafe named for his great-grandmother Eva Coombs, runs French pastries and breakfast plates.
DrinkEspresso drinks and French pastries
Publik Coffee Roasters ★ 4.7
Publik Coffee Roasters on West Temple, the small-batch specialty coffee roaster with citywide cafes, runs a flagship roastery in a converted warehouse.
DrinkFilter coffee
Cupping Café ★ 4.7
Cupping Café in Vila Madalena, Sao Paulo, roasts its own beans and made the World's 100 Best Coffee Shops 2026 list alongside one other Brazilian cafe.
DrinkSingle-origin filter coffee
The Barn ★ 4.7
The Barn on Berlin's Auguststrasse, founded 2010 by Ralf Rueller, runs the city's strict third-wave coffee dogma: no Wi-Fi, no laptops, no milk in espresso.
DrinkPour-over filter
TipNo Wi-Fi or laptops by policy. The filter pour-over with the bean of the week is the order.
The Barn (Schoenhauser) ★ 4.7
The Barn's Schoenhauser flagship in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg runs the city's strictest third-wave filter dogma; no laptops, no Wi-Fi, no milk-based drinks past.
DrinkFilter pour-over
TipCounter seating only, no laptops. The single-origin filter changes every 48 hours; ask the bar staff for today's pour.
Scout & Co. Old North End ★ 4.7
Scout's flagship at 237 North Ave is where the ice cream is made and pastries are baked in the Pine Street kitchen. Coffee from BIPOC and Queer roasters.
DrinkEspresso and house-made ice cream
Mandabatmaz ★ 4.7
Mandabatmaz in Beyoğlu's Olivya Passage, a 1967 single-room Turkish coffee bar whose foamy cup is the standard against which the rest of Istanbul is measured.
DrinkTurkish coffee
PublicUs ★ 4.7
PublicUs on Fremont Street in Las Vegas is the downtown Fremont East cafe since 2015, an all-day cafe serving Velton Ross microroasted coffee.
DrinkVelton Ross filter coffee
TipThe back patio runs work-friendly with outlets; busiest 09:00-11:00 with the downtown work-from-cafe crowd.
Mothership Coffee Roasters (Fremont) ★ 4.7
Mothership Coffee Roasters in Las Vegas is Juanny Romero's woman-owned Nevada roastery since 2012, a downtown Fremont cafe with single-origin pour-overs.
DrinkSingle-origin pour-over
TipFive locations across the Las Vegas Valley; the Fremont room has the deepest single-origin selection and the longest hours.
Fritz Coffee Company (Dohwa) ★ 4.7
Fritz Coffee Company in Dohwa is the roaster that reshaped Seoul's specialty coffee culture, serving own-roasted single-origins in a converted factory.
DrinkFritz house espresso blend
Sam James Coffee Bar Harbord ★ 4.7
Sam James Coffee Bar's Harbord original since 2009 is the city's third-wave reference counter, the espresso bar that trained much of Toronto's baristas.
OrderThe cortado and a single-origin filter from the day's rotation.
DrinkEspresso, single origin filter
TipNo wifi, two chairs, takeaway by design. Over 20 Toronto shops serve Sam James beans; the King West PATH counter is the downtown branch.
Cxffeeblack ★ 4.7
Cxffeeblack in Memphis is Bartholomew Jones and Renata Henderson's coffee roaster and cafe with an Ethiopia-direct supply chain, serving single-origin.
DrinkEthiopia single-origin
TipThe roastery doubles as the retail cafe; weekend hours are limited so check the site.
ReAnimator Coffee Kensington (roastery) ★ 4.7
ReAnimator Kensington in Philadelphia is the roastery cafe in a former elevator factory on Master Street, the base of operations and the room.
DrinkEspresso flight
K'Far ★ 4.7
K'Far in Philadelphia is Michael Solomonov's all-day Israeli bakery cafe at 19th near Rittenhouse, a morning room of borekas, babkas and za'atar toast.
DrinkCardamom latte
Filo ★ 4.7
Filo on Calle Hernando Colon in Seville is the specialty-coffee-and-brunch room near the Cathedral, with a flat white roster and acai bowls that anchor.
DrinkFlat white
TipOpen daily 08:30-18:00. Tables fill from 10:00 on weekends; come for second breakfast at 11:30 or for late-afternoon coffee.
Confiteria La Campana ★ 4.7
Confiteria La Campana on Calle Sierpes in Seville is the 1885 Modernist patisserie-and-cafe with marble counters, plasterwork ceilings and one.
DrinkCafe con leche with sevillana pastel
TipOpen daily 08:00-22:00. The standing counter at front is fastest; the back tables fill with locals at 18:00 merienda.
Espresso Embassy ★ 4.7
Espresso Embassy on Arany Janos, steps from the Basilica, opened in 2012 as Budapest's first wave-three specialty cafe and still sets the bar for downtown.
OrderThe single-origin espresso, paired with a chocolate chip cookie.
DrinkEspresso and flat white
TipMon to Fri 07:30-19:00, weekends 09:00-17:00; queue is short on weekday mornings.
Stumptown Coffee Roasters Division ★ 4.7
Duane Sorenson's original 1999 Stumptown roastery on SE Division in Portland, replacing the Hair Bender beauty parlour whose name became the espresso blend.
DrinkHairbender espresso
TipThe original counter still hosts public cuppings on Saturday mornings. Order Hairbender as a cortado.
Iconik Coffee Roasters (Lena Street) ★ 4.7
Iconik's 2,000-square-foot Lena Street flagship roasts coffee daily in Santa Fe; the cafe pulls espresso, plates simple breakfast and runs as a slow-pour.
DrinkCold brew on tap and house single-origin filter
Ministry of Cejf ★ 4.7
Ministry of Cejf on Hiseta is Sarajevo's first third-wave specialty coffee bar, roasting their own beans and serving Bosnian coffee alongside flat whites.
DrinkEspresso and pour-over
TipThe back room has the working tables; ask for the seasonal Ethiopian or Burundi single origin.
Kawa ★ 4.7
Kawa on Dzenetica cikma in Sarajevo runs 110 square metres of specialty coffee bar with a garden, espresso from microlot producers and a small cocktail list.
DrinkSpecialty espresso and cocktails
TipThe garden is the spot in summer; the cold brew and a slice of cheesecake is the afternoon move.
Presta Coffee Roasters ★ 4.7
Presta on Avenida del Convento at Mercado San Agustin in Tucson is the Nordic-style coffee bar with single-origin espresso and a quiet courtyard.
DrinkEspresso and pour-over filter coffee
Caffe Mulassano ★ 4.7
Caffe Mulassano under the Piazza Castello porticoes in Turin invented the tramezzino in 1926. Liberty-era brass interior; 30-plus fillings still served.
DrinkEspresso and the tramezzino
Guido Gobino ★ 4.7
Guido Gobino's flagship in Turin is the contemporary gianduiotto reference. The Cagliari workshop and cafe pour espresso, cremini and the small Tourinot.
DrinkGianduiotto and Tourinot
Revolver ★ 4.7
Revolver on Cambie in Gastown is Vancouver's reference third-wave coffee bar since 2010, the espresso flight format and a rotating multi-roaster bean program.
DrinkEspresso flight, three single-origin shots
TipCounter only and no laptops; the espresso flight pairs three roasters side by side at the bar.
Carabello Coffee ★ 4.7
Carabello Coffee on East 9th Street in Cincinnati's Newport KY is the cross-river specialty roastery and cafe sourcing from Nicaragua co-ops.
DrinkSingle-origin espresso and pour-over
Old City Java ★ 4.7
Old City Java on South Central Street, the neighborhood coffee shop serving downtown Knoxville since 1991, anchors the Old City's specialty coffee tier.
DrinkFilter coffee
TipWeekday mornings turn over faster than weekend afternoons; the bench at the front fills first.
Lazy Jane's Cafe ★ 4.7
Lazy Jane's Cafe on Williamson Street, the Marquette breakfast and bakery since 1998, runs scratch scones and brunch on the Willy Street corridor citywide.
OrderA signature scone with a coffee, or the weekend brunch breakfast burrito.
TipBrunch only on weekends; weekday cafe runs 07:00-14:00 Monday through Friday.
Marigold Kitchen ★ 4.7
Marigold Kitchen on South Pinckney off Capitol Square, the daytime breakfast flagship since 2001, serves espresso and pastries with scratch breakfasts.
DrinkPour-over coffee with a daily pastry
La Tisserie ★ 4.7
La Tisserie in Marseille's 7e is Gallien Jeanroy's coffee roastery and shop at Rue d'Endoume, arabicas from high-altitude family farms roasted daily.
DrinkSingle-origin filter
TipOpen Tue-Fri 8:30am-1:30pm and 3pm-7pm, weekends slightly different hours.
Man versus Machine ★ 4.7
Marco and Cornelia Mehrwald's Man versus Machine in Munich's Glockenbach is the city's most-cited specialty roastery; the Müllerstrasse bar pours their own.
DrinkFilter coffee, single-origin pour-over
TipBring a laptop early; the central table fills up by 10:30 on weekdays.
Lamplighter Coffee Roasters ★ 4.7
Lamplighter's Addison Street cafe pours espresso and single-origin pour-overs in the Fan. Plant-friendly menu of breakfast sandwiches and pastries, daily.
DrinkEspresso with house-roasted single origin
Simple Kaffa Sola ★ 4.7
Simple Kaffa Sola at Taipei 101's 88th floor is the highest cafe in Taipei, opened January 2023 by Berg Wu. Filter flights, panoramic city view.
OrderFilter flight of Berg Wu's seasonal beans with the citrus cheesecake.
DrinkFilter coffee with skyline view
TipOpen 10:00-20:00 daily. Reservation by mobile app, walk-ins on standby.
Pasticceria Tonolo ★ 4.7
Pasticceria Tonolo on Calle San Pantalon in Dorsoduro has run since 1886, the Venetian benchmark for the focaccia veneziana with 30-hour leavening.
DrinkEspresso, focaccia veneziana
TipClosed Mondays. During Carnevale, this is the city's best frittelle counter. Espresso at the bar €1.30; pastries €1.50 to €3.
Allpress Espresso Roastery Cafe ★ 4.7
Allpress Espresso's roastery cafe at 8 Drake Street in Freemans Bay is the brand's Auckland flagship. Coffee from the on-site roaster, a small counter.
DrinkAllpress flat white
Cafe Los Suenos ★ 4.7
Cafe Los Suenos is an immigrant-owned Remington roaster and cafe, owner Carlos Payes pulling Salvadoran-sourced espresso from beans he roasts in-house.
DrinkSingle-origin Salvadoran espresso
TipIt is a daytime-only cafe and roastery; the counter seat is one of the city's best, and pastries come from Ovenbird.
Arvo Specialty Coffee ★ 4.7
Arvo Specialty Coffee on Barraincua near the Guggenheim Bilbao opened 2021, with Basque-roasted beans, brunch, acai bowls and homemade food.
DrinkFilter coffee, flat white
Ezra & Gil ★ 4.7
Open since 2014, the Hilton Street original is Manchester's Northern Quarter brunch room locals queue for. Communal tables, Cornish-roasted coffee daily.
DrinkFlat white
One Ounce For Onion ★ 4.7
One Ounce For Onion in Bangkok's Ekkamai is the hidden-courtyard cafe with rotating Thai and international roasters on the bar, opened 2015 in a converted.
DrinkFilter coffee from rotating roasters
TipThe filter menu changes every couple of weeks; ask the barista what just arrived. Weekend brunch from 09:00.
Bandit Patisserie ★ 4.7
Bandit Patisserie on 1st Avenue North downtown Birmingham is the 2013 pastry counter in the Wooster Lofts, with laminated viennoiserie and a coffee bar.
DrinkEspresso
Common Bond Bistro & Bakery ★ 4.7
Common Bond Bistro & Bakery in Houston is the Montrose patisserie-cafe on Westheimer since 2014, with viennoiserie, brunch plates and a Joe Coffee program.
DrinkCappuccino with house viennoiserie
TipPre-order the kouign-amann on weekends; they sell out by 10am. The sandwich counter at lunch is the secret.
STOR Cafe (Tamka) ★ 4.7
STOR on Tamka in Warsaw is the original location of one of the city's first third-wave coffee shops. Pour-over, espresso, plant milk by default.
DrinkPour-over filter coffee
Origo Coffee Shop ★ 4.7
Origo Coffee Shop on Lipscani 9 opened in 2014 as the first specialty coffee shop in Bucharest, both flagship cafe and roastery for the Origo group.
DrinkFilter coffee, in-house roasted
TipLate-night cafe (open to 24:00 Tue-Sun); the back roastery does cuppings.
Moondog Cafe & Bakery ★ 4.7
Moondog Cafe & Bakery won the Florida Keys' first Bib Gourmand in Michelin's 2026 guide, an all-day Key West patio of tacos, quiche and charred-meringue pie.
OrderKey lime pie with charred meringue after the breakfast tacos
DrinkIced coffee with the key lime pie
TipIt sits across from the Hemingway House queue, and half the bakery case is vegan; the patio suits a long breakfast.
Orsonero Coffee ★ 4.7
Orsonero Coffee on Via Broggi in Porta Venezia is Milan's leading specialty-coffee address, founded by Marco Colzani in 2016. At Via Broggi 15.
DrinkSingle-origin espresso and batch filter
D16 Coffee ★ 4.7
D16 Coffee on Dominisova 16 in Split is the city's specialty coffee anchor, roasting and brewing 100 percent arabica with SCA-standard sourcing since 2017.
OrderA V60 filter of the rotating Ethiopian single origin.
DrinkSingle-origin filter
TipThe small back-alley terrace seats around eight; the second location on Trogirska 8 is the work-friendly room.
De la Sierra Coffee Roasters ★ 4.6
De la Sierra Coffee Roasters won best coffee shop in France at the 2025 Paris Coffee Show, roasting and pouring V60s in Montpellier's Port Marianne.
DrinkV60 filter
TipOrder the cold brew with cocoa beans that helped win the Paris Coffee Show prize, and leave with a bag of the roast.
Super Ioulios ★ 4.6
On a secondary street between the waterfront and the main pedestrian zone, Super Ioulios looks like a neighbourhood coffee bar until 6pm when it becomes one.
Why locals goObscure street, no signage, looks like a coffee shop
Nordico Coffee Shop ★ 4.6
The trailblazer of Braga's specialty coffee scene. Nordico sources single-origin beans from Honduras, Colombia, Kenya and Ethiopia and brews them with care.
OrderV60 filter and the weekend avocado toast brunch plate
TipClosed Tuesday. Come Saturday morning for the full brunch menu before stocks run out.
Stow Specialty Coffee Shop ★ 4.6
Stow inside the Ljubljana City Museum on Gosposka brought third-wave coffee to Slovenia. Brew bar, single-origin espresso on a La Marzocco, V60 and Chemex.
DrinkSingle-origin filter coffee
R&B Cafe Roasters ★ 4.6
R&B (Roaster and Baristas) was named European Coffee Trip's Roaster of the Year 2025, roasting single-origin lots on Slovenska cesta and serving them.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Brazil, Guatemala
BrewsEspresso, Filter, On-site roast
Sidney Street Cafe ★ 4.6
James Beard Best Chef Midwest winner Kevin Nashan works a changing chalkboard menu in a century-old Benton Park storefront, the city's special-occasion table.
Book1 to 2 weeks ahead
TipThe menu is recited tableside from a chalkboard, so ask questions. Reserve on Resy or by phone a week or two ahead.
Man Met Bril Koffie Hotel ★ 4.6
The Man Met Bril cafe and hotel on Linker Rottekade, the world's first coffee-branded hotel. Order the coffee tasting menu and hotel residency.
DrinkCoffee tasting menu and hotel residency
Cafe De Pelgrim ★ 4.6
A brewery inside the 17th-century Delfshaven harbour where the Pilgrim Fathers set sail in 1620. At Aelbrechtskolk 12. Reservations advised.
Why locals goDelfshaven is visited but tourists stop at the church; fewer find the brewery round the corner
Garage Coffee Bros ★ 4.6
Garage Coffee Bros is Verona's reference specialty-coffee roaster and flagship cafe, opened in 2018 by the Cobelli brothers. A 2026 editor pick.
DrinkSpecialty single-origin filter
TipOrder a filter coffee (V60 or AeroPress); the rotating single-origin board updates monthly with origin notes from the roastery.
Gelateria Savoia ★ 4.6
Gelateria Savoia in Verona has run from 1939 under the Bonvicini-Savoia family, three Gelato Oscars at Longarone for the crema. A 2026 editor pick.
DrinkCrema, pistacchio and fragoline di bosco gelato
TipThe crema and pistacchio are the icons; arrive before 18:00 in summer to avoid the queue.
Manu Coffee Roasters Kujira ★ 4.6
Manu Coffee Kujira in Yakuin is the brand's main roasting hub. A yellow building with a two-floor cafe and a small retail counter, founded 2017 in Shirogane.
DrinkSingle-origin hand-drip filter
TipFive-minute walk from Yakuin Station. The second floor has sofas; the ground floor sells beans.
REC Coffee Shirogane ★ 4.6
REC Coffee was founded in 2008 by Yoshikazu Iwasa, a former World Barista Championship competitor. The Shirogane flagship roasts and pulls espresso.
DrinkEspresso, World Barista Championship blend
TipClosest to Yakuin Station. The Hakata Station outlet is the convenient sibling.
Satan's Coffee Corner ★ 4.6
Satan's Coffee Corner in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter is Marcos Bartolome's third-wave anchor: single-origin beans, alternative-brewing setup and morning.
DrinkFilter coffee
TipOpen daily 09:00-18:00. Closed Sunday afternoons; a second branch sits in the Hotel Casa Bonay.
Satan's Coffee (roastery) ★ 4.6
Satan's Coffee in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter is the third-wave roastery-cafe behind Marcos Bartolome: single-origin Ethiopian and Burundi beans on rotation.
BeansEthiopia, Burundi, Kenya
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
TipClosed Sunday. The retail counter does whole-bean bags; pour-over costs three euros at the bar.
Filter Espresso and Brew Bar ★ 4.6
A multi-roaster brew bar in a Georgian-listed building on Georges Quay, serving rotating filter coffees alongside espresso from the best Irish and European.
DrinkFilter coffee from rotating guest roasters
Filter ★ 4.6
Cork's premier specialty coffee at pub coffee prices - a €3.50-4 flat white on par with London's best. The rotating guest roasters make Filter a daily.
Coffeewerk + Press ★ 4.6
Coffeewerk and Press on Quay Street Galway is among the world's best cafes, pairing specialty coffee from rotating roasters with design objects.
DrinkSpecialty espresso and filter
TipThe ground-floor bar is great for a quick espresso; the upper floor is calmer for a longer stay.
Kai Restaurant Cafe ★ 4.6
Kai Restaurant Cafe's walk-in lunch in Galway from Tuesday to Saturday is the most accessible way to experience Jess Murphy's Michelin Green Star kitchen.
DrinkSpecialty coffee
TipNo reservations for lunch; arrive at 12:00 to guarantee a seat as the room is small and fills within 30 minutes.
Geometry Coffee Roasters ★ 4.6
Geometry Coffee Roasters in Galway supplies the best cafes in the county; the roastery door is open on weekday mornings for direct whole-bean sales.
Why locals goThe Tuam Road roastery is a trade-only operation not mapped by any cafe guide; George and Matt roast on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
TipEmail the roastery for a Tuesday or Wednesday visit; George does a free 20-minute roast tour.
WAY Specialty Coffee Roasters ★ 4.6
WAY is run by Belgian barista champion Charlene De Buysere in a converted warehouse at Dok Noord, rotating single-origin filters every few weeks in Ghent.
OrderFilter coffee of the day: WAY rotates single-origins every few weeks with precise tasting notes.
TipOpen weekdays only (08:30-16:30); plan a Dok Noord visit on a Tuesday to Thursday morning.
Ippodo Kaboku Tea Room ★ 4.6
Ippodo's tasting room on Teramachi, Kyoto, opened by the tea merchant founded in 1717. Located in Karasuma Kawaramachi. Order the ceremonial-grade matcha set.
DrinkCeremonial-grade matcha set
Kagizen Yoshifusa ★ 4.6
An 18th-century wagashi maker on Shijo-dori with a tatami tea room behind the storefront. Tsukimi rabbit jellies and the most quoted kuzukiri in Kyoto.
DrinkKuzukiri with kuromitsu
30ml Coffee Roasters ★ 4.6
Utrecht flagship specialty roaster in the Vredenburg passage. Production roaster behind the bar; all-day espresso serving their own seasonal-lot coffees.
BeansEthiopia, Kenya, Colombia, Guatemala
BrewsEspresso, Batch brew, Kalita Wave, V60
TipAsk the barista which single origin is on filter that day; they rotate weekly and explain the flavour profile.
Wacker's Kaffee ★ 4.6
Wacker's Kaffee has roasted and poured in Frankfurt since 1914, four generations in, its Kornmarkt Stammhaus drawing a queue of regulars most mornings.
DrinkHouse-roast espresso at the stand-up counter
TipOrder at the counter and stand like the locals; beans roasted through the day go home by the bag.
Mokxa Boutique ★ 4.6
Mokxa on Rue Bellecordiere in the 2e is Lyon's flagship third-wave coffee bar, founded in 2011, with single-origin espresso, filter pours and a roastery.
DrinkSingle-origin espresso
TipThe single-origin filter list rotates monthly; whole-bean bags ship retail.
Tartine Manufactory ★ 4.6
Tartine Manufactory in San Francisco is Chad Robertson and Elisabeth Prueitt's larger Mission site, with bread, pastry, plates and a wine bar under one roof.
OrderThe morning bun and a country loaf to take home.
TipSkip the queue at the Guerrero Street original; the Manufactory has the same bakes plus a sit-down kitchen.
La Pelle ★ 4.6
La Pelle in Bordeaux's Chartrons is Carlos Pereira's specialty coffee bar and roastery on Rue Notre-Dame, opened 2016, with the imposing in-shop roaster.
BeansBrazil, Ethiopia, Colombia, Burundi
BrewsEspresso, Pour over, Whole bean retail, Wholesale
TipPereira co-founded Coutume in Paris before relocating to Bordeaux; the Saturday morning queue for the cinnamon roll and filter set is the local tell.
Fox in the Snow Cafe Italian Village ★ 4.6
Fox in the Snow Italian Village on North Fourth Street is the second Fox shop, with the egg sandwich and the rotating Stumptown filter coffee.
DrinkEgg sandwich and a filter coffee
Joya's Cafe ★ 4.6
Joya's Cafe on High Street in Old Worthington Columbus is Chef Avishar Barua's Bengali American daytime room with chai and coffee, named for his mother.
DrinkCardamom chai
Profética Casa de la Lectura ★ 4.6
Profetica Casa de la Lectura pairs a 16th-century courtyard in Puebla with a cafe bar, a bookshop and a literature library open six days a week.
DrinkAeropress filter
TipThe courtyard is the quietest place to work in the Centro Historico, and the cafe bar opens an hour before the bookshop.
Cafe Ca Phe ★ 4.6
Jackie Nguyen's Cafe Ca Phe on 5th Street in Kansas City's Columbus Park is the city's first Vietnamese coffee shop, with Vietnamese-American specialty.
DrinkVietnamese iced coffee, ube latte
TipThe Hella Good with ube is the signature; the cafe operates as a community hub on weekends.
Heirloom Bakery and Hearth ★ 4.6
Heirloom Bakery and Hearth in Kansas City's Brookside is Scott and Kate Meinke's destination bakery and breakfast counter, with cheddar-herb biscuits.
DrinkDrip coffee, biscuit sandwich
TipTue to Fri 7:00-14:00, Sat 7:00-15:00, Sun 7:00-14:00. The line forms by mid-morning.
Tamper! Espresso Bar ★ 4.6
Tamper! sits on the pedestrian cobbles of Rue des Vieux Murs in Lille, an espresso bar working filter, siphon and piston alongside salads and quiches.
DrinkFilter coffee, siphon or pour-over
TipBeans are graded to a minimum of 85 points, so ask which single origin is on filter today.
Maru Coffee ★ 4.6
Joonmo Kim and Jacob Park's Maru Coffee in Los Feliz, Los Angeles pulls a five-shot cortado from Korean-Californian roasts in a 12-seat minimalist room.
DrinkCortado
Boulenc ★ 4.6
Boulenc on Porfirio Diaz is the cafe and sourdough bakery courtyard with masa-madre breads, mushroom banh mi and a sit-and-stay terrace inside an old hotel.
DrinkSourdough toast and filter coffee
Pan con Madre ★ 4.6
Pan con Madre on Quetzalcoatl is Oaxaca's sourdough pioneer (masa madre), a courtyard cafe-bakery with cardamom spirals, focaccia and a wood-fired oven.
DrinkSourdough loaf and pour over
Holybelly 5 ★ 4.6
Holybelly 5 in Paris's 10e set the city's brunch standard in 2013. Arrive at 09:00 or after 14:30 to avoid the queue. The pancake stack is the dish.
DrinkFilter coffee
TipArrive at 09:00 or after 14:30 to avoid the queue. The pancake stack is the dish.
StrangeLove Coffee Co. ★ 4.6
StrangeLove on B. Radvilaitės opened in 2015 as the Vilnius cathedral-side roastery and cafe, sourcing from Ethiopia, Kenya, Costa Rica and Colombia.
DrinkFilter coffee
TipSprawling outdoor space with beanbags by the park. Roastery visible behind glass at the back.
Michael Thomas Coffee Roasters ★ 4.6
Michael Thomas Coffee on Bryn Mawr Drive in Albuquerque's Nob Hill is the in house roaster cafe, pulling espresso daily from early morning until 15:00.
DrinkEspresso and the breakfast taco
Cutbow Coffee ★ 4.6
Cutbow Coffee on Rio Grande Boulevard near Albuquerque's Old Town is the specialty roaster cafe by Paul Gallegos, with filter brews and espresso drinks.
DrinkDaily filter brew
La Claque Cafe ★ 4.6
La Claque on Rue du Pont Vieux in Vieux Nice is the city's specialty coffee reference, artisanal roasting and a wide choice of single-origin beans.
DrinkSpecialty flat white and cortado
Little Boho Coffee Bar ★ 4.6
Little Boho on Place Garibaldi runs the Petit Marais espresso bar of Melissa and Jean's daytime room, the city's most reliable flat white in a terrace seat.
BeansItalian and Riviera blends
BrewsEspresso, Flat white
Chye Seng Huat Hardware ★ 4.6
A beautifully conserved Art Deco hardware shophouse on Tyrwhitt Road that houses Singapore's first standalone 360-degree coffee island bar. The roastery was one of the country's pioneers of third-wave specialty coffee and remains a benchmark for technical consistency and cafe design in the city.
OrderSignature espresso blend, Cold brew, Seasonal filter
TipThe covered courtyard is a good spot to work or read on weekday afternoons. Closed on the first Monday of each month.
Buna ★ 4.6
Buna in Mexico City is the Roma Norte specialty coffee bar on Orizaba, the in-house Mexican-roasted operation with Nahuatl-named blends and an almond.
DrinkFlat white
Gelateria Stancampiano ★ 4.6
Stancampiano on Via Notarbartolo in Palermo's Liberta is the city's reference granita-and-brioche counter, three generations of family operation.
DrinkGranita di mandorla, brioche col tuppo
TipBrioche col tuppo with granita di mandorla or pistacchio is the Palermitan summer breakfast.
Gracenote Coffee ★ 4.6
Gracenote on Lincoln Street near South Station pours its own roasted single-origin espresso in Boston's Leather District since 2015. 12-seat counter.
DrinkSingle-origin espresso
TipClosed earlier than most cafes; 16:00 weekdays, 15:00 weekends. The single-origin espresso list rotates weekly.
Sofra Cafe ★ 4.6
Ana Sortun and Maura Kilpatrick's Sofra on Belmont Street has run the Eastern Mediterranean cafe in Huron Village Cambridge since 2008. Turkish coffee.
DrinkTurkish coffee and morning bun
TipPark on a side street; the small car park fills by 09:00. Ginger morning bun is the under-ordered pastry.
Cafe 4 Gatos ★ 4.6
Cafe 4 Gatos in the Albayzin of Granada is the specialty cafe with limited outdoor seating, a sustainable breakfast and the closest Alhambra views available.
DrinkFlat white with toast topped with jamon Trevelez and Manchego
TipArrive before 10:00 to claim a terrace seat; the toasted bread with jamon is the signature breakfast.
Dulcimena Coffee and Go ★ 4.6
Dulcimena Coffee and Go in the Realejo of Granada is the citys takeaway specialty cafe, pulling shots from The Barn, La Cabra and Gardelli on rotation.
DrinkEspresso with rotating guest roasters from The Barn, La Cabra and Gardelli
TipAlmost no seating; order to-go and walk Calle Molinos with the cup.
Five Watt Coffee ★ 4.6
Five Watt Coffee on Nicollet has run a Minneapolis cafe pouring bitters-infused lattes since 2014. Located in Longfellow Powderhorn. At 3745 Nicollet Ave.
DrinkBitters-infused latte
Stragan Kawiarnia ★ 4.6
Stragan Kawiarnia in Poznań is the city's foundational speciality-coffee room, on Ratajczaka 31 since the early 2010s, roasting under the Craft Coffee.
DrinkSingle-origin filter coffee
TipOrder whatever is on the single-origin board and a house-baked bagel; the kitchen makes its own.
Normo ★ 4.6
Normo in Antwerp on Minderbroedersrui is the in-house cafe at Jens Oris's specialty roastery. Brick walls, vintage furniture, single-origin filter coffee.
DrinkFilter coffee, single-origin espresso
TipClosed Sunday. Saturday morning fills with the student crowd; mid-morning weekday is quieter.
Corvus Coffee Roasters ★ 4.6
Corvus Coffee Roasters in Denver is Phil Goodlaxson's South Broadway roastery and flagship cafe, pouring direct-trade single-origin beans from Colombia.
DrinkSingle-origin espresso
Soup Dragon ★ 4.6
Soup Dragon on Capel Street in Dublin 1, ten daily soups, the city's most balanced sub-€10 lunch counter, the Northside's working budget lunch since 1996.
TryTwo-soup combo with bread
TipCounter-only seating; the two-soup combo with bread and a smoothie runs €12. Best after 14:00.
Kawana Palarnia Kawy ★ 4.6
Kawana in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz is the cafe attached to one of the Tri-City's best specialty roasters. Order the house-roasted single origin espresso.
DrinkHouse-roasted single origin espresso
TipCloses 18:00 weekdays and 16:00 Sunday; not a late-night room.
Café Giảng ★ 4.6
Café Giảng in Hanoi is where egg coffee was invented in 1946, served down a narrow alley off Nguyen Huu Huan in the Old Quarter by the founder's descendants.
OrderCa phe trung: whipped egg yolk and condensed milk on Vietnamese coffee, the original recipe from 1946.
DrinkCà phê trứng egg coffee
TipDown a narrow alley off Nguyen Huu Huan; the cafe is at the back of a small courtyard. Egg coffee 35,000 VND.
Loading T café ★ 4.6
Loading T café in Hanoi occupies the second floor of an 8 Chan Cam French villa from the 1930s, with original geometric tiles and olive-green shutters.
OrderThe cinnamon egg coffee or the coconut coffee, with one of the homemade cakes from the small bakery counter.
DrinkCà phê trứng egg coffee with cinnamon
TipFive minutes from Hoan Kiem Lake and two from St Joseph's Cathedral. Climb past the family shrine on the way up.
Cafe Olimpico ★ 4.6
Cafe Olimpico has poured Italian espresso in Mile End since 1970, a loud, cash-friendly Montreal institution where regulars argue over soccer at the counter.
DrinkCappuccino
TipIt is cash-only and standing-room busy on weekends; take your cappuccino to the terrace out front.
Olive et Gourmando ★ 4.6
Olive et Gourmando is the beloved Old Montreal bakery-cafe from Dyan Solomon, packed daily for its Cubano, banana bread and pastries on Rue Saint-Paul.
DrinkLatte
TipThe queue at lunch is long but fast; order the Cubano sandwich and grab a chocolate brioche to go.
Mistral Coffee House ★ 4.6
Mistral Coffee House pours the roastery's own beans on Plaça de Weyler in Palma, with a sunny terrace facing the Modernista front of the Gran Hotel.
DrinkFilter coffee from Mistral's own roast
TipThe terrace catches morning sun. Doors close at 16:30, so this is not an evening room.
Sant'Eustachio Il Caffe ★ 4.6
Sant'Eustachio Il Caffe in Rome's Centro Storico has roasted espresso over a wood fire since 1938. Order the gran caffe speciale. Booking recommended.
DrinkGran Caffe Speciale
TipOrder at the cassa first, then take the ticket to the bar. Two euros at the counter, four at the tables.
Café Pascal ★ 4.6
Café Pascal on Norrtullsgatan in Stockholm's Vasastan runs the third-wave coffee bar locals send friends to; the cardamom bun pulled apart and arranged.
DrinkFlat white with cardamom bun
TipOpen from 07:30 weekdays. Queues hit hard at 09:00; arrive at 08:00 or after 13:00.
Rosendals Trädgård ★ 4.6
Rosendals Trädgård on Rosendalsterrassen in Stockholm's Djurgården runs the biodynamic garden cafe; wood-fired sourdough, cardamom buns and an orchard.
DrinkFilter coffee with garden cardamom bun
TipCloses at 17:00 in winter, 19:00 in summer. The bakery counter cuts off at 16:00; arrive earlier for the full board.
Elle ★ 4.6
Elle in Washington DC is Brad and Nick Deboy's Mount Pleasant Street all-day bakery-cafe-dinner spot, a James Beard semifinalist with sourdough.
DrinkCortado and sourdough loaf
TipMornings are for the bakery counter; dinner books out a week ahead. The wood-fired bread is the headliner.
PennyCup Coffee Co River Arts ★ 4.6
PennyCup Coffee Co on Depot Street in the River Arts District is the roastery and flagship cafe of the small-batch Asheville roaster. Editor pick.
DrinkSingle-origin pour-over
TipMon-Fri 07:00-18:00, Sat-Sun 09:00-15:00. Bagels and bagel sandwiches from a local baker; gluten-free pastries.
Caffe Terzi ★ 4.6
Caffe Terzi in Bologna's Centro Storico is the Manuel Terzi 2003-founded specialty espresso bar with single-origin beans, hand-pumped espresso machines.
DrinkSingle-origin espresso
TipCounter-stand only; arrive before 10:00 to skip the queue. Cash and card both fine.
Anthology Coffee ★ 4.6
Anthology Coffee on Division Street in Eastern Market roasts small-lot single-origin coffees in Detroit. At 1948 Division St. Booking recommended.
DrinkSingle-origin pour-over
TipThe roastery is in the same room; sample whatever the barista is dialing in that morning.
Sister Pie ★ 4.6
Sister Pie on Kercheval in West Village bakes pies and pastries in Detroit since 2015. Order the drip coffee. At 8066 Kercheval St. Booking recommended.
DrinkDrip coffee
TipFriday morning storefront only; the rest of the week is catering, deliveries and pie classes.
Story Old Market Hall ★ 4.6
Story sits inside the 1889 Old Market Hall on the harbour, serving breakfast, brunch and easygoing Finnish hall food with an international turn.
OrderThe all-day breakfast, or a bowl of salmon soup from inside the historic hall.
TipInside Vanha Kauppahalli by the Market Square. Comes into its own at breakfast and brunch; the hall closes by early evening.
Lonohana Estate Chocolate ★ 4.6
Lonohana Estate Chocolate in Kakaako Honolulu is the SALT block bean-to-bar chocolate maker that grows its own cacao on 14 North Shore acres.
DrinkHawaiian-grown chocolate flight
TipDaily tastings; 90-minute factory tour at 10:00 most days. Order the Lonohana and Onomea bar flight.
Towpath ★ 4.6
Lori De Mori and Laura Jackson's Regent's Canal cafe between De Beauvoir and Haggerston Park in east London, opened 2010, an outdoor-only seasonal cafe.
DrinkFilter coffee
TipOpen March to October only, daytime only, outdoor seats by the towpath. No bookings, cash and card.
Monmouth Coffee Borough ★ 4.6
Monmouth's Borough Market cafe in London, opened in this site in 2002 and trading as a coffee roaster since 1978, runs single-origin espresso at a standing.
DrinkSingle-origin espresso
TipCounter-and-bench seating only. Closed Sundays. The Covent Garden original on Monmouth Street is more laptop-tolerant.
Vivid Coffee Roasters ★ 4.6
Founded in Winooski 2015 by Ian Bailey; the Burlington roastery and cafe at 150 Cherry Street is the flagship. Loft layout with armchairs and a long table.
DrinkIced coffee, light-to-medium-roast single-origin
Kronotrop ★ 4.6
Kronotrop in Cihangir, the country's first micro-roastery, opened on a Firuzağa corner with the first La Marzocco Strada in Turkey and a tight East-African.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Kenya
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Chemex, V60
Anthracite Coffee Hapjeong ★ 4.6
Anthracite converted a 1970s shoe factory on the Hapjeong waterway into Seoul's most atmospheric specialty cafe with single-origin pour-overs.
DrinkSingle-origin pour-over
gml Coffee Hannam ★ 4.6
gml Hannam runs an espresso-free filter-only program with more than 20 single-origin pour-overs from roasters like Prodigal, Dak Amsterdam and Hatch Ontario.
DrinkFilter pour-over from rotating single-origin board
Pilot Coffee Roasters Te Aro ★ 4.6
Pilot Coffee Roasters Te Aro on Queen East opened 2009 as the flagship third-wave roastery cafe, named for a Wellington suburb, wood-fronted bar.
OrderA filter coffee from the day's single-origin offering.
DrinkFilter coffee, espresso
TipPilot beans run across 100+ Toronto cafes. The Queen East mothership has indoor seating and a small pastry counter.
MOK Coffee ★ 4.6
MOK in Brussels' Dansaert is the third-wave anchor: large bright cafe, single-origin espresso, in-house roasted beans. Brunch counter at the back.
DrinkSingle-origin espresso
Babas on Cannon ★ 4.6
Babas on Cannon in Charleston runs European-style coffee, wine and breakfast plates from a Cannon Street corner since 2019. Daytime to evening service.
DrinkEspresso, Aperol spritz
TipWalk-in. The corner stools open onto Cannon Street; the back tables are quieter for work.
Kona Miscellaneous Corner ★ 4.6
Kona Corner in Guadalajara is the Americana minimalist bar on Pedro Moreno 1104, an ex-palReal-barista operation focused on retail beans and pour-over served.
DrinkPour over Mexican single origin
French Truck Coffee ★ 4.6
French Truck Coffee at Crosstown Concourse in Memphis is the New Orleans roaster's flagship, with single-origin espresso and a co-working seat on the atrium.
DrinkSingle-origin espresso
TipWeekend mornings fill fast; sit at the high counter facing the atrium.
Abraço ★ 4.6
Abraço on East 7th has poured a single-origin cortado in the East Village, New York City since 2007. Standing-only counter, olive oil cake, no Wi-Fi.
DrinkCortado
TipCash and counter-only. The savoury empanada is the lunch order; the olive oil cake is the dessert.
Bolt Coffee at the RISD Museum ★ 4.6
Bolt Coffee's RISD Museum counter on Benefit Street pours the city's reference espresso. Small museum-floor cafe; closed Mondays with the museum.
DrinkCortado
Allie's Donuts ★ 4.6
Allie's Donuts on Route 2 has been a North Kingstown morning landmark since 1968. Cake doughnuts under $3, drip coffee for $2; the long line moves fast.
TryCake doughnut and coffee
Scout Coffee ★ 4.6
Scout Coffee has anchored Garden Street since 2014, pairing its own HoneyCo-roasted espresso with scratch pastries in San Luis Obispo's prettiest brick room.
DrinkHoney lavender latte
TipThe Foothill Boulevard shop at 880 Foothill runs the same 06:30-18:30 hours with easier parking.
Café Gerbeaud ★ 4.6
Gerbeaud on Vorosmarty ter has poured coffee under chandeliers since 1858, a Belle Epoque grand cafe at the head of Vaci utca's pedestrian shopping street.
OrderThe Gerbeaud-szelet, a walnut and apricot jam slice baked here since the 19th century.
DrinkHungarian Melange and Gerbeaud slice
TipNo reservation system; arrive before 11:00 to avoid the tour-bus queue on Vorosmarty tér.
Please and Thank You (Mark) ★ 4.6
Please and Thank You on East Market in Louisville pulls espresso and slings warm chocolate chip cookies from a NuLu cafe, the city's most-photographed cookie.
DrinkLatte, chocolate chip cookie
TipWalk-in. The patio is dog-friendly. Vinyl playing in-store Cash or contactless, both fine.
Sunergos Coffee (Preston) ★ 4.6
Sunergos Coffee and Roastery on South Preston in Louisville pours espresso and brews from in-house roasted beans, a Schnitzelburg cafe and bean-bag-stocked.
DrinkEspresso, vanilla latte
TipWalk-in cafe with patio seating. The roastery sells whole-bean retail.
Push X Pull Coffee ★ 4.6
Chris and Aric Annear's tightly focused roastery and cafe on SE Stark in Portland, with bright modern roasts, filter brew bar and wholesale to top kitchens.
DrinkFruit-forward filter
TipThe cafe runs filter and espresso; the second SE 6th roastery is open weekday mornings for retail beans.
Ohori's Coffee Roasters (Cerrillos) ★ 4.6
Susan Ohori opened New Mexico's first specialty roastery in 1984; the Cerrillos shop roasts single origins in a Probat drum and pours espresso to walk-ups.
DrinkSingle-origin micro-roast espresso and Vienna roast
5 Points Market ★ 4.6
5 Points Market and Restaurant on South Stone in Tucson is the bohemian cafe-meets-bistro at the Five Points intersection, with scratch baking.
DrinkPour-over filter coffee
Nemesis Coffee ★ 4.6
Nemesis Coffee on West Hastings is the design-forward roastery and cafe since 2018, plus a Strathcona roasting hub and the signature pistachio latte program.
DrinkPistachio iced latte
TipCounter is busy through 11:00; the East Van roastery on Industrial has the brunch menu and patio.
Elysian Coffee Broadway ★ 4.6
Elysian Coffee on West Broadway since 2003 is Vancouver's reference espresso bar and a no-laptops, no-music house style that draws specialty-coffee tourists.
DrinkCortado
TipCounter-only; conversation is louder than the music. Try the rotating guest roaster on the daily list.
Snow City Cafe ★ 4.6
Snow City Cafe has done downtown Anchorage breakfast since 1998 on 4th Avenue. Sticky buns, Benedicts and a Joe Coffee bar make it a daily anchor.
DrinkDrip coffee with Kodiak Benedict
HEX Coffee Kitchen and Natural Wines ★ 4.6
HEX Coffee Kitchen at Camp North End is the roaster's flagship cafe and natural-wine room in Charlotte, the city's most-watched specialty coffee opening.
OrderA pour-over filter; switch to natural wine after 16:00 on the same counter.
DrinkPour-over filter
TipThe wine list shifts to a natural-wine-only programme in the evening. The brunch menu runs weekends until 14:00.
Coffee Emporium OTR ★ 4.6
Coffee Emporium on East Central Parkway in Cincinnati's OTR is the city's oldest coffeehouse since 1973, with pour-overs and house-roasted beans.
DrinkSingle-origin pour-over and house cold brew
Pete's Restaurant and Coffee Shop ★ 4.6
Pete's Restaurant and Coffee Shop on Union Avenue, the downtown Knoxville diner since 1986, runs the breakfast counter that voted Best Breakfast in town.
DrinkDiner-counter coffee
TipClosed by 14:00 daily; weekend lines form before 09:00, weekdays move faster.
Coogee ★ 4.6
Coogee in Marseille's 5e was the first proper specialty coffee in the city, Australian-style flat whites and lattes, brick walls and vintage seating up.
DrinkFlat white
TipOpen daily for breakfast through afternoon; the smoothies and toasts are the food side.
Vits der Kaffee ★ 4.6
Vits in Munich's Gärtnerplatz-quarter is the city's grandfather of third-wave coffee; the V60 brewbar pours single origins from beans roasted in-house.
DrinkV60 pour-over single-origin
TipClosed Sundays; the carrot cake at the counter is one of the city's best.
MokLair ★ 4.6
MokLair is a micro-roastery and coffee bar on Rue Andrieux in Reims, roasting light and home to the 2025 French Barista Champion, open seven days a week.
DrinkFilter coffee
TipThe coffee bar opens seven days a week; whole beans can also be ordered online at moklair.fr.
Rostov's Coffee and Tea ★ 4.6
Rostov's on West Main has roasted coffee since 1979 on a 1930s Jabez Burns. Tammy Rostov runs the family shop; one of Virginia's oldest roasters.
DrinkHouse blends roasted on a 1930s Jabez Burns
Fika Fika Cafe ★ 4.6
Fika Fika opened 2013 after founder James Chen won the Nordic Roaster Competition, the first non-Nordic champion. Yitong Street set the third-wave template.
DrinkNordic-roast espresso
TipOpen 10:00-21:30 daily. Bring a laptop only weekday afternoons; weekends are turnover-only.
Paloma ★ 4.6
Paloma on Wrocław's Plac Solny is the city's most serious specialty-coffee bar, Ukrainian-owned and roasting on site. At Plac Solny 8-9. Booking recommended.
OrderThe morning V60 of whichever single-origin came off the roaster that week.
DrinkSingle-origin espresso
TipBring a laptop on a Tuesday-Thursday morning; weekends fill from 10:00.
Taf Coffee ★ 4.6
Taf Coffee on Emmanouil Benaki in Exarchia is the founding Athens third-wave coffee bar from 2009, an in-house roastery with the Rosebud blend as the daily.
DrinkSingle-origin espresso, Rosebud house blend
TipThe roastery on the bar is also a small retail shop; ask for the morning's single-origin filter.
Atomic Coffee Kingsland ★ 4.6
Atomic Coffee Roasters Kingsland is the original Auckland cafe of the Atomic roastery. Single-origin filter and milk-forward espresso, deepest weekend queues.
DrinkSingle-origin filter coffee
Bestie ★ 4.6
Bestie runs a sunny cafe in Shop 13 of St Kevins Arcade off Karangahape Road, Auckland. Brunch plates, seasonal cakes and specialty filter coffee.
DrinkFilter coffee with seasonal cake
Bird in Hand ★ 4.6
Bird in Hand in Charles Village is a cafe and bookshop near Johns Hopkins, a collaboration of Artifact Coffee and the Ivy Bookshop among the stacks.
DrinkEspresso drinks
TipIt doubles as a bookstore and pours wine and beer at night; the student crowd packs it midday.
Fach Bistro ★ 4.6
Fach Bistro on Venturska 10 inside the Mozart house bakes 100 percent sourdough and pours espresso, pour-over and small plates at the marble counter.
DrinkSpecialty coffee, sourdough pastries
TipThe Thursday-to-Saturday dinner service is the kitchen's most ambitious; reserve a counter seat by email when you can.
Federal Cafe and Bar ★ 4.6
Australian-style cafe in Manchester's Northern Quarter, packed from 09:00 daily. Banana bread, whipped ricotta, single-origin filter, Antipodean menu.
DrinkFlat white
Ciacco ★ 4.6
Ciacco is food scientist Stefano Guizzetti's Parma gelato lab by the Steccata, churning additive-free flavours that earned a published thesis and a queue.
OrderWhatever botanical or savoury flavour the lab is testing that week.
DrinkGelato senz'altro, no-additive gelato
TipGuizzetti's gelato senz'altro means no emulsifiers or additives at all, so textures sit closer to frozen cream than gelateria fluff. Queues build after dinner.
MAME Seefeld ★ 4.6
MAME's Seefeld outpost: same single-origin discipline, lake-side neighbourhood. Filter on the bar, retail beans on the shelf, very serious about extraction.
DrinkSingle-origin filter coffee
Cafe Spruengli Paradeplatz ★ 4.6
The mothership confiserie cafe on Paradeplatz, founded 1836, celebrating 190 years in 2026. Luxemburgerli, chocolates, the canonical hot chocolate.
DrinkHot chocolate with Luxemburgerli
Factory Coffee Bangkok ★ 4.6
Factory Coffee in Bangkok's Phaya Thai is a competition barista cafe from World Brewers Cup competitor Sarisa Kanakam, espresso flights and a custom Probat.
DrinkSingle-origin espresso and brewed flight
TipThe flight option lines up espresso, milk and brewed coffee from the same bean. BTS Phaya Thai is two minutes away.
Hero Doughnuts and Buns ★ 4.6
Hero Doughnuts on Central Avenue Homewood Birmingham runs a brioche doughnut counter with cheeseburgers and the canonical Birmingham doughnut sandwich.
DrinkDrip coffee
Tipico Coffee ★ 4.6
Tipico Coffee on Elmwood Avenue is the Buffalo cafe and small-batch roaster's flagship in Elmwood Village, with a Diedrich IR-12 roasting wheel nearby.
DrinkSingle-origin pour-over
Remedy House ★ 4.6
Remedy House on Rhode Island Street in the Five Points neighborhood is the Espresso-and-brunch cafe with a strong following from West Side regulars.
DrinkCappuccino
Panther Coffee ★ 4.6
Panther Coffee in Wynwood is the founding 2010 cafe at 2390 NW 2nd Avenue, ranked 30th on the World's 100 Best Coffee Shops list in November 2025.
DrinkSingle-origin pour-over
TipOrder at the bar, sit on the back patio. The Little Haiti roastery runs deeper retail than the Wynwood cafe.
LiLo Coffee Roasters ★ 4.6
One of Osaka's most respected independent roasters, LiLo sources from Ethiopian and Colombian farms. The open roasting bay is visible from the counter.
OrderSingle origin pour-over, Seasonal espresso, Filter coffee
Coffeedesk Kawiarnia ★ 4.6
Coffeedesk on ul. Wilcza in Warsaw is the cafe outpost of Poland's biggest specialty-coffee e-commerce brand, pouring espresso and filter from rotating beans.
DrinkEspresso flight, four-roaster pour-over
Kafeterija Vracar ★ 4.6
Kafeterija Vracar in Belgrade was the first specialty cafe in town where beans were roasted on site. Big garden, breakfast service, the chain's original room.
DrinkHouse-roasted espresso
Strauss ★ 4.6
Strauss sits in a laneway off Elizabeth Street in Brisbane CBD. Coffee Supreme house blend with rotating single-origin filters, bentwood bistro chairs.
DrinkFilter coffee from rotating roasters
M60 Amzei ★ 4.6
M60 on Mendeleev near Piața Amzei has been open since 2014, the Scandinavian-design Bucharest cafe pouring La Marzocco espresso and Hario V60 filters.
DrinkV60 filter coffee
TipPet friendly; Romanian craft brands in the small retail corner.
Giant Coffee ★ 4.6
Giant Coffee on 1st Street is an arts-district coffee bar near Roosevelt Row, roasting its coffee locally each week in a bright daytime room.
DrinkLocally roasted espresso
TipOpen 7am to 5pm daily; the patio fills with the downtown work crowd at midmorning.
Snack Specialty Coffee ★ 4.6
Georgi Harizanov's Snack Specialty Coffee on Georgi Benkovski runs as a roastery and counter. Bulgarian-roasted single origins, pour-over service.
DrinkHouse pour-over
Methodical Coffee (Downtown) ★ 4.6
Methodical Coffee runs filter brews and house-roasted espresso from One City Plaza on Main Street. Floor-to-ceiling windows, plenty of laptops.
DrinkFilter coffee from house-roasted beans
Cuban Coffee Queen ★ 4.6
Cuban Coffee Queen pulls con leches at a muralled walk-up window by the Key West Bight, the waterfront original of the island's Cuban coffee mini-chain.
OrderCafe con leche and the Cuban breakfast burrito
DrinkCafe con leche
TipFive windows now operate across Key West, including a roastery at 6 Key Lime Square; the Margaret Street original keeps the mural queue.
Caffe Cova ★ 4.6
Caffe Cova on Via Montenapoleone has served espresso to the Milanese fashion circuit since 1817. Order the espresso con panna and zabaione caldo.
DrinkEspresso con panna and zabaione caldo
Supreme Roastworks ★ 4.6
Supreme Roastworks on Thorvald Meyers gate in Grunerlokka is the 2013 roastery-with-cafe from World Brewers Cup champion Odd-Steinar Tollefsen.
OrderPour-over of the day from the rotating origins.
DrinkPour-over single-origin
TipOpen every day; the early hour has the rotating brew set up at the bar.
Rocket Bean Cafe Dzirnavu ★ 4.6
Rocket Bean's Dzirnavu cafe is the central Riga branch, a corner room on the Dzirnavu strip that locals fill for filter coffee and a quiet weekday work sit.
DrinkEspresso flat white
TipSmaller and quicker than Miera; the seating turns over fast at lunchtime.
Cafe Bretelles Petite France ★ 4.6
Cafe Bretelles Petite France on Rue du Bain-aux-Plantes pours its own specialty coffee with gourmand brunches and daily plates made from fresh, local produce.
DrinkFlat white
Tinel Specialty Coffee ★ 4.6
Tinel Specialty Coffee opened on Krizeva 4 in Split's old town in 2021, where barista Matej Serer pours single origins from Stow and Kava Family beans.
OrderCortado with the rotating Stow or Kava Family single origin.
DrinkCortado on Krizeva
TipA small room with attentive single-cup brewing; the iced Americano and the home-made cold brew are summer regulars.
RAW Coffee Company ★ 4.5
RAW Coffee Company has roasted small batch, organic coffee from origins including Ethiopia, Colombia and Yemen at its Al Quoz warehouse since 2007.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Yemen
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, Subscription
TipAsk the barista to talk you through the roasts and origins on the counter before choosing a brew.
Roasters Kolektiva Neapolis ★ 4.5
The Neapolis branch of Roasters Kolektiva brings the full single-origin menu and pour-over expertise to a residential neighbourhood north of the centre.
Cafe A Brasileira ★ 4.5
Braga's most storied cafe, opened 17 March 1907 at the corner of Largo do Barão de São Martinho and Rua de São Marcos. The corner painting and on-site coffee.
OrderBica and a fresh custard tart at the marble counter
TipArrive before 10:00 for a quieter seat at the marble counter. The corner terrace fills quickly from midday.
Arán Artisan Bakery and Bistro ★ 4.5
Arán on Barrack Street is Kilkenny's most-awarded cafe, Ireland's Best Brunch winner, with stone-baked sourdough and seasonally driven plates.
DrinkFilter coffee
Union Loafers Cafe and Bread Bakery ★ 4.5
Union Loafers bakes naturally leavened bread and runs a lunchtime cafe of sandwiches and pizza in Botanical Heights, a James Beard-nominated bakery.
DrinkEspresso, sandwiches and naturally leavened bread
TipThe bread sells out, so come early for a loaf. The Tuesday-through-Saturday pizza nights are a separate, popular service.
Farmgate Cafe ★ 4.5
Cork's most important lunch counter above the English Market, serving the city's native dishes with produce bought from the stalls below each morning.
BookWalk-in ahead
Avoca Coffee Roasters - Magnolia ★ 4.5
Avoca Coffee Roasters on Magnolia Ave in Fort Worth roasts its own beans and pours precise single-origin filter coffees in a relaxed Near Southside setting.
OrderSingle-origin pour-over; seasonal cortado.
TipAsk the barista what the current feature bean is before ordering; the rotating selection changes weekly.
Cafe Labath ★ 4.5
Cafe Labath is the city's best-known specialty cafe, occupying a corner building steps from Sint-Michielsbrug with floor-to-ceiling windows and a big-city.
OrderFlat white with the seasonal single-origin espresso: well-extracted, properly textured milk.
TipOpen from 08:00 Tuesday to Saturday; the weekday morning slot before 09:00 is the quietest.
Think Tank ★ 4.5
Think Tank is the quietest drinking option in central Heraklion, a neoclassical espresso and wine bar that turns into a rooftop cocktail spot after dark.
OrderA glass of Kotsifali on the terrace
DrinkCretan Kotsifali by the glass
FoodBrunch and snacks
TipReserve the terrace in advance. It is the calmest drinking terrace in the old town and it fills fast.
Inoda Coffee Honten ★ 4.5
A 1940-founded kissaten in a Karasuma machiya, the city's most photographed coffee terrace. Egg-and-sausage breakfasts, Arabian Pearl as the house blend.
DrinkArabian Pearl
Cornelis ★ 4.5
Specialty cafe on a quiet canal-side street. Bocca-sourced single origins on Chemex and V60, with open sandwiches and pastries for a slow morning.
DrinkFilter coffee from Bocca Roasters, rotating single origins
Keen Coffee Bar ★ 4.5
Keen Coffee Bar on Utrecht's Stadhuisplein is the 2024 tasting room from the Utrecht roastery; over 15 single origins and guided tasting flights.
DrinkSingle-origin filter tastings from Keen's own roastery
The Holy Cross Brewing Society ★ 4.5
The Holy Cross Brewing Society has anchored Frankfurt specialty coffee on Fahrgasse since December 2015, cycling roasters from four continents.
DrinkRotating guest-roaster espresso, no reservations, no fuss
TipThe bean lineup changes constantly, so ask what is on the grinders; weekend afternoons fill fastest, and there are no reservations.
Cime Café ★ 4.5
Cime Café is the Rue Santeuil shop of the Nantes roastery of the same name, beans roasted weekly and poured as espresso, filter or sold by the bag.
DrinkEspresso from the house roastery
TipThe chocolate babka and the tigré on the counter are the pairing to order, and the week's roast is sold in bags at the till.
Clarity Coffee Main Street ★ 4.5
Clarity Coffee on W Main Street in downtown Oklahoma City pulls precision espresso and light-roast filter coffee in a minimal, focused specialty cafe.
Slake Coffee House ★ 4.5
Slake Coffee House on Rue de l'Ancienne Prefecture in the 2e is Robin Perraud's specialty-coffee bar opened in 2015, brewing beans from Mokxa and Kaffa.
DrinkSingle-origin pour-over
TipSpecialty pour-over is the order; the back room has work-friendly bench seating.
La Boite a Cafe ★ 4.5
La Boite a Cafe at the foot of the Croix-Rousse in the 1er is the specialty-coffee bar in the former Mokxa space, run since 2023 by Amelie Michel and Terry.
DrinkFilter coffee from Mokxa beans
TipOpen every day; the back seats are the work spot, the bar pours rotating guest roasters.
Le Cafe Cerise ★ 4.5
Le Cafe Cerise on Quai de la Daurade is Garonne-side specialty coffee shop and roastery, founded by Valentin Tihy with single-origin Arabicas roasted on-site.
DrinkFilter coffee from house roastery
TipFilter coffee at the bar from the day's rotating menu; the roasted beans by the kilo are sold across the room.
Black List Cafe ★ 4.5
Black List Cafe in Bordeaux's Saint-Pierre is the Place Pey Berland specialty-coffee room, opened 2014 as the city's first third-wave shop, with pourovers.
DrinkFilter coffee
TipOpen daily 08:00-18:00; the cookies are house-baked and pair with the lighter Ethiopian filter.
Cirandaia ★ 4.5
Cirandaia opened in 2023 on Rua Voluntários da Pátria in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, brewing filter coffee by V60, Clever and Aeropress with pão de queijo.
DrinkFilter coffee
TipPão de queijo is the house best-seller, with more than 2,000 sold a month, and the cold brew comes with orange juice.
Confeitaria Colombo ★ 4.5
Confeitaria Colombo has served pastries and afternoon tea in its art nouveau halls on Rua Gonçalves Dias in Centro, Rio de Janeiro, since 1894.
DrinkAfternoon tea with coffee
TipThis is the Rua Gonçalves Dias house in Centro; the Forte de Copacabana branch is a separate venue with a different address.
A Cup of Common Wealth ★ 4.5
A Cup of Common Wealth pours espresso and pour-overs on Eastern Avenue, the Lexington cafe that runs a pay-it-forward board for strangers' coffees.
DrinkPour-over of locally roasted beans
TipOpen from 06:00 on weekdays and until 21:00 from Wednesday; buy a chalkboard coffee forward for the next person.
Coffee Makers ★ 4.5
Coffee Makers on Rue Pierre Mauroy in Lille has roasted its own beans since 2013, an espresso bar and tea room over a certified organic roastery.
DrinkEspresso from the house roast
TipReservations are taken by SMS or voicemail only. Wednesday opens two hours later than the rest of the week.
Go Get Em Tiger ★ 4.5
Go Get Em Tiger on Larchmont, Los Angeles is one of the original LA third-wave cafes, popularised the almond-macadamia latte and a clean Probat roast.
DrinkIced almond macadamia latte
Ten Belles ★ 4.5
Ten Belles in Paris is the canal-side cafe that gave the 10e its third-wave centre. Anna Trattles and Alice Quillet's cardamom buns sell out by 11:00.
DrinkCortado
TipThe bigger sister Ten Belles Bread on Rue Breguet bakes the bread; the cafe pulls the coffee.
Chez Aline ★ 4.5
Chez Aline in Paris's 11e is the sandwich counter Delphine Zampetti runs on Rue de la Roquette. Twelve seats, daily-rotating fillings, queue forms at 12:00.
Why locals goA 12-seat sandwich counter on Rue de la Roquette where Delphine Zampetti rotates daily-fresh fillings; locals queue, tourists walk past.
TipGet there by 12:30 or the morning batch is gone. Closed Sunday and Monday; cash and card both work.
Nirvana Soul Coffee ★ 4.5
Black women-owned SoFa cafe roasting its own beans on a Loring Smart Roaster, hosting weekly open mics and art events in a vibrant pink-trimmed space.
DrinkSimpatica latte
Old Town Coffee ★ 4.5
Old Town Coffee in San Sebastian's Centro, founded by Brazilian friends, runs single-origin coffees rotated seasonally. Order the single-origin espresso.
DrinkSingle-origin espresso
TipThe Mercado San Martin branch is the original location; the Reyes Catolicos cafe is the newer flagship.
Old Town Coffee Roasters ★ 4.5
Old Town Coffee Roasters in San Sebastian's Centro, founded by Brazilian friends, is the city's other specialty pillar, with seasonally rotated single-origin.
BeansBrazil, Ethiopia, Colombia, Honduras
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Pour over, Whole bean retail
TipSit at the bar for the espresso flight; takeaway beans and brew kit at the front.
Crooked Nose & Coffee Stories ★ 4.5
Crooked Nose & Coffee Stories on Šaltinių has roasted specialty in small batches since 2013, served with hand-brewed pour-overs in a back-of-house cafe.
DrinkPour over
TipHardest order is the cupping flight. The roastery offers small public sessions on weekends.
The Grove Cafe and Market ★ 4.5
The Grove Cafe and Market on Central Avenue in Albuquerque's EDo is the brunch cafe anchor with farm sourced breakfast all day, Tuesday to Sunday only.
DrinkLavender latte
Ristr8to ★ 4.5
World Latte Art champion Arnon Thitiprasert's flagship Nimman bar, pouring award-winning rosettas and bold signature cups like the skull-mug Satan latte.
DrinkSatan latte
Boulted Bread ★ 4.5
Raleigh's most celebrated craft bakery doubles as a daytime cafe. Stone-milled organic grain, exceptional pastries, and filter coffee in a compact space.
DrinkFilter coffee
Cafe Negro Coyoacan ★ 4.5
Cafe Negro Coyoacan in Mexico City is the cobblestone-street cafe on Centenario near Plaza Hidalgo, a Mexican-only roaster that sources from Chiapas, Oaxaca.
DrinkMexican single-origin filter
Gran Caffè Gambrinus ★ 4.5
Gran Caffè Gambrinus on Piazza Trieste e Trento in Naples has poured espresso since 1860, the city's belle epoque salon where Oscar Wilde, Hemingway.
DrinkEspresso, cioccolata calda
TipStanding at the counter is the local way; sitting at a marble table runs three times the price. Try the cioccolata calda in winter.
Mammoth Espresso ★ 4.5
Mammoth Espresso in New Orleans is the Warehouse District coffee bar on Baronne Street with a long pour-over menu, an espresso flight and laptops welcome.
DrinkEspresso flight
TipThe pour-over bar takes its time; order at the counter and grab a window seat to wait.
Willa Jean ★ 4.5
Willa Jean in New Orleans is the CBD bakery cafe and bar on O'Keefe Avenue, James Beard pastry chef Kelly Fields's room with cornbread, biscuits and a long.
DrinkIced coffee with chicory
TipThe cornbread arrives with cane syrup butter as a starter; order it even at breakfast.
Congregation Coffee Roasters ★ 4.5
Congregation Coffee in New Orleans is the Algiers Point cafe and roaster on Pelican Avenue, ten minutes from Jackson Square via ferry, with single-origin.
DrinkHouse espresso
TipTake the Algiers Ferry across the river for the morning; it costs around $2 and runs every 30 minutes.
Werk Roasters ★ 4.5
Werk Roasters pours its own roasts at a pared-back showroom near Gwangan Station in Busan, one of the names that built the city's specialty scene.
DrinkGesha filter tasting set
TipThe 7,000 won tasting set is the fastest way through the current roast list.
Márago Coffee Paseo de Montejo ★ 4.5
Márago Coffee on Paseo de Montejo Mérida runs specialty pour-overs, French toast and the city's regular bici-ruta breakfast on Sunday mornings.
DrinkPour-over single origin
Mokka Kaffi ★ 4.5
Mokka Kaffi on Skolavordustigur has been Reykjavik's oldest cafe since 1958, run by one family and famous for waffles with rhubarb jam and hot chocolate.
DrinkHot chocolate and waffles
TipLittle has changed since the 1950s, down to the espresso machine. Cash-friendly, no laptops culture.
Reykjavik Roasters Brautarholt ★ 4.5
The Brautarholt branch of Reykjavik Roasters doubles as the roastery, a larger and brighter Reykjavik room where you can watch beans roast while drinking.
DrinkPour-over
TipLess touristy than the Karastigur original and with more table room. Whole beans for sale at the bar.
Caffènation ★ 4.5
Caffènation in Antwerp is the original specialty-coffee bar in Belgium, founded 2003. The Mechelsesteenweg HQ pulls espresso to a relaxed seating area.
DrinkKenyan and Ethiopian espresso
TipUrban-nomad regulars work from the back tables. The retail bar sells whole-bean takeaway.
Small Street Espresso ★ 4.5
Small Street Espresso has poured Bristol's benchmark flat whites in a slim Old City room since 2012, rotating guest roasters past its house Clifton beans.
DrinkEspresso on the Clifton Coffee house roast
TipIt shuts at 15:00 and all weekend; sister bar Little Victories at Wapping Wharf covers the days this room is dark.
Huckleberry Roasters ★ 4.5
Huckleberry Roasters in Denver is the Sunnyside coffee bar of the Pecos roastery, a 2011 third-wave shop pouring single-origin filters and rotating espresso.
DrinkFilter coffee
WOLF Coffee and Toast ★ 4.5
WOLF Coffee and Toast pours brown sugar lattes and bakes French toast on Rue Charrue in Dijon, a Wi-Fi coffee shop ranked Dijon's top cafe on Restaurant Guru.
DrinkBrown sugar latte
TipNo reservations taken; the brown sugar latte and French toast draw a steady queue on weekend mornings.
Archetype Coffee (Blackstone) ★ 4.5
Archetype Coffee's Blackstone flagship on Farnam Street is Omaha's most-visited specialty cafe, with meticulous single-origin filter and espresso.
DrinkSingle-origin filter coffee
Ted and Wally's ★ 4.5
Ted and Wally's has hand-cranked small-batch artisan ice cream in the Old Market since the 1980s, with rotating flavours cited across the Midwest.
DrinkHand-cranked artisan ice cream
La Molienda Bisbe ★ 4.5
La Molienda Bisbe has roasted its own coffee in Palma since 2013, with a corner terrace on Carrer del Bisbe Campins under a flame tree and a fountain.
DrinkFilter coffee from the house Palma roast
TipOrder a llonguet with the coffee. It is the Mallorcan roll, and they do a proper one.
Bacan ★ 4.5
Bacan is a family-run specialty counter on Carrer del Baró de Santa Maria del Sepulcre in Palma, pouring single-origin filter in an air-conditioned room.
DrinkSingle-origin pour-over
TipThere is a courtyard behind the room that most first-timers miss. Ask when you order.
Cafe Savoy ★ 4.5
Cafe Savoy has anchored the Mala Strana riverside since 1893 under a protected neo-Renaissance ceiling, with daily pastries from the Mysak shop.
DrinkWiener Melange
TipBook a window table; the breakfast plate comes with the legendary pastry of the day.
Muj Salek Kavy ★ 4.5
Muj Salek Kavy translates as my cup of coffee. Located in Karlin. Order the doubleshot espresso. Counter seating and table service available.
DrinkDoubleshot espresso
TipReservations save the day at brunch; the breakfast plate is the kitchen's tightest.
Onesip Coffee ★ 4.5
Onesip Coffee is a 12-seat counter in the Old Town pouring Candy Cane Coffee, the partner roastery the same owners built. Located in Stare Mesto.
DrinkCandy Cane espresso
TipOrder the daily filter and chat with the barista; takeaway crowd peaks at lunch.
La Casa del Caffe Tazza d'Oro ★ 4.5
Tazza d'Oro in Rome by the Pantheon has roasted espresso since 1944. Located in Centro Storico. Order the granita di caffe con panna. At Via degli Orfani 84.
DrinkGranita di caffe con panna
TipOrder the granita di caffe con panna in summer; counter-stand espresso year-round. Closed Sunday.
Faro Luminari del Caffe ★ 4.5
Faro in Rome's Prati district is the third-wave specialty-coffee bar pouring filter, V60 and espresso from single-origin beans roasted on-site weekly.
DrinkFilter coffee, flat white
TipOpen 08:00-19:00. The Friday brew bar tastings at 18:00 are free; the filter pour is the order.
Bar de La Mirande ★ 4.5
Bar de La Mirande serves afternoon tea daily from 15:00 to 18:00, without booking, in the hotel bar on Place de l'Amirande in Avignon, with homemade pastries.
DrinkTea
TipTea is served from 15:00 to 18:00 while the bar itself runs from 10:00; the menu lists tea, kombucha and organic Mexican espresso.
Aroma ★ 4.5
Aroma in Bologna's Centro Storico is the city's leading specialty roaster from Mauro Antoniazzi, with single-origin beans, a V60 cafe at Via Castiglione.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Brazil
BrewsEspresso, Filter, V60, Whole bean retail
TipThe Castiglione flagship runs cafe service from 07:30 with the V60 pour-over; the wholesale beans are sold by the 250g bag.
Douce ★ 4.5
Douce on Piazza Matteotti in Genoa is a pastry-led café, listed with Tre Tazzine and Tre Chicchi in Gambero Rosso's Bar d'Italia 2026 guide.
TipThe counter lists croissants, pain au chocolat and pain aux raisins for breakfast; Sunday hours run from 07:30 to 19:30.
Pasticceria Klainguti ★ 4.5
Pasticceria Klainguti on Piazza di Soziglia in Genoa reopened in June 2025 under the Douce group and took Gambero Rosso's Novità dell'Anno award.
TipThe reopened shop's own page names the Falstaff brioche, made for Verdi, and the torta Zena among the recipes it revived.
La Corte Romanengo ★ 4.5
La Corte Romanengo on Via Soziglia in Genoa is a salon de thé beside the 1814 confectioner, serving breakfast, lunch and tea, and new to the 2027 Tre Tazzine.
TipRomanengo's site lists breakfast, brunch, lunch, gelato, tea and aperitivo, and the room was once the family's private salon.
Cafe Regatta ★ 4.5
Cafe Regatta (Cafe) in Helsinki: Take the coffee and a korvapuusti outside to the shoreline rocks. Busiest on sunny afternoons; the indoor space is minute.
Why locals goA tiny red cottage by the water near Sibelius Park, cramped and cash-friendly, where the cinnamon-bun ritual feels far older than the rest of the city.
TipTake the coffee and a korvapuusti outside to the shoreline rocks. Busiest on sunny afternoons; the indoor space is minute.
Obscura Coffee Roasters Fukuromachi ★ 4.5
Obscura Coffee Roasters pours in Fukuromachi, the sit-in Hiroshima counter of a specialty roasting brand that three Hiroshima men built up in Tokyo.
DrinkSingle-origin pour-over
TipTakeaway drip is the cheap way in and the counter discounts a refill against your receipt, which makes this the easiest good coffee near Peace Memorial Park.
The Curb Kaimuki ★ 4.5
The Curb Kaimuki in Honolulu is a multi-roaster coffee shop on Waialae that pours Olympia and Heart beans, started as a coffee truck and now anchors.
DrinkHojicha latte with blueberry lavender syrup
TipThe hojicha latte with blueberry lavender syrup is the off-menu order; oat milk toast with ricotta is the savory.
Sassanian Boulangerie ★ 4.5
Mr Rustom K Yazdabadi opened Sassanian on 1st Marine Street in 1913. The bakery oven has stayed lit ever since; bun maska, brun, fried egg pav, mawa cake.
OrderBun maska with Irani chai, a fried egg pav on the side.
DrinkIrani chai
TipBreakfast prices are still 1980s low; cash works easiest. Cash and card both accepted.
Café Girondino ★ 4.5
Café Girondino traces back to 1875 in Sao Paulo, reopening at this Centro address in 1998 to serve coffee, pastries and a full Sunday buffet brunch.
DrinkCafe com leite and pao de queijo
Brash Coffee ★ 4.5
Brash Coffee's Buckhead location in Atlanta opened 2018 with a precise espresso programme and house-roasted beans. Order the espresso macchiato.
DrinkEspresso macchiato
TipLimited seating; built for grab-and-go. The Westside Paper location keeps the same standards with more tables.
PERC Coffee Virginia Highland ★ 4.5
PERC Coffee opened the Virginia Highland cafe in 2021 with its in-house Savannah-roasted beans, a custom pink espresso machine and a precise pourover bar.
DrinkEspresso on the custom pink La Marzocco
TipOpen 07:00-18:00 daily. Whole bean retail; ask staff about the seasonal single-origins coming off the Probat.
Bellwood Coffee East Atlanta Village ★ 4.5
Bellwood Coffee in East Atlanta Village, Atlanta runs a third-wave cafe inside The Victorian plant shop with house-roasted beans, espresso. Family-friendly.
DrinkEspresso and seasonal lattes
TipOpen 07:00 weekdays, 08:00 weekends. Limited counter seating; the shared plant-shop space is the move on weekday mornings.
Houndstooth Coffee (Frost Bank Tower) ★ 4.5
Houndstooth Coffee in Austin is the downtown specialty cafe at the Frost Bank Tower since 2012, an h+uo-designed counter pouring house and guest-roaster.
DrinkCortado
TipThe corner-of-the-lobby entrance lets you skip the office-tower foot traffic; bar seating at the 4th Street side.
Rembrandt's Coffee House ★ 4.5
Rembrandt's Coffee House anchors Chattanooga's Bluff View Art District with house-roasted coffee, hand-dipped chocolates and pastries on a garden terrace.
DrinkHouse-roasted drip with a hand-dipped truffle
TipOpen to 21:00 nightly, unusual for a Chattanooga cafe; the courtyard tables above the river are the draw at golden hour.
Kronotrop Cihangir ★ 4.5
Kronotrop in Cihangir across from Firuzağa Mosque, Turkey's first specialty micro-roastery, brewing Chemex and V60 on the La Marzocco Strada it imported.
DrinkSingle-origin filter
Santa Coffee ★ 4.5
Santa Coffee anchors Málaga's Soho with Scandinavian light roasts, a white-tiled bar of competition baristas pulling espresso and pour-overs near the port.
BeansEthiopia, Colombia, Kenya
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
Combi Coffee ★ 4.5
Combi Coffee on Rua Morgado Mateus in Porto is the Cardoso brothers' specialty roastery cafe, with a house blend of Brazilian, Colombian and Guatemalan.
DrinkSingle-origin espresso, in-house roasted
7G Roaster ★ 4.5
7G Roaster on Rua de Franca in Vila Nova de Gaia, across the Douro from Porto, is a state-of-the-art arabica roastery with a brunch room, seven apartments.
DrinkFilter coffee, cold brew, eggs benedict
Boxcar Social Summerhill ★ 4.5
Boxcar Social Summerhill on Yonge runs third-wave coffee mornings into natural-wine and craft-beer evenings, a hybrid cafe-bar room since 2014.
OrderA cortado mid-morning; a glass of natural wine after 16:00.
DrinkThird-wave espresso, natural wine
TipThree Boxcar locations; Summerhill the largest. Wine and beer license active from 11:00; the back room takes work-friendly laptops.
OR Coffee Bar ★ 4.5
OR Coffee Bar in Brussels' Saint-Gery has the third-wave pedigree from the early 2010s. Single-origin espresso and filter at the marble counter.
DrinkFilter brew
Kudu Coffee and Craft Beer ★ 4.5
Kudu Coffee in Charleston runs coffee, craft beer and pastries from a Vanderhorst Street courtyard cafe since 2003. Order the cortado, local draught beer.
DrinkCortado, local draught beer
TipCourtyard seats are the prize. Open daily; arrive early on weekends for a table outside.
Second State Coffee ★ 4.5
Second State Coffee in Charleston roasts single-origin beans and serves pour-over and espresso from the Beaufain Street flagship since 2012.
DrinkSingle-origin pour-over
TipCounter ordering. The Beaufain space is small; weekday mornings are quieter than weekends.
Ditta Artigianale ★ 4.5
Ditta Artigianale in Florence's Via dei Neri is Francesco Sanapo's flagship roastery and cafe, with single-origin filter coffees, espresso and one.
OrderA V60 filter from the rotating origins board, plus a brunch plate on weekends.
DrinkSingle-origin filter coffee
TipOpen daily 08:00-22:00. The roasted-bean retail counter ships internationally.
Cafe Tenango ★ 4.5
Cafe Tenango in Guadalajara is the Ladron de Guevara specialty bar on Justo Sierra 1860, an Otomi-themed room pouring Mexican beans with desayuno plates.
DrinkMexican single-origin pour over
Caligari Cafe ★ 4.5
Caligari in Guadalajara is the Santa Teresita 2006-founded specialty bar on Juan Manuel 1406, a horror-themed antique room pouring Cafe Estelar beans.
DrinkFlat white on Cafe Estelar beans
Elbgold ★ 4.5
Elbgold's flagship cafe in the old slaughterhouse on Lagerstrasse in Hamburg's Schanzenviertel has roasted and poured specialty coffee since 2004.
DrinkEspresso and filter coffee
TipOpen 07:30 weekdays, busiest 09:00-11:00. The mezzanine seats more often have free tables.
Speicherstadt Kaffeeroesterei ★ 4.5
Speicherstadt Kaffeeroesterei on Kehrwieder in Hamburg's UNESCO Speicherstadt has roasted on traditional drum roasters since 1996, with the cafe pouring.
DrinkSingle-origin filter coffee
TipOpen 10:00 daily. The roaster runs in the back; ask for the tasting tour on weekends.
Bacha Coffee ★ 4.5
Bacha Coffee occupies Marrakech's 1910 Dar el Bacha palace: 200-plus Arabica blends, marble salons, 10 MAD museum-only entry to dine, expect a wait.
Drink100% Arabica Coffee of the Sultan
TipClosed Mondays. Arrive at 10:00 opening or after 14:00 to dodge the 1-3 hour queue.
Russ & Daughters Cafe ★ 4.5
Russ & Daughters Cafe on Orchard Street is the sit-down sister of the Houston Street counter in New York City. Located in Lower East Side. At 127 Orchard St..
DrinkEgg cream
TipBrunch books two weeks out on weekends. Tuesday and Wednesday lunch is the easy walk-in for the same plates.
Ome by Spacebar Coffee ★ 4.5
Ome by Spacebar Coffee hand-brews drip coffee in a spare Penang shophouse and placed 56th on the 2025 World's 100 Best Coffee Shops ranking.
DrinkHand-brewed drip with Malaysian Liberica
TipFour opening days only; come before 10:00 and order the house blend with Malaysian Liberica while the counter is calm.
Sally Loo's Wholesome Cafe ★ 4.5
Sally Loo's Wholesome Cafe has fed San Luis Obispo's Railroad District since 2009, baking in-house each morning inside a 1930s storefront by the depot.
DrinkCacti Coffee pour-over
TipThe walk-up window sells coffee and pastries without the queue; the breakfast burrito earns its following.
Maiasmokk ★ 4.5
Maiasmokk on Pikk has been Tallinn's confectionery cafe since 1864, the oldest continuously operating cafe in Estonia with a marzipan-painting room daily.
OrderHot chocolate and a piece of hand-painted marzipan; the kringel sweet bread is the everyday order.
DrinkHot chocolate with marzipan
TipThe marzipan room runs an audioguide tour. Cake counter at the door for takeaway.
RØST Bakery & Cafe ★ 4.5
RØST on Rotermanni is a Scandinavian bakery and specialty coffee cafe in the converted Nisuveski grain-mill, with sourdough loaves baked fresh daily.
OrderCardamom bun and a flat white; or grab a sourdough loaf to go.
DrinkFilter coffee with cardamom bun
TipClosed Sundays. Order a sandwich at the counter for a cheap Old Town lunch.
Please and Thank You (Frank) ★ 4.5
Please and Thank You on Frankfort Avenue in Louisville pours espresso and warm cookies from a Clifton storefront, the Frank outpost of the small-batch.
DrinkLatte, chocolate chip cookie
TipWalk-in. Smaller patio than Mark; easier to grab a table Cash or contactless, both fine.
Las Violetas ★ 4.5
Voted best Cafe Notable in Buenos Aires, opened 21 September 1884 at Rivadavia and Medrano. Belle-epoque stained glass, Italian marble, legendary merienda.
DrinkMerienda (tea, medialunas, tea sandwiches)
Metric Coffee ★ 4.5
Metric Coffee in Chicago is Xavier Alexander and Darko Arandjelovic's West Town roaster-cafe on Fulton, in a former blacksmith shop, with single-origin.
DrinkSingle-origin pour-over
TipAsk for the bar seat by the pour-over station; the baristas talk you through the cup as they brew it.
Milli by Metric ★ 4.5
Milli by Metric is the 12,000-square-foot all-day Avondale cafe Metric Coffee opened in September 2025. Order the metric house espresso and seasonal filter.
DrinkMetric house espresso and seasonal filter
Standl 20 ★ 4.5
Standl 20 is the coffee stall at Munich's Elisabethmarkt in Schwabing-West; locals pick up flat whites and cinnamon buns from the wooden hatch.
DrinkFlat white, cold brew
TipClosed Sundays and bank holidays; counter only, no work-from-cafe seating.
Sacré Brunch ★ 4.5
Sacré Brunch runs a coffee shop and canteen on Rue Cérès in Reims, with specialty coffee from a house barista and cakes baked in-house every day.
DrinkSpecialty coffee
TipBookings are taken online or by phone only, and the kitchen stops at 15:00 daily, an hour before the room closes at 16:00.
Pâtisserie Waïda ★ 4.5
Pâtisserie Waïda runs a tea room in Art Deco surroundings on Place Drouet d'Erlon in Reims, serving breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea with fine pastries.
DrinkHomemade Valrhona hot chocolate
TipThe house has a terrace for fine days and makes its own ice cream; the tea room opens on Sunday in two services, morning and late afternoon.
Bluebell Coffee Co ★ 4.5
Bluebell Coffee on Carrer de Buenos Aires in Valencia's Russafa has roasted its own beans since 2014 under the Coffee Roasted by Women banner.
DrinkFilter coffee from women-led farms
TipClosed Tuesdays. The pour-over flight is the way to taste through the roastery's beans.
Horchateria Daniel (Mercado Colon) ★ 4.5
Horchateria Daniel inside Mercado de Colon in Valencia pours the family's Alboraya horchata since 1949, with the signature Daniel fartons baked daily.
DrinkHorchata with fartons
TipOpen Mon to Sat with the market complex. Try the sospir (a soft cream pastry).
Caffe del Doge ★ 4.5
Caffe del Doge on Calle dei Cinque near Rialto in Venice is the city's roastery-cafe with 14 espresso varieties, SCA-trained staff, the rare specialty-coffee.
DrinkSingle-origin espresso, V60 filter
TipOrder Doge Rosso 100% Arabica at the counter or a filter from Ethiopia. Open from 07:00; quiet workspace mornings before tourists arrive.
Torrefazione Cannaregio ★ 4.5
Torrefazione Cannaregio on Fondamenta degli Ormesini is the 1930 coffee roaster, the only roastery-bar in the historic centre, still using a 1940s.
DrinkCafe Remer house blend
TipThe Miscela del Ghetto blend, created for the Jewish ghetto's 500th anniversary, is the bag to take home. The bar runs espresso €1.20.
The Underdog ★ 4.5
The Underdog on Iraklidon in Thissio Athens is the third-wave coffee bar and micro-roastery from 2011, in a restored neoclassical building with a brunch.
DrinkCold brew and weekend brunch in a neoclassical building
TipThe cold brew is the order; the brunch at weekends pulls a queue from 10:30.
Cafe Bar Bilbao ★ 4.5
Cafe Bar Bilbao on Plaza Nueva since 1911 keeps a Belle Epoque tiled interior in Bilbao, with ham croquettes, peppers stuffed with cod and rabas.
DrinkCafe con leche, txikito wine
Foxford ★ 4.5
Foxford on Obchodna 26 runs weekend brunch inside the Martinus bookstore with vegan and gluten-free cakes, sandwiches and specialty coffee on the counter.
DrinkSpecialty coffee, cake
TipThe bookstore connection makes this the best work-friendly cafe on Obchodna; arrive early Saturday for the window seats.
Goriffee Kosicka ★ 4.5
Goriffee Kosicka in Bratislava's new bistro belt brews single-origin coffee with cakes and sandwiches, twelve years of specialty practice behind the bar.
DrinkSingle-origin filter, flat white
TipThe TU-BA sibling on Sturova 4 is the central Old Town option; the Kosicka flagship has the brew bar.
Dees Koffiebranders ★ 4.5
Dees Koffiebranders on Hoogstraat in Bruges is a specialty bar and roastery in one, roasting its own beans and pouring them as espresso and filter.
DrinkSingle-origin filter and espresso
TipThe roastery is on site, so ask what is freshest. It sits east of the Burg toward Sint-Anna.
Blackbird ★ 4.5
Blackbird on Jan van Eyckplein in Bruges is a breakfast and brunch room rated among the city's best, running salads, toasts and strong vegan plates.
DrinkFlat white and breakfast plates
TipGet there before noon at weekends; the small room fills fast. Vegan plates are reliable here.
Five Points Bakery and Toast Cafe ★ 4.5
Five Points Bakery's toast cafe on Brayton Street pairs the bakery's whole-grain breads with drip coffee, soup and a counter-seat West Side regular crowd.
DrinkDrip coffee
Caffè dell'Arte Specialty Coffee ★ 4.5
Caffè dell'Arte on Via Caprera is the specialty coffee bar of Cagliari, pouring V60 and cold brew from beans roasted on the floor above since 2020.
OrderA V60 of the current single origin.
DrinkV60 filter
TipAndrea Pettinari started serving specialty here in 2016 and the roaster sits on the first floor above the bar.
Campesino Coffee House ★ 4.5
Campesino Coffee House in Houston is the Montrose Latin American specialty cafe on Waugh Drive, in a converted house with cafe de olla, horchata lattes.
DrinkCafe de olla
TipOrder the cafe de olla, brewed with cinnamon and piloncillo in earthenware. The fireplace room is the working seat; the back rooms fill up Saturday mornings.
Versailles Ventanita ★ 4.5
Versailles Ventanita in Miami is the walk-up window at 3555 SW 8th Street, pouring cafecito and pastelitos since 1971 from open to past midnight on weekends.
DrinkCafecito
TipOrder at the right window, croquetas at the left. Cafecito in a tiny cup, pastelitos warm by the bag.
Zak the Baker Cafe ★ 4.5
Zak the Baker Cafe in Wynwood is the bakery counter and sit-down room at 295 NW 26th Street, opened 2012 and the city's reference kosher sourdough operation.
DrinkPour-over with babka
TipOpen Sunday to Friday. Closed Saturday for Shabbat; the loaves sell out by 11am on weekends.
Sloth Coffee Roasters ★ 4.5
A Nakatsu roastery and cafe, the second site after the Kobe Motomachi original, pouring clean, delicate cups from washed-process African lots.
OrderWashed Ethiopian pour-over, Oat milk flat white, Cold brew
Smokvica Kralja Petra ★ 4.5
Smokvica Kralja Petra is the original Smokvica chain room in Dorcol, Belgrade. The summer terrace under a fig tree was the venue starting point.
DrinkSpecialty coffee, fresh juices
Bunker Coffee ★ 4.5
Bunker Coffee on Railway Terrace in Milton runs out of a converted WWII air-raid shelter west of the CBD. Drum-roasted in-house, single-origin focus.
DrinkSingle-origin house roast espresso
Beans & Dots ★ 4.5
Beans & Dots is a Bucharest concept store and specialty cafe on Brezoianu just off Old Town, pouring exclusive coffee from The Barn Berlin roastery.
DrinkThe Barn Berlin filter coffee
TipMezzanine floor inside the Universul building C2; quiet for laptops.
Raccoon Coffee ★ 4.5
Raccoon Coffee on Strada Armenească in central Chișinău roasts its own beans in-house and pours rotating single-origin filters and espresso from a small.
DrinkHouse-roasted single-origin filter
Cocoa Cinnamon Old North Durham ★ 4.5
The original Cocoa Cinnamon in Old North Durham blends specialty coffee with West African and Latin American chocolate drinks. Sourcing ties to Little Waves.
DrinkSpiced chocolate drinks and specialty coffee
Steadfast Coffee ★ 4.5
Steadfast's Taylor Street cafe in Germantown, Nashville pulls espresso from its own roastery and runs an all-day food menu that quietly outshines.
DrinkFilter coffee
TipThe Coffee Soda is the cult order in summer; in winter, ask about the pourover flight tasting.
Lola Coffee ★ 4.5
Lola Coffee on 3rd Avenue is a family-run downtown cafe of organic, fair-trade coffee, working with local dairies and bakeries on a full breakfast menu.
DrinkEspresso and full breakfast
TipThe downtown 3rd Avenue room is the community hub; the breakfast menu is fuller than most cafes.
Monkey House ★ 4.5
Monkey House anchors a Kapana corner with specialty coffee, craft beer, awarded wines, classic cocktails, cold-pressed juice and homemade pastries.
DrinkSpecialty espresso
Dwell Coffee House ★ 4.5
Dwell Coffee House sits a step off the Roman Stadium serving freshly roasted Chucky's beans, calmer than the Knyaz Alexander spine, work-friendly small room.
DrinkPour-over Chucky's coffee
Swamp Rabbit Cafe and Grocery ★ 4.5
Swamp Rabbit Cafe and Grocery anchors the Swamp Rabbit Trail north of downtown: locally-grown groceries, a cafe counter and a beer garden out back.
DrinkLocal coffee, fresh-pressed juices
Due South Coffee Roasters ★ 4.5
Due South Coffee Roasters runs a cafe in Hampton Station next to Liability Brewing. House-roasted single-origins from a converted textile mill in Taylors.
DrinkSingle-origin pour-over, house-roasted espresso
Cafezal ★ 4.5
Cafezal on Via Solferino in Brera focuses exclusively on Brazilian single-origin lots, roasted in-house and served as espresso or pour-over from a small bar.
DrinkBrazilian single-origin espresso
Java Espressobar ★ 4.5
Java Espressobar opened on Ullevalsveien by St Hanshaugen park in Oslo in 1997, the first bar in Norway to serve cortado, latte art and pour over.
OrderEspresso poured from beans roasted at Kaffa, the roastery the Java and Mocca group started in 2005.
DrinkEspresso, roasted at the group's own Kaffa roastery
TipOpen weekdays from 07:30 and weekends from 09:00; the room runs full at lunch.
MiiT Coffee ★ 4.5
MiiT Coffee on Lāčplēša started as a bicycle workshop that served drinks and grew into a vegetarian cafe pouring Latvian Tiny Giant and Berlin's Five.
DrinkSingle-origin pourover
TipVegetarian-only menu of breakfast, lunch and cakes; brings cyclists, students and the design-district remote-work crowd.
Kava2 Specialty Coffee ★ 4.5
Kava2 in Split is the city outpost of Kava Family roasters from the Adriatic islands, a tight-set room with a wide tasting flight by the cup or filter.
OrderCortado with the rotating roastery single origin.
DrinkCortado
TipThe bar seats are best for an espresso; tables are limited and rotate fast.
Julith Coffee and Roastery ★ 4.4
Julith Coffee and Roastery is a roaster and brew lounge in Al Quoz, Dubai, where head roaster Serkan Sagsoz brings a Turkish Barista Championship background.
BeansPanama
BrewsEspresso, Pour over, Whole bean retail
TipTell the barista what flavours you like before ordering, the pour over bar builds the cup around your answer.
Coldrip Food and Coffee ★ 4.4
Coldrip Food and Coffee anchors Montpellier's speciality-coffee scene from Rue Glaize, avocado toast, matcha pancakes and eggs Benedict beside the filters.
DrinkCold brew
TipWeekend brunch queues form fast in the narrow lane; a Thursday or Friday visit gets the same plates without the wait.
Groove Café ★ 4.4
Groove Café overlooks the Lez river in Montpellier with pies, tartines and parfaits, a daytime brunch room ranked among the city's best-loved cafés.
DrinkChai latte
TipIt serves seven days, rare for a Montpellier café; the riverside tables are the reason to cross town.
Low Lane ★ 4.4
Low Lane on St Kieran's Street opened in 2022, Robyn and Mark Butler bringing 3fe-trained coffee skills home in a walk-in-only specialty cafe.
OrderFilter coffee and the seasonal brunch plates, which rotate with local supplier arrivals.
TipWalk-in only, no bookings. Opens at 08:30. The room fills fast from 10:00 at weekends so arrive early or be patient.
Cakeface Patisserie ★ 4.4
Cakeface on Irishtown is Laura and Rory Gannon's patisserie cafe, French and London pastry training applied to a room housing Kilkenny's only coffee roastery.
DrinkIn-house roasted espresso
Sump Coffee ★ 4.4
Sump built a national reputation roasting light, precise single-origin coffee in South City, served in a spare room that treats the cup seriously.
DrinkLight-roast filter coffee
TipThis is a place to taste, not to camp; seating and outlets are limited by design. Try the filter flight.
Coffee Architecture ★ 4.4
Coffee Architecture is an Emirati-owned specialty cafe on Mamsha Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, brewing espresso, V60 and Chemex; its founder has run it since 2018.
DrinkManual iced Chemex
TipFounder Nooran Albannay serves gahwa to anyone who walks in, as a symbol of welcome, and recommends the manual iced Chemex.
Brewed ★ 4.4
Brewed on Magnolia Ave in Fort Worth is a cafe and roastery serving bold single-origin coffees and an all-day brunch menu in the Near Southside.
OrderChicken and waffles with a side of house-roasted Ethiopian coffee.
TipThey roast their own beans on-site; the Near Southside Brazilian blend is a crowd favourite with every breakfast plate.
Paris Coffee Shop ★ 4.4
Paris Coffee Shop on Magnolia Ave in Fort Worth has served classic Texas breakfasts since 1926, a long-running counter diner in the Near Southside.
OrderChicken-fried steak with cream gravy; peach cobbler.
TipCash is preferred; the pie selection sells out by noon on Saturdays so order dessert when you order your meal.
Vandekerckhove and Bar ★ 4.4
Vandekerckhove has roasted coffee in Ghent since 1854. The fifth-generation family roasts on-site and the bar brews espressos and slow coffees daily.
OrderSlow coffee on V60: the house blend of Brazilian and Ethiopian beans, brewed with patience.
TipOpen every day except public holidays from 10:00-18:00; the bean shop sells the house blend in 250g bags.
Hoppenworth & Ploch Café Altstadt ★ 4.4
Hoppenworth & Ploch pours its own Frankfurt-roasted coffee at Markt 22 in the rebuilt Altstadt, steps from the Römer and the new old town lanes.
DrinkFlat white on the house Länderweg roast
TipTake the espresso outside to the Hühnermarkt fountain; the Altstadtbäckerei sibling around the corner handles the pastry side.
L'Artichaut ★ 4.4
L'Artichaut gathers a coffee shop, a seasonal canteen and an urban art gallery into one room on Rue du Marais in Nantes, lunch served at midday.
DrinkV60 or Aeropress filter coffee
TipThe lunch formula runs Wednesday to Saturday from 12:00 to 14:00, and brunch lands on the first Sunday of each month.
Horizon Café ★ 4.4
Horizon Café works as coffee shop and bean cellar on Rue Léon Jamin in Nantes, about thirty specialty references rotating through the brew bar.
DrinkRotating single-origin filter
TipThe same pair run Alaïa Café; brewing, tasting and latte art workshops are booked through the shop's Instagram account.
Elemental Coffee ★ 4.4
Elemental Coffee on N Hudson Avenue in Oklahoma City is a specialty roaster and cafe serving pour-overs alongside breakfast and lunch in Midtown OKC.
Hubsbob Coffee ★ 4.4
Hubsbob on Rue des Filatiers in Carmes is the small specialty coffee bar with pour-over Ethiopian beans, served at a marble counter with banh mi.
DrinkPour-over single-origin coffee
TipOrder the pour-over of the day; the lunch banh mi at €9 is the working-day favourite for solo eaters.
Clemente Café ★ 4.4
Clemente Cafe opened on 2 Sur in Puebla in 2020 with a steady espresso bar, molletes and the Cosme sandwich of brie, gouda, pesto and honey.
DrinkEspresso
TipIt closes on Mondays and Saturday hours shift, so a Tuesday to Friday morning is the safest window for a long sit.
Espíritu Café ★ 4.4
Espiritu Cafe roasts its own crop in Jardines de San Manuel, Puebla, and offers sixteen filter methods plus an espresso tonic worth the detour.
DrinkEspresso tonic
TipSixteen filter methods sit behind the bar, so tell the barista what you like rather than reading the whole list.
The Workshop Coffee ★ 4.4
The Workshop was among the first cafes to take specialty coffee seriously in Saigon, a light-filled heritage loft up a staircase off Dong Khoi.
OrderA single-origin pour-over from the brew bar.
DrinkFilter coffee
TipIt is up a rickety staircase off Dong Khoi; the big windows make it a fine spot to work.
Every Half Coffee Roasters ★ 4.4
Every Half grew from a 2016 personal project into one of Saigon's most respected roasteries, its District 3 cafe drawing coffee people for pour-overs.
OrderA hand-brew of the current competition lot.
BeansVietnam, Ethiopia, Panama
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
TipThe baristas here are serious about extraction; ask to try whatever they are dialling.
North Lime Coffee & Donuts ★ 4.4
North Lime Coffee & Donuts fries small-batch donuts to pair with espresso at Greyline Station, the Lexington morning ritual that sells out by early afternoon.
DrinkEspresso with a scratch-made donut
TipEverything closes at 13:00 and the weirder donut specials go first; the Clays Mill shop opens at 06:00 on weekdays.
McLeod's Coffee House ★ 4.4
McLeod's Coffee House staffs its Southland Drive counter with adults with special needs, a nonprofit Lexington cafe built around an integrated workspace.
DrinkDrip coffee poured by an inclusive crew
TipClosed Sundays. Go for the morning rush; the crew's welcome is the whole point of the visit.
Paddo Café ★ 4.4
Paddo Café on Rue du Cirque in Lille brought Antipodean brunch north, ricotta pancakes and avocado toast alongside properly pulled specialty coffee.
DrinkFlat white
TipNo reservations at all, and the kitchen stops an hour before the room does.
Moonwake Coffee Roasters ★ 4.4
Botanically-inspired roastery cafe with three live coffee trees, curated by a Q-Grader with single-origin pour-overs from Colombia and Ethiopia.
DrinkCafe Chicheme corn espresso tonic
Chromatic Coffee ★ 4.4
Award-winning roastery in a converted packing shed near Willow Glen, light-roasting ethically sourced beans from Ethiopia and El Salvador since 2012.
DrinkSingle-origin pour-over
Coffee1 ★ 4.4
Coffee1 in Užupis is an independent family-owned cafe with an espresso and brew bar, roastery and rotating travels to producer countries for new beans.
DrinkFlat white
TipFlat whites are the strong order. Sells designer interior pieces alongside the coffee retail.
Graph One Nimman ★ 4.4
The One Nimman speed bar of Chiang Mai's cult Graph roastery, a concrete counter turning out inventive signature drinks and precise single-origin filters.
DrinkAurora signature
Xamán Cafe ★ 4.4
Oak Cliff's most original cafe, rooted in pre-Hispanic Mexican culture. Kitchen leans pre-hispanic cafe, agave bar. At 334 W Jefferson Blvd.
OrderChampurrado cacao drink; breakfast huarache; mezcal espresso martini at night
TipConnects to Ayahuasca Cantina in the back evenings. The morning counter crew knows their single-origin beans; ask what's on the V60.
Encina (Coffee) ★ 4.4
Bishop Arts farm-to-table restaurant that doubles as one of Dallas's best weekend brunch cafes, famous for the blue corn butterscotch pancakes with salted.
OrderBlue corn butterscotch pancakes; house-baked sourdough toast
TipBrunch Saturday and Sunday only. Opens at 10am; arrive at 9:45am for walk-in tables on Saturday. A reservation a week ahead is recommended.
Xaman Cafe ★ 4.4
Xaman Cafe in Dallas: pre-hispanic cafe and agave bar on jefferson boulevard where clay cantarito cups carry both espresso drinks and cocktails.
Why locals goPre-Hispanic cafe and agave bar on Jefferson Boulevard where clay cantarito cups carry both espresso drinks and cocktails.
TipOrder the chilaquiles with chorizo and a cantarito espresso drink. Weekend mornings get busy by 10am.
Riverhill Coffee Bar ★ 4.4
Riverhill Coffee Bar is a tiny, ethical cafe on Gordon Street in Glasgow's city centre, pouring proper coffee and stacking generous sandwiches and cakes.
DrinkFlat white
TipIt is small and busy at lunch, so grab a sandwich to take away if the handful of tables are full.
Laboratorio Espresso ★ 4.4
Laboratorio Espresso is an Italian-style coffee bar on West Nile Street in Glasgow, pulling some of the city centre's best espresso in a snug room.
DrinkItalian-style espresso
TipOrder at the counter and take a stool; it is a coffee-first room, not a laptop-all-day cafe.
Seniman Coffee Ubud ★ 4.4
Seniman Coffee Ubud pours espresso and filter coffee from Indonesian origins on Jl. Sri Wedari, a short walk from Ubud Palace in Bali, open daily to 22:00.
Loja do Chá ★ 4.4
Loja do Chá pours tea off Praça do Colombo in Funchal from a list of more than 300, with an own-label Tea 1419 line blended from organic Madeira ingredients.
OrderA pot from the Tea 1419 line with a scone from the counter.
TipThe upstairs tea room is quieter than the shop floor. The operator publishes no schedule online, so check before a late-afternoon visit.
Land Food & Coffee ★ 4.4
Land Food & Coffee pours Odd Coffee Roastery beans beside the Monte cable-car station above Funchal, with brunch, sourdough and charcoal plates.
OrderA filter of the Odd Coffee Roastery house roast with the sourdough.
TipIt sits at the top of the Funchal cable car, so ride up rather than driving the Monte hairpins.
Papirüs Cafe ★ 4.4
Papirüs Cafe occupies a restored Armenian mansion in Bey Mahallesi, and its vine-shaded Gaziantep courtyard is the calmest table in the old city.
DrinkZahter çayı
TipThe courtyard fills by mid-afternoon. Come before noon if you want a table under the vines.
Café Crème ★ 4.4
Café Crème on Calle 41 in Mérida's Centro is a French-owned cafe with house quiches, pâté and homemade marmalades, two blocks off Paseo de Montejo.
DrinkFilter coffee + quiche
Ki' Xocolatl ★ 4.4
Ki' Xocolatl on Parque Santa Lucía Mérida runs single-origin Mexican chocolate in bonbons, hot chocolate and dessert plates under the portales colonnade.
DrinkMayan hot chocolate
Cuperus Koffie ★ 4.4
Cuperus Koffie on Paardenmarkt is the city-centre Horsey bar of the Antwerp specialty roastery. Sleek 2017 fit-out, in-house roasting. At Paardenmarkt 28.
DrinkFlat white, filter coffee
TipClosed Sunday and Monday. The Deurne garden branch keeps weekend hours.
Maison Millière ★ 4.4
Maison Millière pours loose-leaf tea and bakes waffles and crepes inside a half-timbered 15th century merchant house on Rue de la Chouette in Dijon.
DrinkPalais des Thés loose-leaf tea
TipClosed Mondays; the wine bar and interior garden trade alongside the tea salon on weekend afternoons.
Mon Cafè ★ 4.4
Mon Cafe on Corso Canalchiaro runs breakfast through dinner in central Modena, and Gambero Rosso's 2025 guide rated it among the city's best bars.
DrinkCappuccino, aperitivo cocktails
TipIt stretches into a full aperitivo and dinner room by evening, so a plain coffee is easiest before noon.
Amateur Coffee ★ 4.4
Amateur Coffee on Cuming Street roasts its own beans on-site and pours single-origin pour-overs in a neighbourhood cafe open daily until 14:00.
DrinkSingle-origin pour-over
The Coffee Bar ★ 4.4
The Coffee Bar in Washington DC is the Logan Circle S Street independent cafe of Sam Lee and Amanda Hesser, a study-friendly room with Counter Culture beans.
DrinkCortado
TipOutlets along the back wall make it the city's best laptop cafe; the matcha latte is the second-most-ordered drink.
Idido's Coffee & Social House ★ 4.4
Idido's Coffee & Social House in Washington DC is the Petworth Kennedy Street Ethiopian-leaning cafe since 2025, a neighborhood cafe and community room.
DrinkEthiopian single-origin pour-over
TipMornings before 09:00 are the quietest work hours; the back room takes long laptop sessions when the front counter is busy.
Youpi ! ★ 4.4
Youpi ! is a café, bookshop and vegetarian canteen on Avenue Saint-Ruf in Avignon, with homemade cakes all day and a €14 main course on the daily menu.
DrinkHot drinks with homemade cake
TipTwo vegetarian mains change daily and are posted on the website; sockets, Wi-Fi, a children's corner and high chairs are on site.
Aroma Caffe ★ 4.4
Aroma Caffe in Bologna's Centro Storico is the Aroma roasters' flagship cafe, with the V60 pour-over and the filter brew bar at the back, plus a daily brunch.
DrinkFilter coffee
TipCounter and table seating both work; the brunch carte runs 09:00-14:00 on weekends, walk-in works.
Karl Fazer Café ★ 4.4
Karl Fazer opened this French-Russian cafe and cake shop on Kluuvikatu in 1891, still the city's grand chocolate-and-cake room under a glass dome.
DrinkHot chocolate with a Fazer pastry
TipThe breakfast buffet runs on weekday mornings and brunch on weekends. Buy a box of Fazer chocolates on the way out.
Rue Brazil ★ 4.4
Rue Brazil has poured the morning set in Hiroshima since the postwar years, opening at 07:00 with bread, a boiled egg, salad and a cup of coffee.
DrinkMorning set coffee
TipMorning sets run from 07:00 to 10:30 only; after that the room switches to sandwiches, curry rice and buttered toast.
Regency Cafe ★ 4.4
The 1946 Westminster greasy spoon on Regency Street in London, white-tiled formica-tabled cafe, runs the canonical London full English at the counter.
OrderThe full English with white bloomer toast, plus a mug of strong tea.
TipCash and contactless. Closed Sundays and Saturday afternoons. The 09:00 queue is film-crew familiar.
Um Coffee Co. ★ 4.4
Um Coffee Co. in Bom Retiro, Sao Paulo, is a producer-run cafe roasting beans from its own farms, serving them as espresso, filter and whole bean retail.
DrinkSingle-farm filter coffee
Jo's Coffee (South Congress) ★ 4.4
Jo's Coffee in Austin is the South Congress walk-up since 1999 from Liz and Lou Lambert of the Bunkhouse Group, a patio coffee bar next to the Hotel San Jose.
DrinkIced turbo
TipThe 'I love you so much' mural on the south wall is the most-photographed in Austin; queue early for breakfast tacos.
Cuvée Coffee (Rainey) ★ 4.4
Cuvée Coffee in Austin is the Rainey-district storefront from Mike McKim's roastery, a small-batch specialty cafe pouring Black & Blue nitro cold brew on tap.
DrinkBlack & Blue nitro
TipThe East 6th original closed in 2024; the Rainey storefront is the only Austin retail cafe left for now.
Milk & Honey ★ 4.4
Milk & Honey pulls espresso and churns gelato from 06:00 daily on North Market Street in Chattanooga, with a full brunch kitchen until 15:00.
DrinkEspresso with a scoop of house gelato
TipThe kitchen closes at 15:00 but coffee and gelato run to 18:00; weekend queues move faster than they look.
Mean Mug Coffeehouse ★ 4.4
Mean Mug Coffeehouse serves Velo-roasted coffee, pastries and breakfast plates on W Main Street, the Southside Chattanooga original of a local trio.
DrinkLatte pulled on locally roasted Velo beans
TipDoors close at 15:00 weekdays and 16:00 weekends; the toast-and-egg plates outclass most full diners nearby.
Zanzibar's Coffee Adventure ★ 4.4
Des Moines' longest-running specialty roaster, small-batch roasting on-site since 1993. The Ingersoll Avenue room is decorated with artifacts, textiles
DrinkSmall-batch roasted espresso
Scenic Route Bakery ★ 4.4
Consistently cited as one of the best bakeries in Des Moines, Scenic Route operates a comfortable East Village cafe alongside its baking programme.
DrinkCoffee with house pastry
Hern Coffee and Bistro ★ 4.4
Hern Coffee and Bistro serves coffee, brunch and upmarket Thai dinners on Patong's beach road in front of Baan Laimai Beach Resort, open daily until 23:00.
Cafetaria Mesa 325 ★ 4.4
Mesa 325 in Porto's Bonfim is a small, well-loved specialty coffee room with V60, Chemex and AeroPress brews, overnight oats and a resident Labrador named.
DrinkV60 filter coffee from Luso Coffee Roasters
Cafe Morihico Maruyama ★ 4.4
The Sapporo kissaten that built a coffee dynasty. Morihico opened 1996 in a wooden house behind Maruyama Park, hand-roasted beans and flannel drip.
DrinkHand-drip Forest Drops blend
TipExpect 20 to 45-minute waits on weekends; the four-minute walk from Maruyama Koen station is the cushion. Weekday hours 11:00-21:30; weekends 10:00-21:30.
Baristart Coffee ★ 4.4
A 2015 Odori cafe that built a name on Hokkaido milk. The barista travels to dairies and lists the day's milk on a chalkboard map; Tokachi is the star.
DrinkHokkaido milk latte
TipOrder the latte with Tokachi milk; the chalkboard map at the door shows the day's choice.
Belga and Co Bailli ★ 4.4
Belga and Co's Bailli flagship in Brussels' Ixelles serves house-roasted beans from a marble bar. Order the flat white. Booking recommended.
DrinkFlat white
Caffe Gilli ★ 4.4
Caffe Gilli in Florence's Piazza della Repubblica is the city's oldest cafe, opened in 1733, with the same marble counter and the original Belle Epoque.
OrderEspresso at the counter (€1.50) and a cantuccino dipped in Vin Santo.
DrinkEspresso at the marble counter
TipCounter pricing is half of table service. Open daily 07:30 to midnight; the terrace seats 60.
Rivoire ★ 4.4
Rivoire in Florence has poured the city's benchmark hot chocolate at the Piazza della Signoria corner since 1872, with a chocolate-making lab in the back.
OrderThe dense hot chocolate (€7), the cioccolato fondente in winter, and any sfoglia pastry from the case.
DrinkHot chocolate
TipCounter pricing is half of table; the piazza terrace is worth the €15 minimum for the Palazzo Vecchio view.
Public Coffee Roasters ★ 4.4
Public Coffee Roasters on Wexstrasse in Hamburg's Neustadt is the third-wave roaster's original cafe, pouring filter and espresso behind a sage-green.
DrinkFilter coffee, single-origin espresso
TipCounter seats fill on weekday mornings; tables in the back are easier from 11:00.
Native Coffee Co. ★ 4.4
Native Coffee Co. in Midtown serves single-origin pour-overs and precision espresso from specialty roasters like Black and White Coffee Roasters.
OrderSingle-origin pour-over or the house espresso with Beason Family Farms whole milk
DrinkFruity single-origin espresso
TipAll syrups made in-house; one of the most technically precise espresso bars in Mississippi.
The Elk ★ 4.4
The Elk on Charles Street runs a quiet, daylight cafe in the West Village, New York City. Order the maple latte. At 128 Charles Street. Booking recommended.
DrinkMaple latte
TipTwo tables, four counter seats, no laptops at peak weekend hours. Tuesday afternoons are quiet enough to work.
Norm Micro Roastery ★ 4.4
Norm Micro Roastery roasts in an industrial-chic heritage shell on Church Street Ghaut, the Penang cafe where brunch plates match the coffee program.
DrinkHouse-roast filter coffee
TipThe kitchen is as serious as the roastery; order the day's risotto or waffle alongside a pour-over of the house beans.
Toh Soon Cafe ★ 4.4
Toh Soon Cafe grills kaya toast over charcoal in a Campbell Street alley, the Penang kopitiam breakfast locals have queued for since the 1950s.
DrinkHainanese white coffee with charcoal toast
TipOrder the set: charcoal toast with house kaya, two half-boiled kampung eggs and a Hainanese white coffee.
Goodboybob Coffee Roasters ★ 4.4
Goodboybob Coffee Roasters runs its Santa Monica cafe and retail room on Broadway, an ex-art-project brand pulling shots of its own award-listed roasts.
DrinkHouse blend espresso
TipBags of the House Blend and Marine Layer dark roast sell at the counter; the espresso bar closes at 17:00 sharp.
Kohvik Must Puudel ★ 4.4
Must Puudel on Müürivahe in the Old Town runs Soviet-era furniture, homemade hot chocolate and a long cake counter, with the same eclectic mid-20th-century.
OrderHouse hot chocolate and a slice of the daily cake; the kitchen also serves savoury bowls past midnight.
DrinkHouse hot chocolate
TipBecomes a bar after 21:00 with a young local crowd. Late kitchen weekends past midnight.
Neckar Coffee ★ 4.4
Neckar Coffee is the specialist's choice for specialty coffee in Boise, roasting in-house and pairing single-origin filter coffees with a bakery programme.
Middle Way Cafe ★ 4.4
Middle Way Cafe has been Spenard's vegetarian-leaning anchor since 1994. The kitchen runs wholesome breakfast, lunch, vegan and gluten-free options.
Vagabond Blues ★ 4.4
Vagabond Blues runs Palmer's all-day cafe and music venue, with reindeer sausage breakfast burritos, paninis, cinnamon rolls, gluten-free and vegan options.
DrinkLatte with reindeer sausage burrito
Gran Cafe Tortoni ★ 4.4
The oldest cafe in Buenos Aires, founded 1858 and on Avenida de Mayo since 1880. Cafe Notable, a Site of Cultural Interest; Borges and Gardel were regulars.
DrinkSubmarino (hot milk with chocolate bar)
LAttente Caffe ★ 4.4
Specialty Palermo coffee bar from the LAB Tostadores roastery, a standard-bearer for third-wave coffee in BA. Filter, espresso, baked goods; laptops welcome.
DrinkFilter coffee from LAB Tostadores
Not Just Coffee at Atherton Mill ★ 4.4
Not Just Coffee at Atherton Mill is the South End flagship of Charlotte's specialty coffee brand, set inside a converted textile mill on South Boulevard.
OrderA pour-over filter and a slice of bake from the case.
DrinkFilter coffee
TipThe mill conversion gives ample table space for work; weekday mornings are the quietest.
Central Coffee Co. ★ 4.4
Central Coffee Co. on Louise Avenue is the family-run Plaza Midwood neighbourhood cafe since 2009, a regular spot for laptops, conversations and morning.
OrderA drip coffee and a baked good from the case.
DrinkDrip coffee
TipTwo outdoor benches out front, plus a small bookable backroom for groups.
Intelligentsia Coffee (Monadnock) ★ 4.4
Intelligentsia in Chicago is the Monadnock Building flagship of the third-wave roaster (founded 1995 by Doug Zell) on Jackson Boulevard, with Black Cat.
DrinkBlack Cat espresso
TipOrder the Black Cat as a single-shot macchiato; it shows off the roast better than a long milk drink.
Retrogusto Coffeemates ★ 4.4
Retrogusto Coffeemates inside the Mercado Central in Valencia is one of the city's earliest specialty coffee shops, a compact stall under the modernist.
DrinkSpecialty espresso
TipOpen Mon to Sat with the market 07:30-14:30. Stand at the counter; no seats.
Cocofli ★ 4.4
Cocofli on Wrocław's Włodkowica is a bookshop by day and a wine bar by evening, with specialty coffee through the morning. At ul. Włodkowica 9.
OrderFilter coffee in the morning, a Lower Silesian Riesling by the glass after 17:00.
DrinkFilter coffee and Lower Silesian wines
TipThe back room of the bookshop is the quietest seat for working between 09:00 and 12:00.
Macondo ★ 4.4
Macondo (named for the town in Garcia Marquez's novel) is a tiny Nadodrze cafe-and-curio room: specialty coffee, exceptional teas, handmade goods, small gigs.
OrderPour-over of the rotating single-origin, with a slice of whatever home cake is in the case.
DrinkSpecialty coffee and artisanal teas
TipDaily noon to 20:00; check Facebook for the evening events programme, the room turns into a tiny gig space several nights a week.
Mind the Cup ★ 4.4
Mind the Cup on Aimiliou Veaki in Peristeri Athens is a specialty coffee roastery and bar on a pedestrian street, a third-wave Athens destination outside.
DrinkSingle-origin espresso and filter from in-house roastery
TipThe pedestrian street outside is the spillover terrace; closed Sundays from October.
Café Antoinette ★ 4.4
Café Antoinette's Xpuhil branch in Cancún is a Parisian-style bakery-café open 07:00 to 23:00, with croissants, quiches, tartines, macarons and breakfasts.
DrinkCafé latte chai
TipWeekday tables can be booked on 998 884 6128; weekend mornings from 07:00 to 13:00 run without reservations.
Café Albertine ★ 4.4
Café Albertine runs from breakfast to goûter on Rue du Comte de Lanjuinais in Rennes, a bright vegetarian kitchen of daily plates, bowls and generous cakes.
DrinkFilter coffee with the day's cake
TipSaturday only and one sitting window, 11:30 to 13:30; the rest of the week the daily veggie lunch takes its place.
Sama Sama Veggie ★ 4.4
Sama Sama Veggie is a vegetarian bar and café on Carrer d'Aragó in Salou, cooking breakfast bowls, tacos, burgers and brunch with plenty of vegan dishes.
OrderVegan pancakes with a fresh fruit smoothie.
DrinkFresh fruit juices and smoothies
TipVegan pancakes and fresh juices and smoothies are the brunch favourites; there are children's books on the shelves and the café closes on Mondays.
Artis Coffee Roasters ★ 4.4
Production roastery and cafe in West Berkeley. Science-led roasting. Ethiopian, Colombian and Guatemalan single-origins from beans roasted on-site this week.
Aoma Coffee ★ 4.4
A small standing coffee bar and roastery in the Semba office district near Hommachi Station, pouring single-origin filter and espresso from its own roast.
OrderEspresso, Latte, Colombian filter
Pasio Coffee ★ 4.4
Pasio Coffee on Strada Vasile Alecsandri in Chișinău is the small specialty bar where the baristas pour for regulars, with rotating single-origins by week.
DrinkEspresso flight
Crème de la Crème ★ 4.4
Crème de la Crème on Strada Alexandru cel Bun in Chișinău is the three-storey Parisian patisserie and café, with the Provençal main floor open from 08:00.
DrinkVienna-style coffee with French croissant
Hygge Cafe ★ 4.4
Hygge Cafe opens at 07:30 every day of the week on Corregidor Luis de la Cerda in Córdoba, pouring single origins from Colombia, Brazil and Ethiopia.
OrderA filter coffee with the pastel de Belém from the counter.
DrinkSingle-origin filter from Colombia, Brazil or Ethiopia
TipOne of very few rooms near the Mezquita open at 07:30, which makes it the early-start option.
The Parlour ★ 4.4
Durham's most beloved ice cream shop makes small-batch flavours from whole milk and seasonal ingredients since 2013. Walk-in only from noon on Market Street.
DrinkSingle-origin espresso
Barista Parlor East ★ 4.4
Barista Parlor's Gallatin Avenue flagship in East Nashville set the city's third-wave coffee aesthetic when it opened 2012, all reclaimed wood.
DrinkSingle-origin pour-over
TipClosed for a 2025 refresh; reopened with the roastery moved on-site. Pastries from Dozen Bakery; the breakfast biscuit is the underrated order.
Crema Coffee Roasters (Downtown) ★ 4.4
Crema's downtown Hermitage Avenue flagship in Nashville opened 2008, runs the city's longest-tenured third-wave espresso programme and a coffee education lab.
DrinkEspresso
TipPublic coffee classes run from this location; sign up online. The patio is small but quiet on a weekday morning.
Huxinting Teahouse ★ 4.4
Huxinting Teahouse on stilts over the lake at Yu Garden in Shanghai has poured tea from the same mid lake pavilion since 1855, its oldest teahouse.
DrinkLongjing green tea
TipEvery Monday a pot of tea and a vegetarian bun still costs just 10 yuan, a holdover from 1990s pricing.
Quick Brown Fox Coffee Roasters ★ 4.4
Quick Brown Fox, a New Delhi specialty roaster, pours its own single-estate coffees alongside pizza and cookies at a third-floor cafe in Hauz Khas, Delhi.
DrinkPour over of the house roasted single origin
TipA note on the tables says laptops are not allowed at weekends; on weekdays, ask which single-estate coffee is on filter.
Date & Thyme ★ 4.4
Date & Thyme runs an organic cafe and market out of an old Key West petrol station on Fleming Street, pressing juices and building vegan-friendly bowls.
OrderAn acai bowl and a cold-pressed juice on the deck
DrinkCold-pressed juice
TipThe market side stays open to 17:00 for groceries after the kitchen winds down at 14:00; closed Sundays.
Patisserie Christian Salon de The ★ 4.4
Patisserie Christian on Rue de l'Outre keeps a wood-panelled tea salon beside the cathedral, pairing rich hot chocolate with kouglof, madeleines and bredele.
DrinkHot chocolate
Nightjar Coffee Roasters ★ 4.3
Nightjar Coffee Roasters roasts direct trade single origin beans from Colombia, Burundi and Rwanda at its Alserkal Avenue site in Al Quoz, Dubai.
BeansColombia, Burundi, Rwanda
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
TipCold brew is a house speciality; Nightjar supplies it on tap to other Dubai venues, so order it here at source.
Theory Coffee Company ★ 4.3
Theory Coffee Company is a precision-minded roaster and cafe that has landed on Yelp's best US coffee shops, serving carefully dialled espresso and filter.
DrinkPrecision espresso and filter
TipTheory ranks among Yelp's top US coffee shops; the espresso is the order. A small space, so seating is limited.
La Panaderia Bakery Cafe ★ 4.3
La Panaderia's downtown cafe pairs conchas with a cafe con leche, and a full breakfast and lunch menu makes it more than just a quick coffee stop.
DrinkCafe con leche with pan dulce
TipThe conchas and the cafe con leche are the pairing. A full breakfast and lunch menu makes it more than a coffee stop.
Mysk ★ 4.3
Mysk is a cafe and flower shop near NYU Abu Dhabi on Saadiyat Island, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner with a cabinet of viennoiserie and cardamom buns.
DrinkOat flat white
TipThe treats cabinet holds classic viennoiserie, pains suisse and cardamom buns, and the flower counter shares the room.
Things Specialty Coffee and Concept Store ★ 4.3
Things Specialty Coffee and Concept Store in Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi, is run by Emirati barista Sulaiman Khamis Alalawi, with beans roasted on site.
DrinkPiccolo
TipThe National's reporter orders the piccolo here, and the shop doubles as a boutique with vinyl records and jazz on the speakers.
Olympia Cafe & Deli ★ 4.3
Olympia Cafe and Deli is a no-bookings harbourside room in Kalk Bay, Cape Town, serving all day breakfasts, bread from its own bakery and simple deli plates.
DrinkFilter coffee
TipYou cannot book, so join the line like everyone before you and read the chalkboard menu while you wait for a table.
Frankly My Dear ★ 4.3
Frankly My Dear is the specialty coffee and brunch room on Karterou in Heraklion, doing freddo espresso, salmon toast with avocado and fresh juices.
OrderSalmon toast with avocado, and a freddo espresso alongside
DrinkFreddo espresso
TipIt sits on Karterou beside Agia Aikaterini square, five minutes uphill from the Agora.
Curious Life Coffee Roasters: RED ★ 4.3
Curious Life Coffee Roasters: RED is a C-Scheme cafe in Jaipur with a big patio, beans roasted on a Loring roaster and a menu from breakfast to dinner.
DrinkCoffee-Cran, espresso poured over cranberry juice
TipBeans are roasted three times a week and sold over the counter in the cafe; pair the Coffee-Cran with the almond croissant.
Canopee Coffee House ★ 4.3
Canopee Coffee House on Rue Bertrand de Born in Saint-Aubin is calm specialty coffee room with rustic wooden tables. Reservations recommended in season.
DrinkEspresso and flat white
TipBest for laptop work weekday mornings; weekends fill quickly. The flat white plus banana bread is the canonical order.
Okkio Caffe ★ 4.3
Okkio is a design-led Saigon coffee brand whose Dong Khoi flagship, up an alley and a flight of stairs, is a local favourite for coconut coffee.
OrderThe coconut coffee, blended thick over ice.
DrinkCoconut coffee
TipThe entrance is up an alley off Dong Khoi; look for the small sign and climb the stairs.
Kember and Jones ★ 4.3
Kember and Jones is a deli-cafe and bakery on Byres Road in Glasgow's West End, roasting its own coffee beside tarts, sourdough and cheese counters.
DrinkHouse-roasted coffee
TipThe window seats overlooking Byres Road are the prize spots; the cake counter is the reason to queue.
La Farm Bakery (Glenwood South) ★ 4.3
Downtown outpost of the James Beard-nominated Triangle boulangerie. Breads, pastries, and viennoiseries alongside Counter Culture espresso and brunch plates.
DrinkCounter Culture espresso
Revolver Espresso ★ 4.3
Revolver Espresso began as a tiny Seminyak cafe in 2012 and now serves specialty coffee and all-day food off Jl. Kayu Aya in Bali, open until 23:00.
Kahveci Seddar Bey ★ 4.3
Kahveci Seddar Bey serves a two-colour dibek coffee inside the Gümrük Han in Gaziantep, ground under a mallet in a stone mortar behind the counter.
DrinkÇift renkli dibek kahvesi
TipClosed Mondays, open 09:00 to 19:00 the other six days. Enter through the han gate, not from the street.
Metal Hands (Wudaoying) ★ 4.3
Metal Hands, a coffee brand begun in 2016 on Wudaoying Hutong in Beijing, runs a concrete-and-wood shop with a skylight corner and a quieter second floor.
DrinkDirty
TipGo upstairs, where the second floor is quieter and has one large wooden table; the Dirty is espresso poured over cold milk.
El Café de Axel ★ 4.3
El Café de Axel pours specialty coffee on Calle Apolo XI in Benidorm, with homemade cakes such as carrot cake and muffins and a shop selling its coffee.
DrinkSpecialty coffee
TipIt opens at 08:00 on weekdays and closes at 13:00 on Saturday; its Facebook page runs the occasional charity auction.
Madness Coffee ★ 4.3
Madness Coffee roasts specialty coffee daily at its Benidorm café near Poniente beach, one of four roasteries it runs between Alicante and Cartagena.
DrinkCoffee roasted in the café
TipIt buys each origin green, following harvest seasons, and roasts to its own profile; the café serves breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Little Victories ★ 4.3
Little Victories is the Small Street Espresso team's harbourside bar at Wapping Wharf, Bristol, pouring espresso, cakes and toasties beside Cargo's cranes.
PourAn organic pet-nat as the harbour lights come on
WineOrganic wine, craft beer and coffee cocktails by evening
FoodSmall plates and boards
TipIt keeps weekend hours its Old City sibling does not, which makes it the Saturday home for Bristol coffee people.
Caffè Gufo ★ 4.3
Caffè Gufo roasts and pours specialty coffee on Rue de la Chouette in Dijon, a coffee shop and tea salon with gluten free cakes on the counter.
DrinkSpecialty espresso
TipAsk about the coffee tasting workshop the owners run for small groups on request.
Caffe dell'Orologio ★ 4.3
Caffe dell'Orologio in Modena's Piazzetta delle Ova has served coffee since a 1787 document, a Piazza Grande fixture the city registers as historic.
DrinkEspresso at the marble counter
TipThe municipal historic-shops registry lists it among Modena's oldest bars; arrive before the aperitivo crowd for a quiet espresso.
Moloko ★ 4.3
Moloko serves breakfast and seasonal lunches in a colourful room on Rue Joseph Vernet in Avignon, run by Cyrielle and Thomas on weekdays only.
DrinkSpecialty coffee
TipBreakfast comes first and the lunch menu starts at midday, so plan a late morning stop; the doors are shut at weekends.
Social Book Cafe Hachidorisha ★ 4.3
Hachidorisha is a social book cafe near Dohashi in Hiroshima, built around peace-education titles, filter coffee and one long shared reading table.
DrinkFilter coffee
TipThe shop opens from 11:00 on any date containing a six, a nod to the sixth of August, and otherwise from mid-afternoon.
Horizon Line Coffee ★ 4.3
A coffee bar and roastery in downtown's West End Artist District, Horizon Line roasts its own beans and rotates a seasonal menu of lattes and pour-overs.
DrinkSeasonal lattes with alternative milks
Casa Aranda ★ 4.3
Casa Aranda has fried churros beside Málaga's Atarazanas market since 1932, an alley of waiter-served tables dunking them in thick, dark chocolate.
DrinkChurros with thick hot chocolate
Kima Coffee ★ 4.3
Kima Coffee is a specialty roastery and cafe on Málaga's Calle Carretería, roasting single-origin Arabica in-house and brewing it across espresso and filter.
DrinkSingle-origin filter from the in-house roast
Drop Espresso ★ 4.3
Drop Espresso brews local and imported specialty beans as espresso or V60 on Phra Baramee Road, a laptop-friendly Kathu cafe with a green veranda, Phuket.
Jouet D'Art Cafe ★ 4.3
Jouet D'Art Cafe bakes coconut cake and pours Dirty Coffee inside a Victorian-style glasshouse at My Beach Resort on Cape Panwa, looking over Chalong Bay.
DrinkDirty Coffee
Hokkaido University Marche Cafe and Labo ★ 4.3
The Hokkaido University dairy stand, opened 2017. Milk from campus farm cows, processed in-house into Clark's Milk soft serve and bottled milk.
DrinkHokudai Clark's Milk soft serve
TipOpen during university term hours; Clark's Milk soft serve is the campus signature, five flavours.
Cafe des Epices ★ 4.3
Cafe des Epices on Marrakech's spice square Rahba Kedima is a three-floor Kamal Laftimi cafe; rooftop terrace with Atlas views, walk-in only, no reservations.
DrinkSpiced coffees (cardamom, nutmeg, ginger)
TipWalk-in only. Hot drinks come in spiced variants (cardamom, nutmeg, cloves) worth the order.
Cafe Clock ★ 4.3
Cafe Clock in Marrakech's Kasbah is a cross-cultural meeting room: camel-burger signature, live music Wednesdays, traditional storytelling, calligraphy.
DrinkMint tea
TipFree Wednesday jam sessions, Saturday Berber music. Camel burger is the signature; vegetarians get a falafel-pita.
Kreuzberg California ★ 4.3
Kreuzberg California styles itself on a Berlin coffeehouse, serving espresso, sandwiches and cocktails until midnight on weekends in San Luis Obispo.
DrinkSpicy Mexican mocha
TipThe back room hides couches and outlets; on Friday and Saturday it swings from study hall to bar.
Dogtown Coffee ★ 4.3
Dogtown Coffee brews organic micro-roasted coffee in the old Zephyr surf shop on Main Street in Santa Monica, breakfast burritos for the dawn patrol.
DrinkCold brew
TipThe building birthed the Z-Boys skate team; get the breakfast burrito before the surf crowd clears the batch.
Caffe Luxxe ★ 4.3
Caffe Luxxe opened its first European-style espresso bar on Montana Avenue in Santa Monica in 2006 and still pulls the Westside's silkiest shots.
DrinkCappuccino
TipThis is the original of the small family of caffes, marked Where It All Began; the Brentwood Country Mart branch opens daily at 07:00.
Salt and Honey Bakery Cafe ★ 4.3
Salt and Honey Bakery Cafe on North Oregon Street serves all-day breakfast with house pastries, specialty lattes, braised brisket tacos, seasonal hot dishes.
OrderBraised brisket breakfast tacos or the latte with house pastry
TipCloses at 15:00; the brisket breakfast taco is the signature morning order.
Wolverine Farm Publick House ★ 4.3
Wolverine Farm Publick House mixes coffee, beer, books and a letterpress in Fort Collins' River District, a nonprofit outpost on Willow Street.
DrinkCoffee by day, Colorado beer by night
TipSummer 2026 residency concerts run on Wednesdays and the YART cheap-art sales pop up monthly; profits feed the publishing nonprofit.
AVI '38 Specialty Coffeebar ★ 4.3
AVI '38 on Niklaas Desparsstraat in Bruges is a specialty coffee bar that moved into the centre in 2024, pouring proper espresso and pour-over a short walk.
DrinkSpecialty espresso and pour-over
TipA true specialty spot near the Markt. The pour-over is where the bar shows off.
Pasticceria Cocconi ★ 4.3
Pasticceria Cocconi has run its bar on Strada della Repubblica in Parma since 1951, famous for the savoury croissant stuffed with cured ham and tuna sauce.
OrderThe salted croissant with prosciutto, a Parma-only breakfast.
DrinkCappuccino with a salted prosciutto croissant
TipGo before 09:00 when the savoury croissants come out warm; the tea room at the back stays quiet even when the bar is three deep.
K2 Gelateria ★ 4.3
K2 Gelateria scoops a few steps from Piazza Garibaldi on Strada Cairoli, one of the historic centre's best-known counters for the classic cream flavours.
OrderA cone of the classic cream flavours from the day's case.
DrinkGelato cones from a rotating seasonal list
TipIt opens at 13:00 and runs to late evening, so treat it as the after-lunch or after-dinner stop rather than a morning one.
Café 1802 ★ 4.3
Café 1802 pairs Renaud's roasting with Fred's bar on Rue d'Antrain in Rennes, specialty beans roasted in Brittany and a daily vegan pastry on the counter.
DrinkEspresso from the house roast
TipBeans roasted for the bar are sold to take home; ask which single origin is on filter that week.
Peet's Coffee (Vine Street) ★ 4.3
The original Peet's Coffee, opened by Alfred Peet in 1966. His dark-roast philosophy trained the founders of Starbucks. Still trading at Vine Street.
Peet's Coffee (Original Location / Vine Street) ★ 4.3
Alfred Peet opened Vine Street in 1966 introducing dark-roast coffee to America. He trained Starbucks founders. The original formula is still used here today.
Antico Caffè ★ 4.3
Antico Caffè has traded on Piazza Costituzione in Cagliari since 1838, a protected historic room under the Bastione with pastries from 07:00.
OrderAn espresso and a pastry at the marble counter.
DrinkEvening aperitivo
FoodPastries and plates
TipItaly's culture ministry lists the room as protected; tables outside face the Bastione di Saint Remy and run until 02:00.
Cocoa Cinnamon Old West Durham ★ 4.3
The Hillsborough Road Cocoa Cinnamon brings the same drinks programme to Old West Durham. Duke proximity makes it a weekday study spot and post-market stop.
DrinkColombian coffee and chocolate drinks
Savorworks Coffee & Chocolate ★ 4.3
Savorworks roasts coffee, makes bean to bar chocolate and cooks Thai-leaning plates under one roof in Masjid Moth, Greater Kailash, in south Delhi.
DrinkBean to cup espresso paired with bean to bar chocolate
TipEvery coffee arrives with a small glass of soda to clear the palate; try a bar of the house chocolate alongside.
The Tuck Box ★ 4.3
The Tuck Box serves scones and Welsh rarebit inside a 1927 Hugh Comstock fairy-tale cottage in Carmel, a tearoom trade running since the 1940s.
OrderHouse scones with olallieberry preserves and a pot of tea.
TipNo reservations, first come first served; mid-morning on a weekday is the calm window between breakfast and the tea crowd.
Mad Dogs & Englishmen Coffee Bar ★ 4.3
Mad Dogs & Englishmen pairs a bike shop with a specialty coffee bar at Ocean and Mission in Carmel, pulling microlot espresso and ceremonial matcha.
DrinkSingle-origin microlot pour-over or ceremonial matcha
TipNamed Carmel's Business of the Year; the coffee window facing Ocean Avenue opens at 07:00, two hours before the bike side.
Box St. All Day ★ 4.2
Box St. All Day at Hemisfair pairs a compiled espresso bar with an all-day brunch menu, a daylight Hemisfair Park option between the Tower and Yanaguana.
DrinkEspresso and curated brunch cocktails
TipLean on the espresso bar in the morning, switch to brunch cocktails by noon. First 30 minutes free in the Hemisfair Garage.
Deluxe Coffeeworks (Gardens) ★ 4.2
Deluxe Coffeeworks is a specialty coffee shop on Buitenkant Street in Gardens, Cape Town, roasting its own beans for espresso and filter brews.
DrinkEspresso
TipPick up a bag of the house beans on the way out; the roasting itself now happens at the Deluxe base in Paarden Eiland.
Pauline's ★ 4.2
Pauline's is a specialty coffee cafe behind the arched entrance of a former monastery on Somerset Road, Green Point, known for sourdough and cardamom buns.
DrinkFlat white
TipGo on a weekday morning for a quieter visit, take the cloister courtyard when it is open, and ask about the daily pastry special.
ML Espresso Bar ★ 4.2
ML Espresso Bar is a third-wave coffee counter on Eleftherias Square in Heraklion, rotating single-origin beans through espresso and filter.
OrderA filter coffee, whichever origin is on that week
DrinkEthiopian filter
TipA takeaway-first counter on Eleftherias Square, open from seven in the morning until eleven at night.
VCR ★ 4.2
VCR has poured specialty coffee from a two-storey house on Jalan Galloway in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, since 2013, alongside an all-day brunch menu.
DrinkFilter coffee flight
TipLaptops are welcome outside peak lunch hours; the corner tables near the window fill first.
Feeka Coffee Roasters ★ 4.2
Feeka Coffee Roasters occupies a shophouse on Jalan Mesui in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, roasting its own beans for the daily all-day menu here.
DrinkHouse-roasted flat white
TipIt is a five-minute walk from Bukit Bintang MRT station; last orders go in half an hour before close.
Woo Cafe & Art Gallery ★ 4.2
A florist, gallery and lifestyle cafe on Charoenrat, all blooms and cake stands, serving Thai and Western plates in one of the city's most photographed rooms.
DrinkButterfly-pea latte
Coffee Cartel ★ 4.2
Coffee Cartel roasts its own beans and prints images onto its Ripple Lattes at a two-storey Seminyak cafe on Jl. Lebak Sari in Bali, open daily until 18:00.
DrinkRipple Latte, printed with an image on the foam
Barreirinha Bar Café ★ 4.2
Barreirinha Bar Café sits above the old bathing complex in the Funchal Zona Velha, a seafront terrace running from morning coffee to weekend DJs.
DrinkPoncha
FoodFull kitchen
TipMorning coffee and late drinks happen in the same room. Weekends run to 02:00.
Soloist Coffee Co. (Yangmeizhu) ★ 4.2
Soloist Coffee Co. on Yangmeizhu Xiejie in Beijing fills a two-storey hutong coffeehouse with old lamps, globes and typewriters, plus a second-floor terrace.
DrinkCappuccino
TipSit at the ground-floor bar to watch the baristas, or take the second-floor terrace for sun and a view of the old houses; the ground floor is often crowded.
Florentine Salón de Té ★ 4.2
Florentine is a morning tea room on Benidorm's Avenida de Europa that bakes its own cakes each day: carrot, cheese, apple, red velvet and apple tatin.
DrinkCoffee with a slice of homemade carrot cake
TipIt closes at 14:00 and all day Tuesday; decorated fondant cakes and cupcakes are made to order if you ask ahead.
Cathedrali Pasticceria ★ 4.2
Cathedrali Pasticceria sits on Corso Duomo facing Modena's cathedral, a Gambero Rosso-rated bar pasticceria for breakfast, lunch and afternoon coffee.
DrinkEspresso with a view of the Duomo
TipOutdoor tables look straight at the cathedral facade; Monday afternoons are the one time it closes early.
Cafe Myriade ★ 4.2
Cafe Myriade helped launch Montreal's third-wave scene, pulling precise espresso and pour-overs on Avenue du Mont-Royal for a laptop-and-book crowd.
DrinkFilter coffee
TipThe Mont-Royal branch has more seats than the tiny Mackay original; come mid-morning for a table.
Cups Espresso Cafe ★ 4.2
Cups Espresso Cafe in Fondren has been the neighbourhood's morning anchor since 1998, with espresso drinks and light bites from its Fondren location.
OrderSingle-origin espresso or filter coffee, paired with a seasonal pastry
DrinkLocally roasted espresso
TipEarly weekday mornings are the calmest window; weekends fill by 09:00 with the Fondren brunch crowd.
Flying M Coffeehouse ★ 4.2
Flying M Coffeehouse has been a Boise landmark since 1992, filling a large eclectic space on Idaho Street with quirky furnishings and coffee roasted in Nampa.
Cafe Con Leche ★ 4.2
Cafe Con Leche in Five Points on Wyoming Avenue serves pan dulce baked in-house and cafe de olla, the traditional Mexican cinnamon-spiced coffee, in a small.
OrderPan dulce assortment with a cafe de olla
TipCash preferred; the conchas and polvorones sell out by 10:00 on weekends.
Casa Cafetzin ★ 4.2
Casa Cafetzin on North Mesa Street sources beans directly from Oaxacan and Chiapan cooperatives, roasting to order and serving traditional Mexican coffee.
OrderOaxacan drip coffee with piloncillo
TipThe bean cooperative story is told on a chalkboard at the counter; ask about current origin partnerships.
Alleycat Coffee House ★ 4.2
Alleycat Coffee House keeps its second-floor room by CSU in Fort Collins open until midnight daily, running on its Famous House Chai and focaccia.
DrinkFamous House Chai
TipThe house chai outsells the coffee; Tuesdays it is a dollar off. The stairs are easy to miss, look for the door on Laurel.
Butterfly Cafe ★ 4.2
Butterfly Cafe bakes its own focaccia for breakfast sandwiches in the historic Butterfly Building on Laporte Avenue in Fort Collins, daily to 15:00.
DrinkEspresso and house smoothies
TipThe focaccia breakfast sandwich is the order; house nut milks and made-in-house soups cover most diets without fuss.
Zereno Café ★ 4.2
Zereno Café on Avenida Nader in Cancún runs a specialty coffee bar with eggs, brunch plates, poke bowls and baked goods from 07:00 to 22:00 every day.
DrinkEspresso tonic
TipOn Rappi, huevos al gusto and chilaquiles are MXN 229 each and a flat white is MXN 80; counter prices may differ.
Café con Gracia ★ 4.2
Café con Gracia, open since December 2013 on Avenida Tankah in Cancún, roasts a Soconusco, Chiapas arabica on Thursdays for its espresso, paninis and frappes.
DrinkEspresso from the house blend
TipThe menu page lists hot drinks from MXN 35, paninis from MXN 65 and desserts from MXN 50, plus bagels, cuernitos and waffles.
Bluebird Coffee Shop ★ 4.2
Bluebird Coffee Shop mixes Japanese and Californian plates near the Rennes station, bagels, hot rolls and bentos in a plant-filled room open every day.
DrinkSpecialty coffee with a cream-cheese bagel
TipOne of the few centre coffee shops open Sunday evening; the bento is the pre-train order.
Coffee Break ★ 4.2
Coffee Break has served coffee, breakfasts and brunch on Carrer de Berenguer de Palou in Salou for 28 years, cooking with organic and local produce.
OrderThe New Yorker: pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, banana and maple syrup.
DrinkCafè amb llet
TipPastries are baked each morning; there are vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free choices, and weekend hours stop at 14:00.
Tueste Specialty Coffee ★ 4.2
Tueste is the specialty coffee counter on Calle Deanes in Córdoba, ten-plus origins sold as whole bean or ground to whichever brew method you name.
OrderThe espresso tonic, or a bag of whichever origin is freshest that week.
DrinkEspresso tonic
TipRoasting is done weekly with its ally Café Sin Intermediarios rather than on the premises, so the retail shelf rotates constantly.
Sinan Books ★ 4.2
Sinan Books fills a historic building at Sinan Mansions in Shanghai with shelves and a cafe, naming its signature latte after a line in Yu Hua's To Live.
DrinkHardship Is Not Worth Pursuing latte
TipBeyond the cafe the 640 square metre shop has reading rooms and quiet rooms; author talks have been a Sinan fixture since 2014.
Daily Drama ★ 4.2
Daily Drama pours beans from several Indian roasters side by side at this Defence Colony market cafe in Delhi, built for comparing origins cup by cup.
DrinkRotating multi roaster pour over flight
TipThe room is up on the 1st and 2nd floor of the market; order the flight format to taste several roasters at once.
Carmel Belle ★ 4.2
Carmel Belle cooks a locally sourced all-day menu in Carmel's Dowd Building courtyard, with raw vegan cheesecakes beside the coffee and juices.
DrinkFresh juices and smoothies beside the espresso bar
TipJeff and Chantal Nelson took over in January 2025 and kept the local-sourcing brief; the counter order queue moves fastest before 09:30.
Jacob's Brew House ★ 4.1
Jacob's Brew House is a garage-themed all-day cafe on Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg in Jaipur, with a coffee bar led by UAE Barista Champion Sonam Dorje Sherpa.
DrinkJacob Cloud 101, a Vietnamese-style coffee
TipEach craft brew comes with a card on region, variety and processing; The Nod Mag calls the Vietnamese coffee, the Jacob's Cloud 101, a house favourite.
Coffee Stain by Joseph ★ 4.1
Coffee Stain by Joseph has roasted and poured specialty coffee at Publika, Kuala Lumpur, since 2012, alongside a full all-day brunch menu here.
DrinkHouse blend flat white
TipIt debuted at No. 84 on The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops 2026; weekend mornings fill, so reserve by WhatsApp.
Voyage Coffee (Sanlihe Park) ★ 4.1
Voyage Coffee's Sanlihe Park branch in Beijing shares its building with a local bookshop and has outdoor seats facing the river, with ducks sometimes in view.
DrinkDirty
TipGive a taxi or DiDi driver 'Sanlihe Park' (三里河公园) rather than the street address; it is a 10-minute walk from Qiaowan station on Line 7, exit D.
Spicer+Cole ★ 4.1
Spicer+Cole runs four Bristol coffee-and-kitchen rooms; the Queen Square Avenue original pairs Extract-roasted coffee with super-fresh seasonal plates.
DrinkBatch filter with a seasonal salad plate
TipThe Clifton Village and Finzels Reach branches keep the same kitchen standards if Queen Square is rammed.
Broad Street Baking Company ★ 4.1
Broad Street Baking Company has supplied Jackson with artisan bread and cinnamon rolls since 1998, with everything baked daily by the house staff.
OrderFresh cinnamon roll at 07:00 with a drip coffee, or the housemade banana pudding cup
DrinkDrip coffee with fresh cinnamon roll
TipThe cornmeal-crusted catfish sandwich at lunch is an underrated find at this bakery-cafe.
High Note Cafe ★ 4.1
High Note Cafe is Boise's plant-based lunch and dinner counter, with every item made from scratch without a freezer or microwave, serving nachos and gyros.
El Rinconcito de Manel ★ 4.1
El Rinconcito de Manel is a sea-view terrace café on Carrer de Colón in Salou, known for fruit waffles, viral milkshakes and brunch, with a Repsol Solete.
OrderA fruit bowl or the fruit fondue, both on the Repsol guide's list of picks.
DrinkBatidos (milkshakes)
TipThe sea-view terrace is the draw at sunset; the café opened a second branch in Reus in 2026 and also runs one in Altafulla.
Caffè Svizzero ★ 4.1
Caffe Svizzero sits on Largo Carlo Felice in Cagliari, a traditional cafe under a vaulted ceiling, the kind of room the city has kept rather than remodelled.
OrderMorning coffee and a pastry under the vault.
DrinkEspresso
TipThe vaulted room is the reason to stop rather than the menu; it works for a coffee and a pastry standing at the counter.
Pastelerías Roldán Gran Capitán ★ 4.1
Pastelerías Roldán runs its Gran Capitán cafeteria in Córdoba from 07:30, the counter stacked with pastelón cordobés, manoletes and palmeras.
OrderA manolete at €3.80 with a café con leche, standing at the bar.
DrinkCafé con leche with a Manolete
TipSeveral Roldán branches shorten to a 15:15 close over the summer, though Gran Capitán holds its hours.
3½ Coffee ★ 4.1
3½ Coffee on Taiyuan Road in Shanghai takes its name from an Italian coffee-competition scoring system for a cup that beats merely being good.
DrinkUltra-light single-origin roasts with bright acidity
TipMost seating is along a long L-shaped counter of wood, granite and cork, so it suits a focused cup more than a long stay.
Antoinette Baking Co ★ 4.1
Boutique bakery and cafe in the Tulsa Arts District known for elaborately decorated cakes, croissants, and eclair-style pastries alongside specialty espresso.
Boulder Coffee Co Cafe and Lounge ★ 4.1
Boulder Coffee Co on Alexander St in Rochester is a South Wedge institution since 2005, with an arts-forward lounge and extended evening hours weekdays.
TipExtended weekday evening hours make it a reliable work or study spot. South Wedge neighborhood feel with rotating local art on the walls.
Anokhi Cafe ★ 4.0
Anokhi Cafe, on the second floor of KK Square in C-Scheme, Jaipur, serves an all-vegetarian menu of salads, bagels, pizzas and cakes using organic produce.
DrinkFresh French press biodynamic coffee
TipThe cafe closes at 20:00, so come for breakfast, lunch or tea; cakes include banana, carrot and a baked mascarpone cheesecake, with vegan options.
Handlebar Coffee Roasters ★ 4.0
Founded by former professional cyclists in 2011. Small-batch roasts from Ethiopia, Colombia, Guatemala, Kenya. Two cafes, precise single-origin brews.
DrinkSingle-origin pour-over
Dart Coffee Co ★ 4.0
Funk Zone roastery with organic fair-trade beans from small-lot indigenous farmers. A portion of every sale goes to the Yanonali Street Artist Fund.
DrinkOrganic single-origin espresso
Cafe Xoho ★ 4.0
Cafe Xoho has served all day breakfast and hand rolled bagels in Tel Aviv since 2010, moving to 73 Ben Yehuda Street in 2022 with a kosher dairy kitchen.
OrderA hand rolled bagel with the all day breakfast plate and a coffee.
TipClosed Saturdays under its kosher certificate; no reservations, so mornings can mean a short wait.
Bramble Breakfast and Bar ★ 4.0
Farm-to-table breakfast and brunch cafe in the Pearl District sourcing local and seasonal ingredients, with house-baked pastries and a full coffee program.
Locals Only ★ 4.0
Locals Only on Alexander St in Rochester serves breakfast and lunch with a full cocktail program from 08:00, a Rochester-themed brunch counter open daily.
TipFull cocktail and coffee program available all morning. Open seven days. No reservations needed for brunch.
Cafe Nona ★ 3.9
Cafe Nona on Ibn Gvirol Street runs around the clock as a cafe, restaurant and bar, pouring coffee and serving breakfast plates at any hour of the night.
DrinkCoffee and breakfast served into the small hours
TipBreakfast keeps running long after most Tel Aviv kitchens have switched to dinner.
Vista Coffee ★ 3.9
Vista Coffee sits on the promenade at Jaffa Port in Tel Aviv, a coffee kiosk serving Vietnamese coffee, a house blend and malabi made locally in Jaffa.
DrinkVietnamese coffee with roasted peanuts, facing Jaffa Port
TipThe bar seats facing the water are the ones to angle for at sunset.
Neighborhood JAM ★ 3.9
Popular all-day breakfast and brunch cafe in south Tulsa with mimosa flights, boozy coffees, and a devoted weekend wait-list crowd starting at 6:30am.
Dune Coffee Roasters ★ 3.8
Santa Barbara specialty coffee anchor since 2009. State Street flagship serves espresso, pour-overs, and seasonal single-origins in a bright downtown space.
DrinkSeasonal single-origin filter
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Snack Specialty Coffee, Monkey House
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Cafe Xoho, Cafe Nona
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Quick Brown Fox Coffee Roasters, Savorworks Coffee & Chocolate
Greenville6 places
Methodical Coffee (Downtown), Swamp Rabbit Cafe and Grocery
Key West6 places
Moondog Cafe & Bakery, Cuban Coffee Queen
Milan6 places
Orsonero Coffee, Caffe Cova
Oslo6 places
Tim Wendelboe, Supreme Roastworks
Riga6 places
Rocket Bean Cafe Miera, Rocket Bean Cafe Dzirnavu
Strasbourg6 places
Au Fond du Jardin, Cafe Bretelles Petite France
Carmel-by-the-Sea5 places
The Tuck Box, Mad Dogs & Englishmen Coffee Bar
Split5 places
D16 Coffee, Tinel Specialty Coffee
Tulsa5 places
Antoinette Baking Co, Bramble Breakfast and Bar
Rochester2 places
Boulder Coffee Co Cafe and Lounge, Locals Only
Regional variations
French cafe
Sidewalk terrace, marble tables, all-day service, coffee with a small chocolate, croissant or croque-monsieur, wine and beer also poured. The Parisian cafe (Cafe de Flore, Les Deux Magots) is the global archetype.
Italian bar
Stand-up espresso counter, no charge to stand, doubled price to sit. Espresso, cappuccino, cornetto, sometimes a panino. The transaction is fast; the bar is a daily ritual.
Viennese cafe
Wood-paneled, newspaper-rack equipped, all-day room. Melange (espresso with foamed milk), einspanner (with whipped cream), Sachertorte, apple strudel. UNESCO-listed since 2011.
Aussie / Kiwi cafe
Brunch and flat white led. Sourdough toast, smashed avocado, ricotta hotcakes, slow-cooked eggs. Exported globally via the Australian and New Zealand barista diaspora to London, New York, Tokyo, and Seoul.
Japanese kissaten
Quiet, often dimly lit room with siphon coffee, hand-drip pour-over, thick-cut toast (atsugiri toast), purin (creme caramel), pizza toast. Slower pace than European cafes; closer to a private library.
Defining cafe dishes
- Espresso
- The 25-to-30 ml shot of pressure-extracted coffee that anchors every serious cafe. Italian-style espresso is dark-roasted and short; third-wave espresso is often lighter-roasted with more acidity and floral notes.
- Flat white
- Australian/New Zealand espresso drink: a double shot with steamed microfoam milk, served in a 5-to-6 oz cup. The defining global third-wave drink since the early 2000s.
- Cappuccino
- Espresso plus steamed milk plus foam, traditionally served in 5-to-6 oz cup at breakfast only in Italy. Outside Italy, served all day.
- Croissant
- Laminated viennoiserie dough (butter folded into yeasted dough through multiple turns), baked golden, eaten with coffee. The defining cafe breakfast pastry.
- Croque-monsieur and croque-madame
- French cafe sandwich: ham and gruyere with bechamel, grilled. Madame adds a fried egg. The classic Parisian cafe lunch.
- Avocado toast
- Smashed avocado on toasted sourdough, often with chile flakes, lemon, salt, sometimes a poached egg. The Aussie cafe export that took over global brunch from 2015 onward.
- Eggs benedict / florentine / royale
- Poached eggs on English muffin with hollandaise. Benedict adds ham; florentine spinach; royale smoked salmon. Brunch staple worldwide.
- Cinnamon bun (kanelbulle)
- The Scandinavian cardamom-and-cinnamon sweet roll. Served with filter coffee for fika, the 3pm Swedish ritual. Cardamom bun (kardemummabulle) is the regional cousin.
- Cortado / cafe con leche / piccolo
- Espresso with a small amount of warm milk, served in a 3-to-4 oz glass. Cortado is Spanish/Latin American; piccolo is Australian; cafe con leche is the larger Spanish version.
- Granola bowl / grain bowl
- Yogurt, granola, fresh fruit, often topped with seeds or nuts. The Aussie-cafe healthy breakfast that became global; the grain-bowl lunch version (quinoa, grains, vegetables, protein) is the equivalent at midday.
How to order
At a French cafe, you can sit for hours over one coffee; it's the room, not the transaction. At an Italian bar, drink your espresso standing at the counter (sitting often costs more). At an Aussie or Kiwi cafe, the brunch menu runs through lunch; order a flat white and one savory plate, plus maybe a side of bacon or hash brown. At a Viennese cafe, the rule is to sit, order coffee, read the paper, and not be hurried; this is what the room is for. At a Japanese kissaten, slow is the point; the siphon coffee will take time, the room will be quiet.
The ordering shorthand: in Italy, 'un caffe' means an espresso. Cappuccino is breakfast-only by convention. In Australia, 'a flat white' is your default; 'long black' is an Americano. In France, 'un cafe' is an espresso; 'un cafe creme' is a latte. The rookie mistake is ordering a complicated drink in a busy Italian bar (the bartender will glare); the other is asking for a 'to-go' coffee in a sit-down cafe culture (rare and unwelcome in France and Italy).
What to drink with it
Coffee is the primary pour. Tea exists at every serious cafe but is secondary. Fresh-squeezed orange juice is the breakfast accompaniment in Europe. Hot chocolate (chocolat chaud) is a Parisian winter staple. Wine and beer are poured at French and Italian cafes from late morning onward; an espresso and a glass of pastis or aperol is a common French aperitif moment. Australian and US third-wave cafes increasingly pour natural wine in the late afternoon and into the evening, repositioning the cafe as a day-into-night room.
Where to eat it
Paris (Cafe de Flore, Les Deux Magots, Cafe Verlet for coffee specifically), Vienna (Cafe Central, Cafe Hawelka, Cafe Sacher), Milan (Marchesi 1824, the historic bars of via Manzoni), Melbourne (St Ali, Patricia Coffee Brewers, Industry Beans, Auction Rooms), Sydney (Single O, Reuben Hills, Coffee Alchemy), London (Monmouth Coffee, Workshop, Caravan, Granger and Co), New York (the Australian-cafe lineage: Two Hands, Ruby's, Bluestone Lane), Tokyo (the kissaten tradition at Cafe de l'Ambre, Tsubakiya, Glitch Coffee), Stockholm and Copenhagen (Drop Coffee, Coffee Collective). Most major cities now hold at least one serious third-wave cafe.
A short history
The cafe as institution dates to the Ottoman coffeehouse (16th century), brought to Europe through Vienna after the 1683 siege. The French cafe codified through the 18th century as a political and intellectual gathering place; the Viennese cafe formalized in the 19th century. The Italian bar emerged in the early 20th century as the espresso machine was perfected. Third-wave coffee (US and Australia, 2000s) and the Aussie/Kiwi cafe export (2010s) are the latest evolutions, professionalizing the espresso bar internationally.
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