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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee and cardamom bun
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.
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.
Cafe by city
Cafe in Aarhus
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.
Signature drink: Competition-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.
Try: Cardamom bun and filter coffee
Cafe in Albuquerque
Michael Thomas Coffee Roasters ★ 4.6
Michael Thomas Coffee on Bryn Mawr Drive in Albuquerque's Nob Hill is the in house roaster cafe with espresso
Signature drink: Espresso 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.
Signature drink: Daily filter brew
Michael Thomas Coffee Roasters ★ 4.6
Michael Thomas Coffee Roasters on Bryn Mawr Drive in Albuquerque's Nob Hill is the small batch roaster cafe with single origin espressos and pour overs.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Guatemala
How they serve: Espresso, Drip, Whole bean retail
Cafe in Amsterdam
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee from Nordic roasters
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.
Signature drink: Espresso 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.
Signature drink: Rotating single-origin filter
Cafe in Anchorage
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.
Signature drink: Drip coffee with Kodiak Benedict
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.
Middle Way Cafe ★ 4.4
Middle Way Cafe has anchored Spenard since 1994 with a vegetarian-leaning kitchen, a popular vegan and gluten-free menu, full bakery counter and free wifi.
Signature drink: Latte with alternative milk
Cafe in Antwerp
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee, single-origin espresso
Tip: Closed Sunday. Saturday morning fills with the student crowd; mid-morning weekday is quieter.
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.
Signature drink: Kenyan and Ethiopian espresso
Tip: Urban-nomad regulars work from the back tables. The retail bar sells whole-bean takeaway.
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.
Signature drink: Flat white, filter coffee
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday. The Deurne garden branch keeps weekend hours.
Cafe in Asheville
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.
Signature drink: Espresso-tonic
Tip: No-laptop rule on weekends. The kava and tea selection is the deeper bench than just coffee.
High Five Coffee Broadway ★ 4.7
High Five Coffee on Broadway Street has been Asheville's flagship High Five since 2009.
Signature drink: Macadamia milk latte
Tip: Counter service. Outdoor patio takes laptops on warm days; outlets are limited inside.
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin pour-over
Tip: Mon-Fri 07:00-18:00, Sat-Sun 09:00-15:00. Bagels and bagel sandwiches from a local baker; gluten-free pastries.
Cafe in Athens
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso, Rosebud house blend
Tip: The roastery on the bar is also a small retail shop; ask for the morning's single-origin filter.
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.
Signature drink: Cold brew and weekend brunch in a neoclassical building
Tip: The cold brew is the order; the brunch at weekends pulls a queue from 10:30.
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso and filter from in-house roastery
Tip: The pedestrian street outside is the spillover terrace; closed Sundays from October.
Cafe in Atlanta
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.
Signature drink: Espresso macchiato
Tip: Limited 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.
Signature drink: Espresso on the custom pink La Marzocco
Tip: Open 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.
Signature drink: Espresso and seasonal lattes
Tip: Open 07:00 weekdays, 08:00 weekends. Limited counter seating; the shared plant-shop space is the move on weekday mornings.
Cafe in Auckland
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.
Signature drink: Allpress flat white
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.
Signature drink: Single-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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee with seasonal cake
Cafe in Austin
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.
Signature drink: Cortado
Tip: The corner-of-the-lobby entrance lets you skip the office-tower foot traffic; bar seating at the 4th Street side.
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.
Signature drink: Iced turbo
Tip: The '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.
Signature drink: Black & Blue nitro
Tip: The East 6th original closed in 2024; the Rainey storefront is the only Austin retail cafe left for now.
Cafe in Baltimore
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.
Signature drink: Pour-over coffee
Tip: It started as a Woodberry Kitchen offshoot; the stone-mill setting makes it a destination, not just a coffee stop.
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin Salvadoran espresso
Tip: It is a daytime-only cafe and roastery; the counter seat is one of the city's best, and pastries come from Ovenbird.
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.
Signature drink: Espresso drinks
Tip: It doubles as a bookstore and pours wine and beer at night; the student crowd packs it midday.
Cafe in Bangkok
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin pour-over
Tip: The single-origin pour-over flight is the way to read the bean program. Closes at 19:00 daily; weekend mornings queue.
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee from rotating roasters
Tip: The filter menu changes every couple of weeks; ask the barista what just arrived. Weekend brunch from 09:00.
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso and brewed flight
Tip: The flight option lines up espresso, milk and brewed coffee from the same bean. BTS Phaya Thai is two minutes away.
Cafe in Barcelona
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.
Tip: Open Mon-Sat. The Passatge Sert flagship is the larger room; sister Mercat del Born and Passeig de Sant Joan also pour.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Burundi
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
Tip: Open 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.
Tip: Closed Sunday. The retail counter does whole-bean bags; pour-over costs three euros at the bar.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Burundi, Kenya
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
Cafe in Belgrade
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 love it: Opened in a former Yugoslav-era state bus garage on Dobracina, coffee only and no food keeps the tourist scrum away
Tip: Sunday afternoons bring DJ sets that double as a Drip Podcast live recording. Avoid if you want quiet.
Przionica D59B ★ 4.7
Przionica opened 2012 in an old state-owned bus garage on Dobracina, the first Belgrade micro-roastery. White communal table, no tea or food.
Signature drink: House espresso, filter coffee
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.
Signature drink: House-roasted espresso
Cafe in Berkeley
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.
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.
Cafe in Berlin
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee (single-origin)
Tip: The Reichenberger flagship runs all-day.
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.
Signature drink: Pour-over filter
Tip: No 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.
Signature drink: Filter pour-over
Tip: Counter seating only, no laptops. The single-origin filter changes every 48 hours; ask the bar staff for today's pour.
Cafe in Bilbao
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.
Signature drink: Cafe con leche, vermut
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee, flat white
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.
Signature drink: Cafe con leche, txikito wine
Cafe in Birmingham
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.
Signature drink: Drip coffee
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.
Signature drink: Espresso
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.
Signature drink: Drip coffee
Cafe in Boise
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.
Neckar Coffee ★ 4.4
Neckar Coffee on 10th Street is Boise's most serious specialty roaster, combining a roasting operation with a full cafe and bakery counter downtown.
Neckar Coffee ★ 4.3
Neckar Coffee on 10th Street is Boise's specialty roaster and cafe, combining in-house roasting with a bakery counter in a neighbourhood hospitality room.
Cafe in Bologna
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso
Tip: Counter-stand only; arrive before 10:00 to skip the queue. Cash and card both fine.
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.
Tip: The Castiglione flagship runs cafe service from 07:30 with the V60 pour-over; the wholesale beans are sold by the 250g bag.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Brazil
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, V60, Whole bean retail
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
Tip: Counter and table seating both work; the brunch carte runs 09:00-14:00 on weekends, walk-in works.
Cafe in Bordeaux
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.
Tip: Beans rotate weekly; the El Salvador and Rwanda lots have been the consistently best-rated of the seasonal arrivals.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Guatemala, Burundi
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, Wholesale
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.
Tip: Pereira co-founded Coutume in Paris before relocating to Bordeaux; the Saturday morning queue for the cinnamon roll and filter set is the local tell.
Sources from: Brazil, Ethiopia, Colombia, Burundi
How they serve: Espresso, Pour over, Whole bean retail, Wholesale
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
Tip: Open daily 08:00-18:00; the cookies are house-baked and pair with the lighter Ethiopian filter.
Cafe in Boston
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter coffee
Tip: Pour-over filter coffee is the order; the espresso is excellent too. Closed earlier on Sundays at 16:00.
Broadsheet Coffee Roasters ★ 4.7
Broadsheet Coffee Roasters (Cafe) in Boston: Pour-over filter coffee is the order; the espresso is excellent too. Closed earlier on Sundays at 16:00.
Why locals love it: James Hoffmann list-pick specialty coffee bar on Kirkland Street near Harvard; the brewing programme rivals New York and Portland but most Boston eaters do not know it.
Tip: Pour-over filter coffee is the order; the espresso is excellent too. Closed earlier on Sundays at 16:00.
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso
Tip: Closed earlier than most cafes; 16:00 weekdays, 15:00 weekends. The single-origin espresso list rotates weekly.
Cafe in Braga
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.
Order: Frigideira (fried custard pasty) and a galão
Tip: Order the trio: one frigideira, one tíbia, one sameirinho to understand the full monastic-pastry repertoire at a single sitting.
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.
Order: V60 filter and the weekend avocado toast brunch plate
Tip: Closed Tuesday. Come Saturday morning for the full brunch menu before stocks run out.
Nordico Coffee Shop ★ 4.6
Braga's first independent specialty cafe and, since a recent transition, now a micro-roaster producing its own single-origin batches alongside guest coffees.
Tip: Ask which own-roasted bean is current on filter. The team changes the selection monthly and can talk through the origin and processing method in detail.
Cafe in Bratislava
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.
Signature drink: Specialty coffee, sourdough pastries
Tip: The Thursday-to-Saturday dinner service is the kitchen's most ambitious; reserve a counter seat by email when you can.
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.
Signature drink: Specialty coffee, cake
Tip: The 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.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter, flat white
Tip: The TU-BA sibling on Sturova 4 is the central Old Town option; the Kosicka flagship has the brew bar.
Cafe in Brisbane
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin 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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee from rotating roasters
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin house roast espresso
Cafe in Bruges
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter and espresso
Tip: The 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.
Signature drink: Flat white and breakfast plates
Tip: Get there before noon at weekends; the small room fills fast. Vegan plates are reliable here.
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.
Signature drink: Specialty espresso and pour-over
Tip: A true specialty spot near the Markt. The pour-over is where the bar shows off.
Cafe in Brussels
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso
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.
Signature drink: Filter brew
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.
Signature drink: Flat white
Cafe in Bucharest
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee, in-house roasted
Tip: Late-night cafe (open to 24:00 Tue-Sun); the back roastery does cuppings.
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.
Signature drink: V60 filter coffee
Tip: Pet friendly; Romanian craft brands in the small retail corner.
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.
Signature drink: The Barn Berlin filter coffee
Tip: Mezzanine floor inside the Universul building C2; quiet for laptops.
Cafe in Budapest
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee with a slice of Esterházy
Order: A filter coffee with the Esterhazy slice and a Sacher torte.
Tip: Quieter than New York Cafe for working; the upstairs reading room is the calmest seat.
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.
Signature drink: Espresso and flat white
Order: The single-origin espresso, paired with a chocolate chip cookie.
Tip: Mon to Fri 07:30-19:00, weekends 09:00-17:00; queue is short on weekday mornings.
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.
Signature drink: Hungarian Melange and Gerbeaud slice
Order: The Gerbeaud-szelet, a walnut and apricot jam slice baked here since the 19th century.
Tip: No reservation system; arrive before 11:00 to avoid the tour-bus queue on Vorosmarty tér.
Cafe in Buenos Aires
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.
Signature drink: Merienda (tea, medialunas, tea sandwiches)
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.
Signature drink: Submarino (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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee from LAB Tostadores
Cafe in Buffalo
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.
Signature drink: Single-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.
Signature drink: Cappuccino
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.
Signature drink: Drip coffee
Cafe in Burlington
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter, rotating weekly
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.
Signature drink: Espresso and house-made ice cream
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.
Signature drink: Iced coffee, light-to-medium-roast single-origin
Cafe in Charleston
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.
Signature drink: Espresso, Aperol spritz
Tip: Walk-in. The corner stools open onto Cannon Street; the back tables are quieter for work.
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.
Signature drink: Cortado, local draught beer
Tip: Courtyard 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.
Signature drink: Single-origin pour-over
Tip: Counter ordering. The Beaufain space is small; weekday mornings are quieter than weekends.
Cafe in Charlotte
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.
Signature drink: Pour-over filter
Order: A pour-over filter; switch to natural wine after 16:00 on the same counter.
Tip: The wine list shifts to a natural-wine-only programme in the evening. The brunch menu runs weekends until 14:00.
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
Order: A pour-over filter and a slice of bake from the case.
Tip: The 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.
Signature drink: Drip coffee
Order: A drip coffee and a baked good from the case.
Tip: Two outdoor benches out front, plus a small bookable backroom for groups.
Cafe in Chiang Mai
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.
Signature drink: Satan latte
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.
Signature drink: Aurora signature
Graph One Nimman ★ 4.4
Graph's One Nimman bar pairs cult signature coffees with toasties and light morning plates, a design-led caffeine-first brunch stop in the heart of Nimman.
Order: A Graph signature coffee with a grilled cheese toastie
Cafe in Chicago
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin pour-over
Tip: Ask 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.
Signature drink: Metric house espresso and seasonal filter
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.
Signature drink: Black Cat espresso
Tip: Order the Black Cat as a single-shot macchiato; it shows off the roast better than a long milk drink.
Cafe in Chișinău
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.
Signature drink: House-roasted single-origin 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.
Signature drink: Espresso 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.
Signature drink: Vienna-style coffee with French croissant
Cafe in Cincinnati
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.
Signature drink: House espresso and natural wine by the glass
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso and pour-over
Mom 'n 'em Coffee and Wine ★ 4.7
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.
Why locals love it: Off the OTR crawl in an industrial corner of Camp Washington. Food and Wine named it best coffee shop in Ohio.
Tip: Walk to Camp Washington Chili after for the full neighborhood.
Cafe in Cleveland
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso
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.
Signature drink: House 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.
Signature drink: Pour-over filter coffee
Cafe in Cologne
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.
Hallmackenreuther ★ 4.7
Hallmackenreuther on Brüsseler Platz in Cologne is the iconic Belgian Quarter terrace cafe, open from breakfast to midnight; the best people-watching seat.
Cafe in Columbus
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.
Signature drink: Cinnamon roll with espresso
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.
Signature drink: Egg 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.
Signature drink: Cardamom chai
Cafe in Copenhagen
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
Tip: Open 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.
Tip: The roastery cafe runs Saturday cupping sessions; the Jægersborggade shop is the original retail counter.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Kenya, Colombia, Burundi
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Pour over, Whole bean retail, Subscription
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.
Signature drink: Flat white
Tip: Order the cardamom kouign-amann with the house filter coffee. The bench by the window is the prime perch.
Cafe in Cork
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.
Signature drink: Filter 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.
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.
Cafe in Dallas
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.
Order: Champurrado cacao drink; breakfast huarache; mezcal espresso martini at night
Tip: Connects 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.
Order: Blue corn butterscotch pancakes; house-baked sourdough toast
Tip: Brunch 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 love it: Pre-Hispanic cafe and agave bar on Jefferson Boulevard where clay cantarito cups carry both espresso drinks and cocktails.
Tip: Order the chilaquiles with chorizo and a cantarito espresso drink. Weekend mornings get busy by 10am.
Cafe in Denver
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.
Signature drink: Sourcing-driven filter coffee
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
Cafe in Des Moines
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
Signature drink: Small-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.
Signature drink: Coffee with house pastry
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.
Signature drink: Seasonal lattes with alternative milks
See all 13 cafe rooms in Des Moines →
Cafe in Detroit
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.
Signature drink: Pour-over coffee
Tip: Order at the counter; coffee from a Michigan roaster. Patio in summer.
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin pour-over
Tip: The 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.
Signature drink: Drip coffee
Tip: Friday morning storefront only; the rest of the week is catering, deliveries and pie classes.
Cafe in Dublin
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
Order: A V60 filter with the rotating Ethiopian single-origin and a sourdough cardamom bun.
Tip: Eight 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 love it: Hidden down a Liberties lane behind The Coombe, no Google Maps queue tells you it's the Liberties' weekend ritual.
Tip: Friday Dinner is the secret-handshake booking; the daily cafe is walk-in only. Closed Sunday afternoon.
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.
Try: Two-soup combo with bread
Tip: Counter-only seating; the two-soup combo with bread and a smoothie runs €12. Best after 14:00.
Cafe in Durham
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.
Signature drink: Spiced chocolate drinks and specialty coffee
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso
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.
Signature drink: Colombian coffee and chocolate drinks
Cafe in Edinburgh
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.
Signature drink: Rotating single-origin filter
Tip: Open 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.
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
Tip: Open 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 2014, a third-wave coffee counter making the city's most popular doughnuts.
Signature drink: Filter coffee and a doughnut
Tip: Open from 08:00; the day's doughnuts sell out by 11:00 on Saturdays. Order on Square Online for collection.
Cafe in El Paso
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.
Order: Braised brisket breakfast tacos or the latte with house pastry
Tip: Closes at 15:00; the brisket breakfast taco is the signature morning order.
Salt and Honey Bakery Cafe ★ 4.3
Salt and Honey Bakery Cafe on North Oregon Street bakes scones, croissants, and seasonal celebration cakes daily, changing the pastry case each morning.
Order: Blueberry scone or the seasonal layer cake slice
Tip: The pastry case changes daily; Tuesday is the best day for the full cake rotation.
Salt and Honey Bakery Cafe ★ 4.3
Salt and Honey Bakery Cafe on North Oregon Street is El Paso's best contemporary brunch spot, with braised brisket tacos, ricotta pancakes, house pastries.
Order: Braised brisket breakfast taco or the lemon ricotta pancakes
Tip: Saturday fills to capacity by 10:00; arrive at opening or expect a wait.
Cafe in Florence
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter coffee
Order: A V60 filter from the rotating origins board, plus a brunch plate on weekends.
Tip: Open daily 08:00-22:00. The roasted-bean retail counter ships internationally.
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.
Signature drink: Espresso at the marble counter
Order: Espresso at the counter (€1.50) and a cantuccino dipped in Vin Santo.
Tip: Counter 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.
Signature drink: Hot chocolate
Order: The dense hot chocolate (€7), the cioccolato fondente in winter, and any sfoglia pastry from the case.
Tip: Counter pricing is half of table; the piazza terrace is worth the €15 minimum for the Palazzo Vecchio view.
Cafe in Fort Worth
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.
Order: Single-origin pour-over; seasonal cortado.
Tip: Ask the barista what the current feature bean is before ordering; the rotating selection changes weekly.
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.
Order: Chicken and waffles with a side of house-roasted Ethiopian coffee.
Tip: They 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.
Order: Chicken-fried steak with cream gravy; peach cobbler.
Tip: Cash is preferred; the pie selection sells out by noon on Saturdays so order dessert when you order your meal.
Cafe in Fukuoka
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.
Tip: Five minutes from Yakuin Station. Whole bean retail bags are the souvenir order.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin hand-drip filter
Tip: Five-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.
Signature drink: Espresso, World Barista Championship blend
Tip: Closest to Yakuin Station. The Hakata Station outlet is the convenient sibling.
Cafe in Galway
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.
Signature drink: Specialty espresso and filter
Tip: The 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.
Signature drink: Specialty coffee
Tip: No 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 love it: The Tuam Road roastery is a trade-only operation not mapped by any cafe guide; George and Matt roast on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Tip: Email the roastery for a Tuesday or Wednesday visit; George does a free 20-minute roast tour.
Cafe in Gdańsk
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.
Signature drink: Filter brewed on Chemex or V60
Tip: Arrive 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.
Signature drink: Filter on whatever roast came out last week
Tip: Ask what was roasted last week; the menu rotates faster than the printed list keeps up.
Nieczapla Coffee Roasters ★ 4.7
Nieczapla Coffee Roasters on Wajdeloty in Wrzeszcz is the four-table cafe with the roastery in back, pouring weekly-rotating single-origin filter beans.
Why locals love it: Wrzeszcz's best coffee roaster runs a four-table cafe with the roastery in back; almost every tourist drinks at Drukarnia instead and misses the source.
Tip: Ask what was roasted last week; the menu rotates faster than the printed list.
Cafe in Ghent
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.
Order: Filter coffee of the day: WAY rotates single-origins every few weeks with precise tasting notes.
Tip: Open weekdays only (08:30-16:30); plan a Dok Noord visit on a Tuesday to Thursday morning.
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.
Order: Flat white with the seasonal single-origin espresso: well-extracted, properly textured milk.
Tip: Open from 08:00 Tuesday to Saturday; the weekday morning slot before 09:00 is the quietest.
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.
Order: Slow coffee on V60: the house blend of Brazilian and Ethiopian beans, brewed with patience.
Tip: Open every day except public holidays from 10:00-18:00; the bean shop sells the house blend in 250g bags.
Cafe in Glasgow
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.
Signature drink: Flat white
Tip: It 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.
Signature drink: Italian-style espresso
Tip: Order at the counter and take a stool; it is a coffee-first room, not a laptop-all-day cafe.
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.
Signature drink: House-roasted coffee
Tip: The window seats overlooking Byres Road are the prize spots; the cake counter is the reason to queue.
Cafe in Gothenburg
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.
Signature drink: Espresso 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.
Signature drink: Filter 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.
Order: ['Seasonal micro-lot filter', 'Cold brew on ice', 'Guest pastry']
Why locals love it: Reached only by ferry from central Gothenburg, invisible to most visitors
Cafe in Granada
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter coffee from the in-house roaster
Tip: The room is tiny; takeaway is the norm at peak hours and the roastery sells whole-bean retail.
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.
Signature drink: Flat white with toast topped with jamon Trevelez and Manchego
Tip: Arrive 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.
Signature drink: Espresso with rotating guest roasters from The Barn, La Cabra and Gardelli
Tip: Almost no seating; order to-go and walk Calle Molinos with the cup.
Cafe in Greenville
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee from house-roasted beans
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.
Signature drink: Local 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.
Signature drink: Single-origin pour-over, house-roasted espresso
Cafe in Guadalajara
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.
Signature drink: Pour over Mexican single origin
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.
Signature drink: Mexican 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.
Signature drink: Flat white on Cafe Estelar beans
Cafe in Hamburg
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.
Signature drink: Espresso and filter coffee
Tip: Open 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.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter coffee
Tip: Open 10:00 daily. The roaster runs in the back; ask for the tasting tour on weekends.
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee, single-origin espresso
Tip: Counter seats fill on weekday mornings; tables in the back are easier from 11:00.
Cafe in Hanoi
Cafe Đinh ★ 4.8
Why locals love it: Up 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.
Tip: Six seats on the narrow balcony overlooking the lake; arrive before 09:00 to claim one.
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.
Signature drink: Cà phê trứng egg coffee
Order: Ca phe trung: whipped egg yolk and condensed milk on Vietnamese coffee, the original recipe from 1946.
Tip: Down 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.
Signature drink: Cà phê trứng egg coffee with cinnamon
Order: The cinnamon egg coffee or the coconut coffee, with one of the homemade cakes from the small bakery counter.
Tip: Five minutes from Hoan Kiem Lake and two from St Joseph's Cathedral. Climb past the family shrine on the way up.
Cafe in Helsinki
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.
Signature: Breakfast and brunch, Finnish hall food
Order: The all-day breakfast, or a bowl of salmon soup from inside the historic hall.
Tip: Inside Vanha Kauppahalli by the Market Square. Comes into its own at breakfast and brunch; the hall closes by early evening.
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 love it: A 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.
Tip: Take the coffee and a korvapuusti outside to the shoreline rocks. Busiest on sunny afternoons; the indoor space is minute.
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.
Signature drink: Hot chocolate with a Fazer pastry
Tip: The breakfast buffet runs on weekday mornings and brunch on weekends. Buy a box of Fazer chocolates on the way out.
Cafe in Ho Chi Minh City
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
Order: A single-origin pour-over from the brew bar.
Tip: It 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.
Order: A hand-brew of the current competition lot.
Tip: The baristas here are serious about extraction; ask to try whatever they are dialling.
Sources from: Vietnam, Ethiopia, Panama
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
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.
Signature drink: Coconut coffee
Order: The coconut coffee, blended thick over ice.
Tip: The entrance is up an alley off Dong Khoi; look for the small sign and climb the stairs.
Cafe in Hong Kong
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.
Signature drink: Single origin pour over with house roast
Tip: Sit at the long bench during the off peak 14:00 lull; the espresso single origins rotate every two weeks.
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.
Signature drink: Silk stocking milk tea
Tip: Order 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.
Signature drink: Iced lemon tea with tomato instant noodles
Tip: Saturday morning is the calmest window; weekday lunch lines run 40 minutes. Closed Sundays.
Cafe in Honolulu
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.
Signature drink: 100% Kona single-estate espresso
Tip: Daily 07:00-16:00. Order a flat white with the kouign-amann; queue snakes by 09:30.
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 and runs.
Signature drink: Hawaiian-grown chocolate flight
Tip: Daily tastings; 90-minute factory tour at 10:00 most days. Order the Lonohana and Onomea bar flight.
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.
Signature drink: Hojicha latte with blueberry lavender syrup
Tip: The hojicha latte with blueberry lavender syrup is the off-menu order; oat milk toast with ricotta is the savory.
Cafe in Houston
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.
Signature drink: Espresso with Greenway Coffee beans
Tip: Get a cortado with the rotating single-origin. The Memorial City second location is the quieter alternative.
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.
Signature drink: Cappuccino with house viennoiserie
Tip: Pre-order the kouign-amann on weekends; they sell out by 10am. The sandwich counter at lunch is the secret.
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.
Signature drink: Cafe de olla
Tip: Order 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.
Cafe in Indianapolis
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin pour over
Order: A pour-over off the daily single-origin and a bag to take home.
Tip: Free 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.
Order: Pour-over off the daily single-origin, plus a bag of the espresso blend.
Tip: Roastery production hours; cafe service limited. Open Mon-Fri only.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Guatemala
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
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.
Order: A house-syrup latte and an evening cocktail off the lounge menu.
Tip: Coffee bar by day, cocktail lounge in the evenings.
Sources from: Rotating local roasters
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Cold brew
Cafe in Istanbul
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.
Signature drink: Turkish coffee
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.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Kenya
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Chemex, V60
Mandabatmaz ★ 4.6
Mandabatmaz, the 1967 family-run Beyoğlu coffee bar in Olivya Geçidi, whose copper-cezve Turkish coffee is brewed so thick the cup is said to hold a water.
Sources from: Turkey, Brazil
How they serve: Copper cezve Turkish coffee
Cafe in Jackson
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.
Signature drink: Fruity single-origin espresso
Order: Single-origin pour-over or the house espresso with Beason Family Farms whole milk
Tip: All syrups made in-house; one of the most technically precise espresso bars in Mississippi.
Native Coffee Co. ★ 4.4
Native Coffee Co. is one of Mississippi's most technically precise espresso bars, sourcing from Black and White Coffee Roasters and pairing their beans.
Order: Pour-over of the current single-origin filter coffee
Tip: All syrups housemade; the rotating seasonal flavours are worth trying before you default to vanilla.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Kenya
How they serve: Espresso, Pour over, Filter
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.
Signature drink: Locally roasted espresso
Order: Single-origin espresso or filter coffee, paired with a seasonal pastry
Tip: Early weekday mornings are the calmest window; weekends fill by 09:00 with the Fondren brunch crowd.
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Cafe in Kansas City
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee, single origin
Tip: Rooftop opens for sunset; the second floor is the work-friendly seat. Daily 7:00-17:00.
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.
Signature drink: Vietnamese iced coffee, ube latte
Tip: The 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.
Signature drink: Drip coffee, biscuit sandwich
Tip: Tue to Fri 7:00-14:00, Sat 7:00-15:00, Sun 7:00-14:00. The line forms by mid-morning.
Cafe in Kilkenny
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
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.
Signature: All-day breakfast, 3fe filter coffee
Order: Filter coffee and the seasonal brunch plates, which rotate with local supplier arrivals.
Tip: Walk-in only, no bookings. Opens at 08:30. The room fills fast from 10:00 at weekends so arrive early or be patient.
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.
Signature: 3fe filter coffee, All-day breakfast bap
Order: Filter coffee or espresso with the all-day breakfast bap; the seasonal lunch plates are consistently strong.
Tip: Walk-in only. Opens around 08:30. Arrives fast to a queue on weekend mornings so plan accordingly.
Cafe in Knoxville
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.
Signature drink: Drip coffee and croissants
Tip: Mondays and Tuesdays closed; weekend mornings fill fast for the laminated pastries.
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
Tip: Weekday mornings turn over faster than weekend afternoons; the bench at the front fills first.
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.
Signature drink: Diner-counter coffee
Tip: Closed by 14:00 daily; weekend lines form before 09:00, weekdays move faster.
Cafe in Kraków
Noworolski ★ 4.8
Noworolski inside the Cloth Hall on Kraków's Rynek Główny pours coffee in Józef Mehoffer's art-nouveau rooms since 1910. Krakow artists, Habsburg-era trade.
Signature drink: Viennese coffee
Tip: The art-nouveau rooms are the photograph; the terrace on Rynek Główny is the better summer seat.
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.
Signature drink: Cafe latte
Tip: The 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.
Signature drink: Flat white
Tip: Closes 19:00 weekdays, 17:00 weekends. Cash and card. Brunch served until 14:00.
Cafe in Kyoto
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.
Signature drink: Ceremonial-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.
Signature drink: Kuzukiri with kuromitsu
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.
Signature drink: Arabian Pearl
Cafe in Las Vegas
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.
Signature drink: House blend cortado
Tip: The roastery runs visible from the counter; the Friday morning cupping (free) is the easiest way to taste the current single-origins.
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.
Signature drink: Velton Ross filter coffee
Tip: The 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.
Signature drink: Single-origin pour-over
Tip: Five locations across the Las Vegas Valley; the Fremont room has the deepest single-origin selection and the longest hours.
Cafe in Lima
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.
Signature drink: Pour-over single-origin Peruvian filter coffee
Tip: Quiet 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.
Tip: Three Lima cafes: Miraflores, Pueblo Libre (the Av Simon Bolivar roastery) and Barranco (Av San Martin 131).
Sources from: Cajamarca, Cusco, Junin, San Martin
How they serve: Espresso, V60, Chemex, AeroPress, Whole bean retail
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin Peruvian espresso and pour-overs
Tip: Saturday afternoon brings the cupping flights; the workshop room hosts barista trainings.
Cafe in Lisbon
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.
Signature drink: Filter 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.
Signature drink: Espresso from beans roasted on-site
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee, Danish-roast beans
Cafe in Ljubljana
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.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Kenya, Brazil
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, V60, Chemex, Whole bean retail
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.
Signature drink: Single-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.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Brazil, Guatemala
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, On-site roast
Cafe in London
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
Tip: Open 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.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso
Tip: Counter-and-bench seating only. Closed Sundays. The Covent Garden original on Monmouth Street is more laptop-tolerant.
Kaffeine ★ 4.4
Peter Dore-Smith's Australian-style coffee bar on Great Titchfield Street in Fitzrovia London, opened 2009, runs Square Mile beans and a serious daytime food.
Signature drink: Square Mile filter coffee
Tip: The two-floor Eastcastle Street sibling around the corner is the quieter remote-work bet.
Cafe in Los Angeles
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.
Sources from: Multi-roaster, rotating
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
Cognoscenti Coffee ★ 4.6
Yeekai Lim's Cognoscenti Coffee in Culver City, Los Angeles pours single-origin espresso since 2010 from a 50-square-foot bar. A reference cafe in LA.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso
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.
Signature drink: Cortado
Cafe in Louisville
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.
Signature drink: Latte, chocolate chip cookie
Tip: Walk-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.
Signature drink: Espresso, vanilla latte
Tip: Walk-in cafe with patio seating. The roastery sells whole-bean retail.
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.
Signature drink: Latte, chocolate chip cookie
Tip: Walk-in. Smaller patio than Mark; easier to grab a table Cash or contactless, both fine.
Cafe in Lyon
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso
Tip: The single-origin filter list rotates monthly; whole-bean bags ship retail.
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin pour-over
Tip: Specialty 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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee from Mokxa beans
Tip: Open every day; the back seats are the work spot, the bar pours rotating guest roasters.
Cafe in Madison
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.
Signature drink: Pour-over of the Viroqua-roasted single origin
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.
Signature: Scones, Brunch plates
Order: A signature scone with a coffee, or the weekend brunch breakfast burrito.
Tip: Brunch 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.
Signature drink: Pour-over coffee with a daily pastry
Cafe in Madrid
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
Tip: Open Mon-Fri 08:00-19:00, weekends 09:00-19:00. The weekend brunch (12 to 16 euros) fills up by 11:00.
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter
Tip: Open 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.
Signature drink: Espresso
Tip: Open 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.
Cafe in Manchester
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.
Signature drink: Espresso
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.
Signature drink: Flat white
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.
Signature drink: Flat white
Cafe in Marrakech
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.
Signature drink: 100% Arabica Coffee of the Sultan
Tip: Closed Mondays. Arrive at 10:00 opening or after 14:00 to dodge the 1-3 hour queue.
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.
Signature drink: Spiced coffees (cardamom, nutmeg, ginger)
Tip: Walk-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.
Signature drink: Mint tea
Tip: Free Wednesday jam sessions, Saturday Berber music. Camel burger is the signature; vegetarians get a falafel-pita.
Cafe in Marseille
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter
Tip: Open Mon-Fri 9am-5:30pm, weekends 9am-6pm; the roastery is at no. 17 next door.
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter
Tip: Open Tue-Fri 8:30am-1:30pm and 3pm-7pm, weekends slightly different hours.
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.
Signature drink: Flat white
Tip: Open daily for breakfast through afternoon; the smoothies and toasts are the food side.
Cafe in Melbourne
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.
Signature drink: Rotating single-origin espresso
Tip: Enter from the alley behind Little Bourke Street. Weekday only; closed all weekends.
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.
Signature drink: Flat 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.
Signature drink: Direct-trade single-origin espresso
Cafe in Memphis
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.
Signature drink: Drip coffee with omelettes
Tip: Tuesday to Sunday breakfast only; closes 13:00 weekdays, 12:30 Saturdays. Get there by 08:30.
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.
Signature drink: Ethiopia single-origin
Tip: The roastery doubles as the retail cafe; weekend hours are limited so check the site.
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso
Tip: Weekend mornings fill fast; sit at the high counter facing the atrium.
Cafe in Mexico City
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.
Signature drink: Espresso with concha
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.
Signature drink: Flat white
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.
Signature drink: Mexican single-origin filter
Cafe in Miami
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin pour-over
Tip: Order at the bar, sit on the back patio. The Little Haiti roastery runs deeper retail than the Wynwood cafe.
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.
Signature drink: Cafecito
Tip: Order 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.
Signature drink: Pour-over with babka
Tip: Open Sunday to Friday. Closed Saturday for Shabbat; the loaves sell out by 11am on weekends.
Cafe in Milan
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso and batch filter
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.
Signature drink: Espresso con panna and zabaione caldo
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.
Signature drink: Brazilian single-origin espresso
Cafe in Milwaukee
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.
Signature drink: Espresso, pour-over
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.
Signature drink: Drip 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.
Signature drink: Espresso, single origins
Cafe in Minneapolis
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.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Guatemala
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
FIKA Cafe ★ 4.7
FIKA Cafe at the American Swedish Institute pours Scandinavian-style coffee in Minneapolis since 2012. Order the scandinavian filter coffee.
Signature drink: Scandinavian filter coffee
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.
Signature drink: Bitters-infused latte
Cafe in Montreal
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.
Signature drink: Cappuccino
Tip: It 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.
Signature drink: Latte
Tip: The queue at lunch is long but fast; order the Cubano sandwich and grab a chocolate brioche to go.
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
Tip: The Mont-Royal branch has more seats than the tiny Mackay original; come mid-morning for a table.
Cafe in Mumbai
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.
Signature drink: Irani chai
Order: Bun maska and Irani chai; share a mawa cake.
Tip: Mornings until 11:00 are the best time; the cafe fills with regulars by lunch.
Kyani and Co ★ 4.8
Kyani and Co in Mumbai: irani cafe room. Mumbai's oldest Irani cafe (1904) hides behind a faded yellow facade on Marine Lines; the regulars.
Why locals love it: Mumbai's oldest Irani cafe (1904) hides behind a faded yellow facade on Marine Lines; the regulars at the counter have outlasted most of the city's restaurants.
Tip: Bun maska and Irani chai, share a mawa cake; cash easiest. Cash and card both accepted.
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.
Signature drink: Bibasaha Bana espresso
Order: A Bibasaha Bana espresso and a chocolate-cardamom croissant.
Tip: The bean retail counter holds the freshest single-origins; ask the barista for what just landed.
Cafe in Munich
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee, single-origin pour-over
Tip: Bring a laptop early; the central table fills up by 10:30 on weekdays.
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.
Signature drink: V60 pour-over single-origin
Tip: Closed Sundays; the carrot cake at the counter is one of the city's best.
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.
Signature drink: Flat white, cold brew
Tip: Closed Sundays and bank holidays; counter only, no work-from-cafe seating.
Cafe in Málaga
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.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Kenya
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
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.
Signature drink: Churros 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.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter from the in-house roast
Cafe in Mérida
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.
Signature drink: Pour-over single origin
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.
Signature drink: Filter 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.
Signature drink: Mayan hot chocolate
Cafe in Naples
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.
Signature drink: Espresso, fiocco di neve
Tip: Open 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.
Signature drink: Espresso, sfogliatella riccia
Tip: Open Tue-Sun 06:30-19:30; closed Monday. The sfogliatella is 2 euros at the counter; cash preferred.
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.
Signature drink: Espresso, cioccolata calda
Tip: Standing at the counter is the local way; sitting at a marble table runs three times the price. Try the cioccolata calda in winter.
Cafe in Nashville
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
Tip: The Coffee Soda is the cult order in summer; in winter, ask about the pourover flight tasting.
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin pour-over
Tip: Closed 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.
Signature drink: Espresso
Tip: Public coffee classes run from this location; sign up online. The patio is small but quiet on a weekday morning.
Cafe in New Orleans
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.
Signature drink: Espresso flight
Tip: The 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.
Signature drink: Iced coffee with chicory
Tip: The 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.
Signature drink: House espresso
Tip: Take the Algiers Ferry across the river for the morning; it costs around $2 and runs every 30 minutes.
Cafe in New York City
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.
Signature drink: Cortado
Tip: Cash and counter-only. The savoury empanada is the lunch order; the olive oil cake is the dessert.
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..
Signature drink: Egg cream
Tip: Brunch books two weeks out on weekends. Tuesday and Wednesday lunch is the easy walk-in for the same plates.
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.
Signature drink: Maple latte
Tip: Two tables, four counter seats, no laptops at peak weekend hours. Tuesday afternoons are quiet enough to work.
Cafe in Nice
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.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia
How they serve: Espresso, Filter
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.
Signature drink: Specialty 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.
Sources from: Italian and Riviera blends
How they serve: Espresso, Flat white
Cafe in Oakland
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.
Signature drink: Iced black sesame latte
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.
Signature drink: Single-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.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso
Cafe in Oaxaca
Mezcaloteca tasting room ★ 4.7
Mezcaloteca on Reforma is the appointment-only library tasting room with 100-plus family-producer mezcals, opened in 2010 to educate palates on traditional.
Signature drink: Mezcal flight by appointment
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.
Signature drink: Sourdough 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.
Signature drink: Sourdough loaf and pour over
Cafe in Oklahoma City
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.
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.
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.
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Cafe in Omaha
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.
Signature drink: Single-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.
Signature drink: Hand-cranked artisan ice cream
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin pour-over
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Cafe in Orlando
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.
Signature drink: Seoul Iced Coffee, SuJungGwa latte
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.
Signature drink: Single-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.
Signature drink: Asian-inspired specialty lattes
Cafe in Osaka
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.
Order: ['Single origin pour-over', 'Seasonal espresso', 'Filter coffee']
Sloth Coffee Roasters ★ 4.5
A converted garage roastery in Nakatsu producing clean, delicate cups from washed-process African and Central American lots. Well-documented sourcing.
Order: ['Washed Ethiopian pour-over', 'Oat milk flat white', 'Cold brew']
Aoma Coffee ★ 4.4
A standing espresso bar near Hommachi Station with six counter seats; owner-roaster Hiroshi Aono roasts Colombian, Honduran, and Rwandan single-origins.
Order: ['Espresso', 'Latte', 'Colombian filter']
Cafe in Oslo
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee, single-origin
Order: A filter brew from the daily-rotating origins; the cortado is the bar order.
Tip: Sixteen seats only; no laptops, no Wi-Fi, the room is built for the cup. Weekend hours start at 11:00.
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.
Signature drink: Pour-over single-origin
Order: Pour-over of the day from the rotating origins.
Tip: Open every day; the early hour has the rotating brew set up at the bar.
Java Espressobar ★ 4.5
Java on Ullevalsveien by St Hanshaugen park opened in 1997 and added its own micro-roastery in 2000, the first of its kind in Norway, under former World.
Signature drink: Espresso, in-house roasted
Order: Espresso pulled from the in-house roast.
Tip: Open weekdays from 08:00; the room runs full at lunch Cash or contactless, both fine.
Cafe in Palermo
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.
Signature drink: Espresso with Setteveli
Tip: Setteveli 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.
Tip: Single-origin filter at the back room. The Sant'Antonino bag is the house blend on retail.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Brazil, Guatemala
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
Casa Stagnitta ★ 4.6
Casa Stagnitta on Discesa dei Giudici behind the Quattro Canti in Palermo since 1928 has roasted coffee on premise for three generations, the city's serious.
Signature drink: Espresso, single-origin filter
Tip: Single-origin filter at the back room is the move; espresso al banco is one euro. Closed Sunday.
Cafe in Paris
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
Tip: Arrive at 09:00 or after 14:30 to avoid the queue. The pancake stack is the dish.
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.
Signature drink: Cortado
Tip: The 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 love it: A 12-seat sandwich counter on Rue de la Roquette where Delphine Zampetti rotates daily-fresh fillings; locals queue, tourists walk past.
Tip: Get there by 12:30 or the morning batch is gone. Closed Sunday and Monday; cash and card both work.
Cafe in Philadelphia
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.
Signature drink: Draft latte
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.
Signature drink: Espresso 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.
Signature drink: Cardamom latte
Cafe in Phoenix
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.
Signature drink: Pour-over coffee and loose-leaf tea
Tip: It is a sit-and-stay room, strong on tea; the bungalow patio works in cool months.
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.
Signature drink: Locally roasted espresso
Tip: Open 7am to 5pm daily; the patio fills with the downtown work crowd at midmorning.
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.
Signature drink: Espresso and full breakfast
Tip: The downtown 3rd Avenue room is the community hub; the breakfast menu is fuller than most cafes.
Cafe in Pittsburgh
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.
Signature drink: Espresso
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.
Signature drink: Pour-over
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.
Signature drink: Specialty lattes
Cafe in Plovdiv
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.
Signature drink: House pour-over
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.
Signature drink: Specialty 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.
Signature drink: Pour-over Chucky's coffee
Cafe in Portland
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter
Tip: Filter coffee is the point; the Slayer espresso machine pours a cleaner shot than most. Open 08:00-15:00 daily.
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.
Signature drink: Hairbender espresso
Tip: The original counter still hosts public cuppings on Saturday mornings. Order Hairbender as a cortado.
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.
Signature drink: Fruit-forward filter
Tip: The cafe runs filter and espresso; the second SE 6th roastery is open weekday mornings for retail beans.
Cafe in Portland
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.
Tip: Anderson Street is the working roastery and cafe; Congress Street is the brunch and pastry sibling.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Guatemala, Burundi
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, Subscription
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee from house-roasted single origins
Tip: Monday 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.
Signature drink: Buttermilk biscuit and pour-over coffee
Tip: Open daily 08:00-13:00. Online ordering for collection 07:45-10:15.
Cafe in Porto
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.
Signature drink: Single-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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee, cold brew, eggs benedict
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.
Signature drink: V60 filter coffee from Luso Coffee Roasters
Cafe in Poznań
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.
Tip: Cold brew is the house bar trick; the espresso menu rotates as the drum runs, so trust whichever single-origin Mateusz is pouring.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Kenya
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Cold brew, Whole bean retail
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.
Tip: The cafe rotates beans weekly; ask for whichever roast was the freshest off the drum, not the most familiar one on the menu.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Kenya
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Chemex, Aeropress, Whole bean retail
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter coffee
Tip: Order whatever is on the single-origin board and a house-baked bagel; the kitchen makes its own.
Cafe in Prague
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.
Signature drink: Wiener Melange
Tip: Book 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.
Signature drink: Doubleshot espresso
Tip: Reservations 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.
Signature drink: Candy Cane espresso
Tip: Order the daily filter and chat with the barista; takeaway crowd peaks at lunch.
Cafe in Providence
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.
Try: Three hot wieners 'all the way' with coffee milk
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.
Signature drink: Cortado
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.
Try: Cake doughnut and coffee
Cafe in Raleigh
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.
Signature drink: Belgian farmhouse ale
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
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.
Signature drink: Counter Culture espresso
Cafe in Reykjavik
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter
Tip: The original branch behind Skolavordustigur. There are sibling cafes on Brautarholt and Freyjugata too.
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.
Signature drink: Hot chocolate and waffles
Tip: Little 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.
Signature drink: Pour-over
Tip: Less touristy than the Karastigur original and with more table room. Whole beans for sale at the bar.
Cafe in Richmond
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.
Signature drink: Drip coffee with morning bun
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.
Signature drink: Espresso with house-roasted single origin
Sub Rosa Bakery ★ 4.7
Sub Rosa Bakery in Church Hill opens at 8 am weekends with breads and pastries. Multi-year James Beard semifinalist; reopened December 2025 after fire.
Order: Country sourdough loaf with morning bun.
Tip: Get there by 9 am Saturday; the loaves go fast through the lunch hour.
Cafe in Riga
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
Tip: The Miera Street branch is the slowest, most local of the five Rocket Bean cafes; weekend brunch fills up fast.
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.
Signature drink: Espresso flat white
Tip: Smaller and quicker than Miera; the seating turns over fast at lunchtime.
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin pourover
Tip: Vegetarian-only menu of breakfast, lunch and cakes; brings cyclists, students and the design-district remote-work crowd.
Cafe in Rochester
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.
Tip: Extended weekday evening hours make it a reliable work or study spot. South Wedge neighborhood feel with rotating local art on the walls.
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.
Tip: Full cocktail and coffee program available all morning. Open seven days. No reservations needed for brunch.
Cafe in Rome
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.
Signature drink: Gran Caffe Speciale
Tip: Order at the cassa first, then take the ticket to the bar. Two euros at the counter, four at the tables.
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.
Signature drink: Granita di caffe con panna
Tip: Order 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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee, flat white
Tip: Open 08:00-19:00. The Friday brew bar tastings at 18:00 are free; the filter pour is the order.
Cafe in Rotterdam
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee from own roastery
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.
Signature drink: Coffee 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 love it: Delfshaven is visited but tourists stop at the church; fewer find the brewery round the corner
Cafe in Sacramento
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.
Signature drink: Drinking 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.
Sources from: Burundi, Ethiopia, Brazil
How they serve: Espresso, Pour over, Filter, Whole bean retail
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.
Signature drink: Burundi Turihamwe pour over
Cafe in Salt Lake City
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
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.
Signature drink: Espresso 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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
Cafe in San Antonio
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.
Signature drink: Precision espresso and filter
Tip: Theory 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.
Signature drink: Cafe con leche with pan dulce
Tip: The conchas and the cafe con leche are the pairing. A full breakfast and lunch menu makes it more than a coffee stop.
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.
Signature drink: Espresso and curated brunch cocktails
Tip: Lean on the espresso bar in the morning, switch to brunch cocktails by noon. First 30 minutes free in the Hemisfair Garage.
Cafe in San Diego
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.
Signature drink: Filter pour-over of the day
Tip: Filter is the room's strength; the Waterfront and Morena cafes also pour the same beans.
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.
Signature drink: Lavender oat-milk latte
Tip: The 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.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso
Tip: The Juniper Street location is the larger sit-down room; this 30th Street counter is the grab-and-go.
Cafe in San Francisco
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.
Tip: Saturday cuppings at 11:00 are open to the public.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Guatemala, Kenya
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Pour over, Whole bean retail
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.
Signature drink: Pour-over with morning bun
Tip: Morning bun and croissant come out at different times; ask the counter when the next bake is due.
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.
Signature: Country loaf, Morning bun, Wood-oven pizza
Order: The morning bun and a country loaf to take home.
Tip: Skip the queue at the Guerrero Street original; the Manufactory has the same bakes plus a sit-down kitchen.
Cafe in San Jose
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.
Signature drink: Simpatica latte
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.
Signature drink: Cafe 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.
Signature drink: Single-origin pour-over
Cafe in San Sebastián
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.
Tip: Order the seasonal filter at the bar; the bean retail wall stocks Sakona's roasts to take home.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Kenya, Brazil
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, V60, Whole bean retail
Sakona Coffee Roasters ★ 4.6
Sakona Coffee Roasters in San Sebastian's Gros has run a specialty coffee programme since 2015, anchoring the city's third-wave scene with a 30-cover cafe.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter coffee
Tip: Try the seasonal filter pour or a flat white; the bean retail wall stocks Sakona's roasts to take home.
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso
Tip: The Mercado San Martin branch is the original location; the Reyes Catolicos cafe is the newer flagship.
Cafe in Santa Barbara
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.
Signature drink: Single-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.
Signature drink: Organic single-origin espresso
Dart Coffee Co ★ 4.0
Funk Zone roastery sourcing organic fair-trade beans from small-lot indigenous farmers. A share of every sale supports the Yanonali Street Artist Fund.
Why locals love it: Tucked on Yanonali Street between wine tasting rooms in the Funk Zone, Dart operates more like a community science project than a coffee shop: every sourcing decision is documented and the proceeds support local artists.
Tip: Order whatever the roaster opened that morning. The single-origin pour-overs change with each roast batch and the staff can explain the farmer behind it.
Cafe in Santa Fe
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.
Signature drink: Mesoamerican and European historic drinking chocolates
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.
Signature drink: Cold brew on tap and house single-origin filter
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin micro-roast espresso and Vienna roast
Cafe in Sapporo
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.
Signature drink: Hand-drip Forest Drops blend
Tip: Expect 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.
Signature drink: Hokkaido milk latte
Tip: Order the latte with Tokachi milk; the chalkboard map at the door shows the day's choice.
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.
Signature drink: Hokudai Clark's Milk soft serve
Tip: Open during university term hours; Clark's Milk soft serve is the campus signature, five flavours.
Cafe in Sarajevo
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.
Signature drink: Bosnian coffee and 53 teas
Tip: Order a Bosnian coffee with rahat lokum and sit on the stone steps outside; cash only.
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.
Signature drink: Espresso and pour-over
Tip: The 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.
Signature drink: Specialty espresso and cocktails
Tip: The garden is the spot in summer; the cold brew and a slice of cheesecake is the afternoon move.
Cafe in Savannah
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso, espresso tonic
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
Signature drink: Fair-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.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Kenya, Peru
How they serve: Espresso, Pour over, Espresso tonic, Whole bean retail, Subscription
Cafe in Seattle
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.
Sources from: Brazil, Ethiopia, Colombia
How they serve: Espresso, Whole bean retail, Subscription
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.
Signature drink: Caffe 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.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Kenya, Costa Rica
How they serve: Espresso, Pour over, Filter, Whole bean retail
Cafe in Seoul
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.
Signature drink: Fritz house espresso blend
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.
Signature drink: Single-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.
Signature drink: Filter pour-over from rotating single-origin board
Cafe in Seville
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.
Signature drink: Espresso (Ineffable roast)
Tip: Open Tue-Sun 08:30-18:00, closed Monday. Stand-up bar only; takeaway is the default, sit-down counter limited to four stools.
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.
Signature drink: Flat white
Tip: Open 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.
Signature drink: Cafe con leche with sevillana pastel
Tip: Open daily 08:00-22:00. The standing counter at front is fastest; the back tables fill with locals at 18:00 merienda.
Cafe in Singapore
Apartment Coffee ★ 4.8
Order: ['Single-origin filter pour-over', 'Aeropress brew', 'Seasonal espresso']
Tip: This 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 love it: Tiong Bahru visitors typically go to the specialty coffee and bakery strip; the market one street over is barely mentioned in most visitor guides.
Tip: Hawker stalls open from 6am; most close by 2pm. The wet market opens at 5am. Best on weekday mornings before 10am.
Chye Seng Huat Hardware ★ 4.6
Order: ['Signature espresso blend', 'Cold brew', 'Seasonal filter']
Tip: The covered courtyard is a good spot to work or read on weekday afternoons. Closed on the first Monday of each month.
Cafe in Split
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter
Order: A V60 filter of the rotating Ethiopian single origin.
Tip: The small back-alley terrace seats around eight; the second location on Trogirska 8 is the work-friendly room.
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.
Signature drink: Cortado on Krizeva
Order: Cortado with the rotating Stow or Kava Family single origin.
Tip: A small room with attentive single-cup brewing; the iced Americano and the home-made cold brew are summer regulars.
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.
Signature drink: Cortado
Order: Cortado with the rotating roastery single origin.
Tip: The bar seats are best for an espresso; tables are limited and rotate fast.
Cafe in St. Louis
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.
Tip: The menu is recited tableside from a chalkboard, so ask questions. Reserve on Resy or by phone a week or two ahead.
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.
Signature drink: Espresso, sandwiches and naturally leavened bread
Tip: The bread sells out, so come early for a loaf. The Tuesday-through-Saturday pizza nights are a separate, popular service.
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.
Signature drink: Light-roast filter coffee
Tip: This is a place to taste, not to camp; seating and outlets are limited by design. Try the filter flight.
Cafe in Stockholm
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.
Signature drink: Pour-over light-roast filter
Tip: Open until 18:00 weekdays. The standing counter is for espresso; the back room is for filter and laptops.
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.
Signature drink: Flat white with cardamom bun
Tip: Open 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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee with garden cardamom bun
Tip: Closes at 17:00 in winter, 19:00 in summer. The bakery counter cuts off at 16:00; arrive earlier for the full board.
Cafe in Strasbourg
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.
Signature drink: Tea with madeleines du voyage
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.
Signature drink: Flat white
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.
Signature drink: Hot chocolate
Cafe in Sydney
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.
Signature drink: Filter 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.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso
Cafe in Taipei
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.
Signature drink: Berg Wu's signature espresso
Order: The signature espresso flight and the matcha Swiss roll dessert.
Tip: Open 10:00-17:00 daily. Queues form before 10:00 on weekends.
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee with skyline view
Order: Filter flight of Berg Wu's seasonal beans with the citrus cheesecake.
Tip: Open 10:00-20:00 daily. Reservation by mobile app, walk-ins on standby.
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.
Signature drink: Nordic-roast espresso
Tip: Open 10:00-21:30 daily. Bring a laptop only weekday afternoons; weekends are turnover-only.
Cafe in Tallinn
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.
Signature drink: Hot chocolate with marzipan
Order: Hot chocolate and a piece of hand-painted marzipan; the kringel sweet bread is the everyday order.
Tip: The 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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee with cardamom bun
Order: Cardamom bun and a flat white; or grab a sourdough loaf to go.
Tip: Closed Sundays. Order a sandwich at the counter for a cheap Old Town lunch.
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.
Signature drink: House hot chocolate
Order: House hot chocolate and a slice of the daily cake; the kitchen also serves savoury bowls past midnight.
Tip: Becomes a bar after 21:00 with a young local crowd. Late kitchen weekends past midnight.
Cafe in Tampa
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.
Signature drink: Buddy 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.
Signature drink: Pour-over single-origin
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.
Signature drink: Cortado
Cafe in Thessaloniki
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.
Roasters Kolektiva ★ 4.6
Roasters Kolektiva is Thessaloniki's leading specialty coffee roastery with five locations across the city. The Sykies flagship doubles as the roastery.
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 love it: Obscure street, no signage, looks like a coffee shop
Cafe in Tokyo
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 love it: Hidden in plain sight on Ginza's Suzuran-dori, the 1948 aged-coffee specialist most tourists walk past.
Tip: Order the 20-year-aged bean on the day's blackboard. No food, no laptops, cash only, no rush.
Cafe de l'Ambre ★ 4.7
Cafe de l'Ambre in Tokyo's Ginza has poured aged beans since 1948 when Ichiro Sekiguchi opened Japan's first specialty coffee shop. Still on Suzuran-dori.
Signature drink: Aged single-origin pour-over
Tip: Order the kohi (regular black) or whichever 20-year-aged bean is on the day's blackboard. No food, no laptops, cash only.
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.
Signature drink: Light-roast single-origin hand-drip
Tip: The light roasts taste closer to tea than espresso. Order a Geisha or Kenyan pour-over for the clearest read on the bean.
Cafe in Toronto
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.
Signature drink: Espresso, single origin filter
Order: The cortado and a single-origin filter from the day's rotation.
Tip: No wifi, two chairs, takeaway by design. Over 20 Toronto shops serve Sam James beans; the King West PATH counter is the downtown branch.
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee, espresso
Order: A filter coffee from the day's single-origin offering.
Tip: Pilot beans run across 100+ Toronto cafes. The Queen East mothership has indoor seating and a small pastry counter.
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.
Signature drink: Third-wave espresso, natural wine
Order: A cortado mid-morning; a glass of natural wine after 16:00.
Tip: Three Boxcar locations; Summerhill the largest. Wine and beer license active from 11:00; the back room takes work-friendly laptops.
Cafe in Toulouse
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee from house roastery
Tip: Filter coffee at the bar from the day's rotating menu; the roasted beans by the kilo are sold across the room.
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.
Signature drink: Pour-over single-origin coffee
Tip: Order the pour-over of the day; the lunch banh mi at €9 is the working-day favourite for solo eaters.
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.
Why locals love it: Small specialty coffee bar on Rue des Filatiers, with pour-overs and a banh mi lunch, easy to walk past in Carmes.
Tip: The pour-over of the day plus banh mi at €9 is the canonical working-day favourite for solo eaters.
Cafe in Tucson
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.
Signature drink: Chiltepin pepper cold brew
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.
Signature drink: Espresso and pour-over filter coffee
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.
Signature drink: Pour-over filter coffee
Cafe in Tulsa
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.
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.
Bramble Breakfast and Bar ★ 4.0
Farm-to-table breakfast cafe in the Pearl District with house-baked pastries, locally sourced eggs, and a full coffee program, operating first-come.
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Cafe in Turin
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.
Signature drink: Bicerin (coffee, chocolate, fior di latte)
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.
Signature drink: Espresso 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.
Signature drink: Gianduiotto and Tourinot
Cafe in Utrecht
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.
Tip: Ask the barista which single origin is on filter that day; they rotate weekly and explain the flavour profile.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Kenya, Colombia, Guatemala
How they serve: Espresso, Batch brew, Kalita Wave, V60
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee from Bocca Roasters, rotating single origins
30ml Coffee Roasters ★ 4.5
Utrecht specialty roaster in the Vredenburg passage. The production roaster sits behind the bar. All-day espresso with batch brew and pour-overs from 08:00.
Signature drink: Espresso bar with house-roasted seasonals on Kalita Wave
Cafe in Valencia
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee from women-led farms
Tip: Closed 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.
Signature drink: Horchata with fartons
Tip: Open Mon to Sat with the market complex. Try the sospir (a soft cream pastry).
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.
Signature drink: Specialty espresso
Tip: Open Mon to Sat with the market 07:30-14:30. Stand at the counter; no seats.
Cafe in Vancouver
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.
Signature drink: Espresso flight, three single-origin shots
Tip: Counter only and no laptops; the espresso flight pairs three roasters side by side at the bar.
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.
Signature drink: Pistachio iced latte
Tip: Counter 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.
Signature drink: Cortado
Tip: Counter-only; conversation is louder than the music. Try the rotating guest roaster on the daily list.
Cafe in Venice
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.
Signature drink: Espresso, focaccia veneziana
Tip: Closed Mondays. During Carnevale, this is the city's best frittelle counter. Espresso at the bar €1.30; pastries €1.50 to €3.
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso, V60 filter
Tip: Order 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.
Signature drink: Cafe Remer house blend
Tip: The Miscela del Ghetto blend, created for the Jewish ghetto's 500th anniversary, is the bag to take home. The bar runs espresso €1.20.
Cafe in Verona
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.
Signature drink: Ombra of Amarone Classico
Tip: Stand at the counter for the ombra-and-cicchetti circuit; sit for the full kitchen. The 2018 Amarone Classico by the glass is the move.
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.
Signature drink: Specialty single-origin filter
Tip: Order 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.
Signature drink: Crema, pistacchio and fragoline di bosco gelato
Tip: The crema and pistacchio are the icons; arrive before 18:00 in summer to avoid the queue.
Cafe in Vienna
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.
Try: Buchteln with vanilla sauce
Tip: Be 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.
Tip: The bean lineup rotates weekly; ask for whichever Ethiopian washed lot is on the espresso grinder that day.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Burundi, Kenya
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
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.
Tip: Look for the deconsecrated chapel windows when you arrive; the Saturday queue starts by 10:00.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Kenya
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
Cafe in Vilnius
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
Tip: Sprawling outdoor space with beanbags by the park. Roastery visible behind glass at the back.
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.
Signature drink: Pour over
Tip: Hardest order is the cupping flight. The roastery offers small public sessions on weekends.
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.
Signature drink: Flat white
Tip: Flat whites are the strong order. Sells designer interior pieces alongside the coffee retail.
Cafe in Warsaw
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.
Signature drink: Specialty filter coffee
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.
Signature drink: Pour-over 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.
Signature drink: Espresso flight, four-roaster pour-over
Cafe in Washington DC
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.
Signature drink: Cortado and sourdough loaf
Tip: Mornings are for the bakery counter; dinner books out a week ahead. The wood-fired bread is the headliner.
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.
Signature drink: Cortado
Tip: Outlets 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.
Signature drink: Ethiopian single-origin pour-over
Tip: Mornings before 09:00 are the quietest work hours; the back room takes long laptop sessions when the front counter is busy.
Cafe in Wrocław
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso
Order: The morning V60 of whichever single-origin came off the roaster that week.
Tip: Bring a laptop on a Tuesday-Thursday morning; weekends fill from 10:00.
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.
Signature drink: Filter coffee and Lower Silesian wines
Order: Filter coffee in the morning, a Lower Silesian Riesling by the glass after 17:00.
Tip: The 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.
Signature drink: Specialty coffee and artisanal teas
Order: Pour-over of the rotating single-origin, with a slice of whatever home cake is in the case.
Tip: Daily noon to 20:00; check Facebook for the evening events programme, the room turns into a tiny gig space several nights a week.
Cafe in Zurich
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 love it: World-champion barista coffee on a quiet Kreis 5 corner; serious filter coffee mostly known to the city's coffee crowd.
Tip: Order a filter flight; ask about the rotating single-origins from the roastery.
MAME Josef ★ 4.7
Founded 2016 by Mathieu Theis and World Brewers Cup champion Emi Fukahori. Single-origin beans roasted in-house, served on ceramic on polished wood.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter coffee
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.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter coffee
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