Cork Coffee Roasters
- ★ 4.6
- €€
- City Centre
Cork's flagship specialty roastery, established in the Huguenot Quarter on French Church Street and roasting on a 1930s cast-iron drum roaster - still.
The roasters writing the coffee scene in Cork: who they are, where they source from, and where to drink the result.
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Cork Coffee Roasters Bridge Street
- ★ 4.4
- €€
- City Centre
The Bridge Street branch of Cork Coffee Roasters, serving the same 1930s drum-roasted Arabica through espresso and filter with table service.
SOMA Coffee Company
- ★ 4.8
- €€
- City Centre
Cork's most technically advanced specialty roaster, roasting on 15kg and 30kg Giesen drum roasters while serving customers at the Tuckey Street counter.
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Filter
- ★ 4.7
- €€
- Union Quay and Ballintemple
Founded in 2012 by Eoin McCarthy and Alex O'Callahan, Filter put Cork on the Irish specialty coffee map. The Georges Quay brew bar curates rotating guest.
Three Fools Coffee
- ★ 4.1
- €
- City Centre
Cork's most unusual coffee venue: a standalone glass pod kiosk outside Cork City Library on Grand Parade, roasting its own beans and serving them black.
Cafe Moly Roastery
- ★ 4.4
- €€
- Union Quay and Ballintemple
A Cork-based offshoot of a South Korean specialty coffee operation, opened on Douglas Street in December 2020 by Daniel and Sunmi. Functions simultaneously.
Velo Coffee Roasters
- ★ 4.3
- €€
- City Centre
Ireland's first B Corp-certified coffee roastery, established in Cork in 2017. Velo began in the city centre and moved to a purpose-built Mayfield facility.
Alchemy Coffee and Books
- ★ 4.5
- €€
- Barrack Street and The Lough
Cork's best-loved neighbourhood coffee destination, doubling as an independent bookshop on the south-side Barrack Street. Curates guest specialty roasters.
Boru Coffee Shop
Opened in December 2022 in an 80-year-old former Clyde Shipping building at the Brian Boru Bridge, this intimate east-side specialty coffee shop pours SOMA.
Filter South Main Street
- ★ 4.2
- €€
- City Centre
Filter's second Cork city location, opened on South Main Street to serve the western city quarter. Same rotating guest roaster programme as the Georges Quay.
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