Coffee runs deep in Sapporo, from old-style kissaten to modern roasters spread across Maruyama and Odori. Cafe Morihico and Sapporo Coffee Kan hold the Maruyama end, while Baristart Coffee, NODE Coffee and Mermaid Coffee Roasters work Odori. Ishida Coffee and the Hokkaido University Marche Cafe and Labo sit up near the university in Kita-ku, and Kissa Yamabiko keeps the older tradition alive in Tanukikoji.
13 cafe places in Sapporo we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Sapporo · Cafe across every city.
Drink Hand-drip Forest Drops blend
The Sapporo kissaten that built a coffee dynasty.
Drink Hokkaido milk latte
A 2015 Odori cafe that built a name on Hokkaido milk.
Drink Hokudai Clark's Milk soft serve
The Hokkaido University dairy stand, opened 2017.
Drink Single-origin espresso
A late-2022 specialty coffee bar near Odori, NODE has become Sapporo's meeting ground for creatives and a reliable address for espresso and pour-over in town.
Drink Light roast V60 pour-over
One of Sapporo's third-wave coffee specialists, Mermaid roasts in-house and runs five to seven single origins on a rotating pour-over menu through the year.
Drink Siphon coffee
A Hokkaido University kissaten where siphon brewing and light meals run alongside antique furniture.
Drink Sapporo-style dark roast drip
Sapporo Coffee Kan keeps to the city's dark-roast tradition.
Drink Matcha with Marusei butter sandwich
The Maruyama tea salon of Obihiro confectioner Rokkatei.
Drink Hand-drip dark roast with red king crab sandwich
Saera has run an Odori basement coffee-and-sandwich counter since 1975.
Drink Forest Drops drip
Morihico's Bus Center branch, a brighter shop with the same hand-drip programme as the Maruyama honten.
Drink Cream soda float
A long-standing Tanukikoji kissaten in retro Showa-era idiom.
Drink Hokkaido honey latte
A Maruyama coffeehouse near Hokkaido Shrine with a Hokkaido honey latte and house-made hotcake.
