Tucano Coffee Costa Rica ★ 4.1
Tucano Coffee Costa Rica on Strada Pușkin in Chișinău is the central Moldovan-born specialty-coffee chain (Chișinău, 2011), serving 100% Specialty Arabica.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter coffee
Coffee shops, bakeries with seats and the places Chișinău lingers in over a cortado.
Where to sit and slow down
Coffee Monkey ★ 4.3
Coffee Monkey on Strada Pușkin 22 in Chișinău is the bright blue-and-white specialty bar that locals call the coffee hotspot of the city centre.
Signature drink: Flat white
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
Feeling Coffee ★ 4.2
Feeling Coffee on Strada 31 August 1989 in Chișinău is the seasonal-flowers jazz-bar coffee room, one of the newest specialty spots in the centre.
Signature drink: Cortado
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 sit-in room.
Signature drink: House-roasted single-origin filter
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