Top Coffee Roasters in Poland

Nieczapla Coffee Roasters ★ 4.7 · Gdańsk

ul. Wajdeloty 3, 80-437 Gdańsk

Nieczapla in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz is the city's standard-setting specialty roaster, working a four-table cafe in front of the production room. Bright apple-cranberry-jasmine filters, espresso pulled tight, retail beans by the bag.

Tip: Bring a clean takeaway tin; baristas refill at a small discount on retail bags.

Drukarnia Cafe (multi-roaster bar) ★ 4.7 · Gdańsk

ul. Mariacka 36, 80-833 Gdańsk

Drukarnia in Gdańsk is the city's most ambitious multi-roaster bar, not a roastery itself: Bonanza, Doubleshot, Casino Mocca, Java, Concept Coffee Roasters and Kalve rotate on the brew menu. Five brew methods on the bar.

Tip: Order the Syphon brew if available; it is the only one in the Old Town.

Kawana Palarnia Kawy ★ 4.6 · Gdańsk

ul. K. Wallenroda 7, 80-243 Gdańsk

Kawana in Gdańsk runs a roastery with two cafes, the Wrzeszcz flagship on Wallenroda the bigger room. House espresso shipped weekly to over 80 Polish cafes; the subscription service is the country's largest specialty programme.

Tip: The 250g retail bag is dated within seven days of roast; ask for the most recent on the shelf.

HAYB Speciality Coffee ★ 4.6 · Warsaw

ul. Lodygowa 38, 03-687 Warszawa

HAYB in Warsaw roasts effortless-specialty from a flagship roastery on Lodygowa, the Borowski family business that started as Coffee Republic and rebranded to HAYB (How Are You Brewing) in 2016. Beans from East Africa, Central and South America.

Relaks Kawiarnia ★ 4.6 · Warsaw

ul. Pulawska 48, 02-559 Warszawa

Relaks in Warsaw started as a bike shop with a coffee corner. Today it pours rotating European roasters from The Barn Berlin and beyond, staffed by former Polish barista champions, in a wide minimalist Pulawska room.

Proficiency Coffee (Coffee Cargo) ★ 4.5 · Kraków

ul. Wincentego Bogdanowskiego 2, 30-698 Kraków

Proficiency Coffee (now trading as Coffee Cargo) in Kraków's Zabłocie is one of the city's longest-running third-wave roasteries. Postindustrial space, lab-precise bar.

Tip: Cupping flights of three to five single origins, side by side; bag retail at the counter.

Craft Coffee Roasters (Stragan) ★ 4.5 · Poznań

ul. Ratajczaka 31, 61-816 Poznań

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 a growing list of Poznań partners.

Tip: The cafe rotates beans weekly; ask for whichever roast was the freshest off the drum, not the most familiar one on the menu.

Coffeedesk ★ 4.5 · Warsaw

ul. Wilcza 42, 00-679 Warszawa

Coffeedesk on Wilcza in Warsaw is the cafe arm of Poland's biggest specialty e-commerce brand. The shelves rotate Five Elephant, Gardelli, Johan & Nystrom, La Cabra and Kofi Brand whole bean.

STOR Cafe ★ 4.5 · Warsaw

ul. Tamka 33, 00-355 Warszawa

STOR on Tamka in Warsaw was one of the first specialty shops in the city. The bar rotates roasters from across Europe, the kitchen runs meat-free, and the room runs on green energy with own-cup discounts.

Enklawa Wrocławska Palarnia Kawy ★ 4.5 · Wrocław

ul. Hala Targowa, Piaskowa 17, 50-158 Wrocław

Enklawa runs an on-site roastery inside Wrocław's Hala Targowa, the city's century-old market hall. Cup-of-the-day single origins beside vegetable stalls and butcher counters.

Tip: The cafe shares the market's opening hours; closed Sundays unlike most cafes elsewhere.

Paloma ★ 4.5 · Wrocław

Plac Solny 8-9, 50-061 Wrocław

Paloma in Wrocław's Plac Solny is the city's most ambitious specialty bar, Ukrainian-owned and roasting on site. Filter, espresso, retail beans.

Tip: The roastery runs through the back. Ask if you can watch a small batch finish.

Kawana Łąkowa ★ 4.4 · Gdańsk

ul. Łąkowa 16, 80-743 Gdańsk

Kawana Łąkowa in Gdańsk's Dolne Miasto is the roastery's downtown room, fifteen minutes' walk from the Old Town. Communal table, brew bar, retail bags from the same Wrzeszcz drum that supplies Wallenroda.

Tip: Closes 18:00 sharp; not a late-evening room.

Drukarnia Specialty Coffee ★ 4.4 · Kraków

ul. Nadwiślańska 1, 30-527 Kraków

Drukarnia in Kraków's Podgórze is the third-wave roaster overlooking the Vistula. House espresso blend, single-origin filter, a riverside terrace, baristas who chat.

Tip: The Vistula-side terrace is the summer pick; the upstairs library is the workspace.

Karma Roastery ★ 4.4 · Kraków

Świętego Wawrzyńca 9, 31-060 Kraków

Karma roasts beans in Nowa Huta and pours them on Krupnicza in Kraków. Filter, flat white, vegan brunch, and a six-month bean subscription delivered to mainland Europe.

Tip: Subscription delivers 250 g monthly; the Krupnicza cafe pours new releases first.

Story Coffee Roasters Poznań ★ 4.4 · Poznań

ul. Piotrowo 2, 61-138 Poznań

Story Coffee Roasters Poznań on the Politechnika Poznańska campus is the city-side outpost of the Warsaw roastery, with a small specialty-coffee point in the Centrum Wykładowego and a wholesale list to Poznań cafes.

Tip: Subscribe via the web shop for a fresh-roasted bag every two weeks, or stop in at the campus coffee point under the clock for a brew on the day's roast.

Etno Cafe ★ 4.3 · Warsaw

ul. Marszalkowska 99, 00-693 Warszawa

Etno Cafe is the Wroclaw-based artisan roaster that grew into Poland's biggest specialty chain. The Marszalkowska shop in Warsaw pours beans from the Wroclaw plant, including the first cold-brew brewery in Poland.

Enklawa Cafe Nadodrze ★ 4.3 · Wrocław

ul. Chrobrego 23, 50-254 Wrocław

Enklawa's Nadodrze branch in Wrocław, in a restored pre-war tenement, runs the same roastery beans as the market-hall flagship with longer evening hours.

Tip: The first-floor seats above the counter are the quietest place to work in Nadodrze.

El Gato Specialty Coffee Roasters ★ 4.3 · Wrocław

ul. Odrzańska 8, 50-113 Wrocław

El Gato on Odrzańska in central Wrocław runs an in-house roastery alongside a cafe pouring single-origin pour-overs. The retail bag is what local subscribers buy; a second branch in Wrocław and one in Trzebnica round out the operation.

Tip: The Odrzańska room opens earliest; weekend mornings are the calmest seats.

Leń Coffee Roastery ★ 4.2 · Gdańsk

ul. Jana Kilińskiego 32, 80-452 Gdańsk

Leń Coffee Roastery in Gdańsk works a Wrzeszcz back-street unit, supplying Tri-City independents and a steady mail-order list. No public cafe; bag pickup by arrangement.

Tip: Order online at lencoffee.com; pickups need 24 hours notice.